Jing Wang earned a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations and Human Resources from the University of Toronto. Her research interests include diversity management, strategic human resources management, work-life balance, and underemployment. She has also written about labor issues such as minimum wages and labor arbitration in China. Her work has received the Academy of Management Best Student Paper Award, and the Labor and Employment Relations Association Best Paper Award. Her study on minimum wages won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013. Her research has been published in the field's top journals such as Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and British Journal of Industrial Relations. She was a faculty member of the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University and has also worked as a human resource professional for several multinational companies in China.
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Degrees
PhD, University of Toronto
MILR, Cornell University
BA, Peking University
Research Interests
Human Resources
, Industrial Relations
Current Research Projects
jingwan
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant 2022-2025
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SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant 2021-2022
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Principle Investigator
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SSHRC Insight Grant 2020-2023
SSHRC Insight Grant 2019-2023
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Jing Wang earned a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations and Human Resources from the University of Toronto. Her research interests include diversity management, strategic human resources management, work-life balance, and underemployment. She has also written about labor issues such as minimum wages and labor arbitration in China. Her work has received the Academy of Management Best Student Paper Award, and the Labor and Employment Relations Association Best Paper Award. Her study on minimum wages won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013. Her research has been published in the field's top journals such as Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and British Journal of Industrial Relations. She was a faculty member of the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University and has also worked as a human resource professional for several multinational companies in China.
Degrees
PhD, University of Toronto
MILR, Cornell University
BA, Peking University
Research Interests
Human Resources
, Industrial Relations
Current Research Projects
jingwan
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant 2022-2025
Summary:
Co-investigator
Project Type:
Funded
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant 2021-2022
Summary:
Principle Investigator
Project Type:
Funded
Role:
Principle Investigator
Start Date:
End Date:
Funders:
SSHRC
SSHRC Insight Grant 2020-2023
SSHRC Insight Grant 2019-2023
Summary:
Collaborator
Project Type:
Funded
Start Date:
End Date:
Funders:
SSHRC
All Publications
Journal Articles
Wang, J., Wicks, D. & Zhang, C. (2022) Job-related well-being of sexual minorities: Evidence from the British workplace employment relations study. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 60(4), 841– 863
2022
Men, C., Huo, W. & Wang, J. (2022). Who will pay for customers' fault? Workplace cheating behavior, interpersonal conflict and traditionality, Personnel Review, 51(6), 1672-1689
2022
Liu, X., Wang J., & Zhao, C (2021). Good acting requires good audience: The role of customer detection accuracy in the influence of employee emotional labour, Journal of Business Economics, 41(10), 49-59
2021
Yang, C., Singh, P. & Wang, J. (2020). The effects of firm size and firm performance on CEO pay in Canada: A re-examination and extension. Canadian Journal of Administrative Science, 37(3), 225-242
2020
Liu, X., Wang, J. & Zhao, C. (2019). An examination of the congruence and incongruence between customer perceived and employee actual emotional labor. Psychology & Marketing, 36(9), 863-874
2019
Wang, J. & Gunderson, M. (2019). Can gay-lesbian pay gaps shed light on male-female pay gaps? International Journal of Manpower, 40(2), 178-189
2019
Shantz, A., Wang, J. & Malik, A.R. (2018) . Disability status, individual variable pay, and pay satisfaction: Does relational and institutional trust make a difference? Human Resource Management, 57(1). 365-380.
2018
Wang, J. & Gunderson, M. (2018) . Minimum wages effects on low-skilled workers in less-developed regions of China, International Journal of Manpower, 39(3), 455-467
2018
Wang, J. & Gunderson, M., Wicks, D. (2018). The earnings effect of sexual orientation: British evidence from worker-firm matched data, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(4), 744-769
2018
Wang, J. (2018). Underemployment and turnover: The moderating role of human resource practices. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(9), 1565-1587
2018
Chen, L. & Wang, J. (2017). Business strategy, compensation policy and innovation performance: A behavioral perspective. Compensation and Benefits Review, 49(4), 189-205
2017
Lee, B., Wang, J. & Weststar, J. (2015) . Work hour congruence: The effect on job satisfaction and absenteeism. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(5), 657-675.
2015
Wang, J & Reid, F. (2015) . The impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on absenteeism. International Journal of Manpower, 36(5), 668-693.
2015
Wang, J. & Gunderson, M. (2015) . Adjustments to minimum wages in China: Cost-neutral offsets. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations. 70(3), 510-531
2015
Liu , X. & Wang, J. (2013) . Abusive supervision and organizational citizenship behaviors: is guanxi a mediator? International Journal of Human Resources Management, 24(7), 1471-1489.
2013
Wang, J. & Verma, A. (2012) . Explaining organizational responsiveness to work-life balance issues: the role of business strategy and high performance work systems. Human Resource Management, 51(3), 407-432.
2012
Wang, J. & Gunderson, M. (2012) . The effects of minimum wages on employment and wages: evidence from a natural experiment in China. International Journal of Manpower, 33(8),860-876.
2012
Wang, J. (2011) . Reducing work-life conflict: the role of participating in decision making. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations,18, 153-175
2011
Wang, J. & Gunderson, M. (2011) . Minimum wage impacts from a prespecified research design: China 2000-2007. Contemporary Economic Policy, 29(3), 392-406.
2011
Verma, A.& Wang, J. (2009) . Career consequences of taking parental leave: do women fare better than men? Journal of Creativity & Innovation. 2(2), 53-76.
2009
Verma, A., Wang, J. & Frost, S. (2008) . A many-headed dragon: growing pluralism in labour policy and regulation in China. Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal. 14(2),243-269.
2008
Current Courses
Term |
Course Number |
Section |
Title |
Type |
Summer 2025 |
AP/HRM3422 3.0 |
M |
Industrial Relations |
ONLN |