Ng, Thomas W.H.  
 
     
    Dr. Thomas W.H. Ng  
 
Associate Professor
 
 
 
 
3917 8344
 
   
 
   
       Academic and Professional Qualifications  
 
  •  PhD University of Georgia
  •  MPhil CUHK
  •  BBA CUHK
 
       Research Interests  
 
  • Career development
  • Job choice
  • Job mobility
  • Occupational commitment
  • Personality at work
 
       Publications  
 

Journal of Applied Psychology
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 1st in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (forthcoming). The effects of organizational and community embeddedness on work-to-family and family-to-work conflict.? Journal of Applied Psychology.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2010). The effects of organizational embeddedness on development of social and human capital. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 696-712.
  • Ng, T. W. H., Feldman, D. C., & Lam, S. S. K. (2010). Psychological contract breaches, organizational commitment, and innovation-related behavior: A latent growth modeling approach. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 744-751.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2008). The relationship of age to ten dimensions of job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 392-423. (Won the 2012 Emerald Citation of Excellence Award)

Journal of Management
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 2nd in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (forthcoming). Idiosyncratic deals and voice behavior. Journal of Management.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2010). Organizational tenure and job performance. Journal of Management, 36, 1220-1250.
  • Feldman, D. C., & Ng, T. W. H. (2007). Careers: Mobility, embeddedness, and success. Journal of Management, 33, 350-377. (A runner-up of the 2012 Scholarly Impact Award)

Personnel Psychology
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 3rd in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (forthcoming).? Evaluating six common stereotypes about older workers with meta-analytical data.? Personnel Psychology.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2010). The relationships of age with job attitudes: A meta-analysis. Personnel Psychology, 63, 677-718.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2009). How broadly does education contribute to job performance? Personnel Psychology, 62, 89-134. (Won the 2008 AOM Career Division Best Paper Award)
  • Ng, T. W. H., Eby, L. T., Sorensen, K. L., & Feldman, D. C. (2005). Predictors of objective and subjective career success: A meta-analysis. Personnel Psychology, 58, 367-408. (Won the 2004 AOM Career Division Best Paper Award)

Journal of Organizational Behavior
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 7th in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (forthcoming).? Age and innovation-related behavior: The joint moderating effects of supervisor undermining and proactive personality. Journal of Organizational Behavior.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2012). Employee voice behavior: A meta-analytical test of the conservation of resources framework. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33, 216-234.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2009). Age, work experience, and the psychological contract. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 1053-1075. (A runner-up of the 2009 Best Paper Prize).
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2009). Occupational embeddedness and job performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 863-891.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2008). Long work hours: A social identity perspective on meta-analysis data. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29, 853-880. (Won the Emerald 2008 Citation of Excellence Award).
  • Ng, T. W. H., Sorensen, K. L., & Eby, L. T. (2006). Locus of control at work: A meta-analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27, 1057-1087.
  • Ng, T. W. H., Sorensen, K. L., & Feldman, D. C. (2007). Dimensions, antecedents, and consequences of workaholism: A conceptual integration and extension. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 28, 111-136.

Human Relations
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 8th in the “Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (forthcoming).? Breaches of past promises, current job alternatives, and promises of future idiosyncratic deals:? Three-way interaction effects on organizational commitment. Human Relations.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (forthcoming). A comparison of self-ratings and non-self-report measures of employee creativity. Human Relations.

Journal of Vocational Behavior
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 13th in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Lam, S. K. K., Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2012). The relationship between external job mobility and salary attainment across career stages. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 129-136.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2011). Affective organizational commitment and citizenship behavior: Linear and non-linear moderating effects of organizational tenure. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 79, 528-537.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2010). Idiosyncratic deals and organizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 76, 419-427.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2009). Re-examining the relationship between age and voluntary turnover. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74, 283-294.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2008). Can you get a better deal elsewhere? The effects of psychological contract replicability on organizational commitment over time.? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 268-277.
  • Eby, L. T., Allen, T. D., Evans, S. C., Ng, T. W. H., & DuBois, D. L. (2008). Does mentoring matter? A multidisciplinary meta-analysis comparing mentored and non-mentored individuals. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72, 254-267.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2007). The school-to-work transition: A role identity perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 71, 114-134.
  • Ng, T. W. H., Butts, M. M., Vandenberg, R. J, Dejoy, D. M., & Wilson, M. G. (2006). Effects of management communication, opportunity for learning, and work schedule flexibility on organizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68, 474-489.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2007). Organizational embeddedness and occupational embeddedness across career stages. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 336-351.

Applied Psychology: An International Review
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 16th in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (forthcoming). The effects of organizational embeddedness on insomnia.? Applied Psychology: An International Review.

Group and Organization Management
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 17th in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Sorensen, K. L. (2008). Toward a further understanding of the relationships between perceptions of support and work attitudes: A meta-analysis. Group and Organization Management, 33, 243-268. (Won the 2012 Emerald Citation of Excellence Award)

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 22nd in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2011). Locus of control and organizational embeddedness. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 84, 173-190.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2010). Human capital and objective indicators of career success: The mediating effects of cognitive ability and conscientiousness. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83, 207-235.
  • Ng, T. W. H., Sorensen, K. L., Eby, L. T., & Feldman, D. C. (2007). Determinants of job mobility: A theoretical integration and extension. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 80, 363-386.

Human Resource Management
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 26th in the “Psychology, Applied” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2010). The impact of job embeddedness on innovation-related behaviors. Human Resource Management, 49, 1067-1087.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Butts, M. M. (2009). Effectiveness of organizational efforts to lower turnover intentions: The moderating role of employee locus of control. Human Resource Management, 48, 289-310.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
(2011 Five-Year Impact Factor: 20th in the “Psychology, Social” field)

  • Ng, T. W. H., Sorensen, K. L., & Yim, F. H. K. (2009). Does the job satisfaction-job performance relationship vary across cultures? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40, 761-796.? (One of most downloaded articles in 2010)

Other Refereed Journals

  • Ng, T. W. H., & Sorensen, K. L. (2009). Dispositional affectivity and work-related outcomes: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1255-1287.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2009). Personality, social relationships, and vocational indecision among college students: The mediating effects of identity construction. Career Development International, 14, 309-332.
  • Lankau, M. J., Ward, A., Amason, A. C., Ng, T. W. H., Sonnenfeld, J. A., & Agle, B. R. (2007). Examining the impact of organizational value dissimilarity in top management teams. Journal of Managerial Issues, 19, 11-34.

Book Chapters

  • Feldman, D. C., Ng, T. W. H., & Vogel, R. M. (forthcoming). Off-the-job embeddedness: A reconceptualization and agenda for future research. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management.
  • Feldman, D. C., & Ng, T. W. H. (forthcoming). Effective methods of selecting individuals for downsizing purposes.? In N. Schmitt (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Assessment and Selection.? Oxford University Press.
  • Ng, T. W. H., & Feldman, D. C. (2012). Aging and participation in career development.? In J. W. Hedge & W. C. Borman (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Work and Aging(pp. 137-150).? Oxford University Press.
  • Feldman, D. C., & Ng, T. W. H. (2011). Participation in continuing education programs: Antecedents, consequences, and implications.? In M. London (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning (pp. 180-194). ?New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Butts, M. M., & Ng, T. W. H. (2008). Chopped liver? Ok. Chopped Data? Not OK. In C. E. Lance & R. J. Vandenberg (Eds.), Statistical and methodological myths and urban legends: Received doctrine, verity, and fable in the organizational and social science (pp. 361-386). Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Feldman, D. C., & Ng, T. W. H. (2008). Motivation for engaging in training and career development.? In R. Kanfer, G. Chen, & R. Pritchard (Eds.), Work motivation: Past, present, and future (pp. 401-431). New York: Routledge.
  • Ng, T. W. H. (2006). Career mobility.? In J. H. Greenhaus & G. A. Callanan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Career Development (pp. 127-130). Sage Publication.
 
   
   
 
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