Dr. Paul S. HEMPEL
Associate Professor

 

PhD - Industrial Relations and Human Resources

 
 
 

 Contact Information

Address: G7419, Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Phone: +852 2788 7853
e-mail: mghempel@cityu.edu.hk


 Research Areas
  • Global and Strategic Human Resource  Management
  • Management of Knowledge and Professional Employees
  • Performance Management
  • Technology in HRM

 Publications
  • Zhang, Zhi-Xue, Hempel, Paul S., Tjosvold, Dean. (forthcoming 2007) "Transactive Memory System Links Team Characteristics and Performance". Journal of Applied Psychology.
  • Hempel, Paul S. (forthcoming 2007). "Chinese Reactions to Performance Feedback: Non-task Attributions of Feedback Intentions". Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resource Management.
  • Zhang, Zhi-Xue, Hempel, Paul S., Han, Yu-Lan., & Qiu, J. 2006. "Transactive memory system in work teams from high technology firms and its consequences" (高技术工作团队的交互记忆系统及其效果). Acta Psychologica Sinica, 38(2), 271-280. (in Chinese).
  • Hempel, Paul S. 2004. "Preparing the HR Profession for Technology and Information Work". Human Resource Management, 43(2/3), 163-179.
  • Hempel, Paul S. & Ching-yen Daphne Chang. 2002. "Reconciling Traditional Chinese Management with High-Technology Business in Taiwan". Human Resource Management Journal, 12(1), 77-95.
  • Hempel, Paul S. & Ying Ki Kwong. 2001. "B2B e-Commerce in Emerging Economies: i-Metal.com’s Nonferrous Metals Exchange In China". Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 10(4), 335-355.
  • Hempel, Paul S. 2001. "Differences Between Chinese and Western Managerial Views of Performance". Personnel Review, 30(2), 203-226.
  • Hempel, Paul S. 1998. "Designing Multinational Benefits Programs: The Role of National Culture". Journal of World Business, 33(3), 277-294.
  • Martinsons, Maris G. & Paul S. Hempel. 1998. "Chinese Business Process Re-engineering". International Journal of Information Management, 18(6), 393-407.
  • Hempel, Paul S. 1996. "Human Resource Based Models of Production Systems". International Journal of Production Economics, 43(2-3), 239-249.
  • Martinsons, Maris G. & Paul S. Hempel. 1995. "Chinese Management Systems: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives". Journal of Management Systems, 7(1), 1-11.
  • Hempel, Paul S. & Charles. H. Fay. 1994. "Outside Director Compensation and Corporate Performance". Human Resource Management, 33(1), 111-133.

 Conference Papers
  • Hempel, Paul S., Zhi-Xue Zhang, and Yulan Han. 2007. "Structural Empowerment's Effect on Team Performance: The Mediating Role of Team Empowerment". Academy of Management 2007 Meeting. August 2007, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Sue-Chan, Christina, & Paul S. Hempel. 2007. "Modeling Extraordinary Creativity". 23rd EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloguium, July 2007, Vienna.
  • Lin, Xiao-Wan, Paul S. Hempel, & Kwok Leung. 2006. "Strategic Role of Human Resource Configurations in Knowledge-Intensive Organizations". 5th Conference of the Asian Academy of Management, December 2006, Tokyo.
  • Hempel, Paul S., Zhi-Xue Zhang, & Dean Tjosvold. 2006. "The Interplay Between Internal and External Conflict: Managing Conflict Between and Within Teams for Trust in China". 19th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management. June 2006, Montreal.
  • Hempel, Paul S. & Zhi-xue Zhang. 2006. "Antecedents and Consequences of Team Empowerment in Chinese High-Technology Companies". Second Conference of International Association for Chinese Management Research. June 2006, Nanjing, China.
  • Zhang, Zhi-xue, Paul S. Hempel, Yu-Lan Han, & Anne S. Tsui. 2006. "Can an Innovation Strategy and Decentralization Guarantee High Performance? Effects of Process Conflict on Team Performance in Chinese High-Technology Companies". Second Conference of International Association for Chinese Management Research. June 2006, Nanjing, China.
  • Hempel, Paul S. & Zhi-Xue Zhang. 2005. "Knowledge Team Design and Conflict: Evidence from Chinese High Technology Companies". Academy of Management 2005 Meeting. August 2005, Honolulu, HI.
  • Zhang, Zhi-Xue, Paul S. Hempel, & Yu-Lan Han. 2005. "Antecedents and Consequences of Transactive Memory Systems in Work Teams from High-Technology Firms". Academy of Management 2005 Meeting. August 2005, Honolulu, HI.
  • Hempel, Paul S. & Maris G. Martinsons. 2003. "Culture and Organizational Change". Academy of Management 2003 Meeting. August 2003, Seattle, WA.
  • Martinsons, Maris G. & Paul S. Hempel. 2002. "Process-based Organizational Change in China". Organization Science Special Issue Conference on Corporate Transformations in the People's Republic of China. June 2002, Beijing, China.
  • Martinsons, Maris G. & Paul S. Hempel. 2001. "Process-based Organizational Change: From China Towards a Global Model". Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2001 Meeting. August 2001, Washington, DC.
  • Hempel, Paul S. & Ying Ki Kwong. 2001. "B2B e-Commerce in Emerging Economies". Academy of Management 2001 Meeting. August 2001, Washington, DC.

 Research Grants

Sue-Chan, Christina, Paul S. Hempel, & Miriam Erez. 2007-2010. "Psychological and Managerial Factors Promoting Creativity in Hong Kong and China". Hong Kong Research Grants Committee Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, 2007-2010. HK$ 616,880.

Sue-Chan, Christina, Paul S. Hempel, & Miriam Erez. 2007-2010. "Psychological and Managerial Factors Promoting Creativity in Hong Kong and China". City University Top-Up Grant for CERG. HK$ 61,688.

Sue-Chan, Christina, Paul S. Hempel, & Miriam Erez. 2005-2007. "Individual, Team and Organizational Level Influences on Creativity". City University Strategic Research Grant # 7001873, 2005-2007. HK$ 180,000.

Hempel, Paul S., Zhi-Xue Zhang, & Dean Tjosvold. 2003-2006. "Knowledge Workers in Chinese Technology Organizations: Empowerment and Conflict". Hong Kong Research Grants Committee Competitive Earmarked Research Grant # 9040841, 2003-2006. HK$ 302,000.

Hempel, Paul S., Zhi-Xue Zhang, & Dean Tjosvold. 2003-2006. "Knowledge Workers in Chinese Technology Organizations: Empowerment and Conflict". City University Top-Up Grant for CERG # 9040841, 2003-2006. HK$ 30,200.

Hempel, Paul S. 2001-2003. "Cognitive and Affective Responses to Performance Feedback by Chinese Workers". Hong Kong City University Small Scale Grant # 9030886, 2001-2003. HK$ 60,000.


 Recent Teaching

MGT 6311 Strategic Human Resource Management (for MBA).

MGT 6314 Global Human Resource Management (for MA in Global Business Management).

MGT 6318 Managing and Rewarding Employee Performance (for MBA).

MGT 4233 New Technology and Human Resource Management (for BBA).

MGT 4225 Global Human Resource Management (for BBA).

MGT 3412 Research Methods in Management (for BBA).

MGT 3217 Human Resource Management (for BBA).