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Dr I-Shuo Chen

I-Shuo Chen For media enquiries please contact the Press Team

Senior Lecturer of Organisational Behaviour

Faculty:
Faculty of Business and Law
School:
Management
Location:
Cambridge
Areas of Expertise:
Organisational Behaviour , Business Management , Business, management and leadership
Dr I-Shuo Chen is a senior lecturer in organisational behaviour and ARU. He worked as a lecturer in management at the University of Dundee and as assistant professor in organisational behaviour at Wuhan University, China. He received his PhD in Business Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. He is an associate editor of Frontiers in Psychology - Organisational Psychology. [email protected]

Research interests

  • (Online) leisure crafting
  • Work engagement
  • Work/Home boredom
  • Work-life balance
  • Green human resources management
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Higher education

Teaching

  • Human resources management research methods
  • Reward management
  • Leadership and change

Qualifications

  • Fellow (FHEA), Higher Education Academy (UKPSF), 2018
  • IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professional, International Public Management Association for Human Resources, 2000

Memberships, editorial boards

  • Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), 2019
  • Member (Middle Manager), Chartered Management Institute (CMI), 2019
  • Member, The Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) Peer Review College (PRC), UK Research and Innovation, 2021
  • Member, European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, 2017
  • Member, European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, 2014
Editorial Board
  • Frontiers in Psychology (Associate Editor)
Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Human Relations
  • International Journal of Human Resource Management
  • Management Decision
  • Journal of Career Development
  • Journal of Management & Organisation
  • International Journal of Conflict Management
  • Service Industries Journal
  • Computers in Human Behaviour
  • Basic and Applied Social Psychology
  • Baltic Journal of Management
  • Asian Journal of Social Psychology
  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • Journal of Creative Behaviour
  • Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice
  • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
  • International Journal of Hospitality Management
  • Social Behaviour and Personality
  • Journal of Air Transport Management

Selected recent publications

  • Chen, I. S.* (2021). The Moderating Role of Personal Resources in the Relationship Between Job Demands and Work Engagement. Psihologija (SSCI).
  • Wu, H. Y., Wu, H. S., Chen, I. S.*, & Su, Y. P. (Accepted). Toward Better Intelligent Learning (iLearning) Performance: What Makes iLearning Work for Students in a University Setting? Behaviour & Information Technology (SSCI)
  • Chen, I. S. * (2020). How Does Home Boredom due to Social Isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic Result in Thriving at Home and Career Self-Management? The Role of Online Leisure Crafting. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 32(11), 3645-3663. (SSCI, ABS 3*)
  • Chen, I. S. *, & Fellenz, M. R. (2020). Personal Resources and Personal Demands for Work Engagement: Evidence from Employees in the Service Industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management. (SSCI, ABS 3*)
  • Chen, I. S.* (2017). Work Engagement and its Antecedents and Consequences: A Case of Lecturers Teaching Synchronous Distance Education Courses. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 655-663. (SSCI, ABS 3*)
  • Chen, I. S.* (2017). Computer Self-efficacy, Learning Performance, and the Mediating Role of Learning Engagement. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 362-370. (SSCI, ABS 3*)
  • Chen, I. S.* (2016). Creative Self-efficacy, Work Engagement, and the Moderating Role of Openness to Experience: A Resource Perspective. Baltic Journal of Management, 11(4), 516-534. (SSCI)
  • Wu, H. Y., Chen, I. S.*, Chen, J. K., & Chien, C. F. (2019). The R&D Efficiency of Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry. Measurement, 137, 203-213. (SCI)
  • Chen, I. S.*, Chen, J. K., Padró, F. F. (2017). Critical Quality Indicators of Higher Education. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 28(1-2), 130-146. (SSCI).
  • Chen, I. S.* & Tseng, F. T. (2016). The Relevance of Communication Media in Conflict Contexts and Their Effectiveness: A Negotiation Experiment. Computers in Human Behavior, 59, 134-141. (SSCI, ABS 3*)
  • Chen, I. S. * (2016). A Combined MCDM Model based on DEMATEL and ANP for the Selection of Airline Service Quality Improvement Criteria: A Study based on the Taiwanese Airline Industry. Journal of Air Transport Management, 57, 7-18. (SSCI)

Recent presentations and conferences

  • Chen, I. S. *, & Fellenz, M.R. (2018). The Impact of Non-work Demands and Resources on Work Engagement. The 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM). Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Chen, I. S. * (2017). Work Engagement and its Antecedents and Consequences: A Case of Lecturers Teaching Synchronous Distance Education Courses. The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) 2017 Congress. Dublin, Ireland.
  • Chen, I. S. *, & Fellenz, M.R. (2016). Extending the Job Demands-Resources Model of Work Engagement: The Role of Demands and Resources from Other Domains. The 12ed conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP). Athens, Greece: Royal Olympic Hotel.
  • Chen, I. S. *, & Chen, J. K. (2016). Burnout and Higher Education: Cases based in Taiwan and Mainland China. The 12ed conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP). Athens, Greece: Royal Olympic Hotel.