Bonnie Hayden CHENG

Bonnie Hayden Cheng is an Associate Professor of Management and Strategy, and MBA Program Director at the HKU Business School, University of Hong Kong. Bonnie is also the Chief Resilience Officer at Human at Work, a strategy lab helping leaders transform their companies by unlocking and unleashing their full potential. She is a Scientific Advisor to One Mind at Work, a global coalition of key executives from some of the world’s most influential companies dedicated to workplace mental health.

Her research is dedicated to corporate wellness. She helps leaders level up their leadership, creating cultures and teams that drive positive change and thrive in the workplace. This includes working with employees to achieve and maintain well-being in the workplace, such as leading through anxiety, harnessing the benefits of workplace anxiety, building resilience, and recovering from work stress.

She has published in top management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Her research has been featured in leading media sources including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New York Times, and Harvard Business Review. She has worked closely with companies and governments such as AIA, DHL Global Forwarding, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong SAR Government, Konica Minolta, State Street, and UBS.

Bonnie received her PhD degree in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

Education

• PhD University of Toronto
• MA University of Toronto
• BSc University of Toronto

Teaching

• Leadership and People Management (Executive Education)
• Negotiation and Conflict Management (MGM)
• Workplace Wellness (MGM)

Research Interest

• Corporate Wellness
• Workplace anxiety
• Work recovery
• Proactivity
• Leadership

Selected Publications

• Li, Y., Cheng, B. H., Yu, B., & Zhu, J. (in press). Let’s get physical! A time-lagged examination of the motivation for daily physical activity and implications for next-day performance and health. Personnel Psychology.
• Wong, M. H., Cheng, B. H., Lam, L., & Bamberger, P. A. (in press). Pay transparency as a moving target: A multi-step model of pay compression, i-deals, and collectivist shared values. Academy of Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2020.1831*Equal contribution
• Lam, L., Cheng, B. H., Bamberger, P., & Wong, M.- N. (2022). Research: The unintended consequences of pay transparency. Harvard Business Review.
• Meister, A., Cheng, B. H., Dael, N., & Krings, F. (2022). How to recover from work stress, according to science. Harvard Business Review.
• Sonnentag, S., Cheng, B. H., & Parker, S. L. (2022). Recovery from work: Advancing the field toward the future. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-091355
• Ouyang, K., Cheng, B. H., Lam, W., & Parker, S. K. (2019). Enjoy your evening, be proactive tomorrow: How off-job experiences shape daily proactivity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(8), 1003-1019. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000391
• Cheng, B. H. & McCarthy, J. (2018). A theory of workplace anxiety. Harvard Business Review.
• Cheng, B. H., & McCarthy, J. M. (2018). Understanding the dark and bright sides of anxiety: A theory of workplace anxiety. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(5), 537-560. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000266
• McCarthy, J. M., Trougakos, J. P., & Cheng, B. H. (2016). Are anxious workers less productive workers? It depends on the quality of social exchange. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(2), 279-291. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000044
• Trougakos, J. P., Beal, D. J., Cheng, B. H., Hideg, I., & Zweig, D. (2015). Too drained to help: A resource depletion perspective on daily interpersonal citizenship behaviours. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(1), 227-236. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038082
• Trougakos, J. P., Hideg, I., Cheng, B. H., & Beal, D. J. (2014). Lunch breaks unpacked: The role of autonomy as a moderator of recovery during lunch. Academy of Management Journal, 57, 405-421. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.1072
• Cheng, B. H., & McCarthy, J. M. (2013). Managing work, family, and school roles: Disengagement strategies can help and hinder. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 18(3), 241-251. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0032507
• Côté, S., Kraus, M. W., Cheng, B. H., Oveis, C., van der Löwe, I., Lian, H., & Keltner, D. (2011). Social power facilitates the effect of prosocial orientation on empathic accuracy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(2), 217-232. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023171
• Piff, P. K., Kraus, M. W., Côté, S., Cheng, B. H., & Keltner, D. (2010). Having less, giving more: The influence of social class on prosocial behaviour. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(5), 771-784. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0020092

Book Chapters

• McCarthy, J. M., & Cheng, B. H. (2018). Through the looking glass: Employment interviews from the lens of job candidates. In U. Klehe & E. van Hooft (Eds.), Handbook of job loss and job search. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Latham, G. P., Cheng, B. H., & Macpherson, K. (2012). Theoretical frameworks for and empirical evidence on providing feedback to employees. In R. M. Sutton, M. J. Hornsey, & K. M. Douglas (Eds.), Feedback: The communication of praise, criticism, and advice. 187-201

Awards and Honours

• Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Paper Award, OB Division, Academy of Management (2022)
• Champion for Women Award Finalist, Women of Influence, American Chamber of Commerce (2022)
• Women of Wellness Award: Corporate Wellness, Liv Magazine (2021)
• AMJ Best Reviewer Award (2021)
• Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award (2021)
• Faculty of Business Teaching Award (2019)
• Center for Leadership & Innovation (CLI) Research Fellow Award (2017)
• Best Paper Award in OB Division, Australia/New Zealand Academy of Management (2016)
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, OB Division, Academy of Management (2015)
• Best Competitive Conference Paper in OB Division, Academy of Management (2011)
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, OB Division, Academy of Management (2011)

Service to the University/ Community

• Editorial Board Member: Academy of Management Journal; Personnel Psychology; Journal of Organizational Behavior
• Section Editor: Stress & Health