Prof. William H. MOBLEY

 

Adjunct Chair Professor of Management

Co-Director of Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management

 

Faculty of Business Administration
University of Macau, E22
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China

Room: E22-G001


Telephone: (853) 8822-8865


E-mail: wmobley

 

 


Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D in Organizational Psychology, University of Maryland
  • BA in Psychology and Economics, Denison University


Academic Affiliations

  1. University of Macau, Visiting Chair Professor, 2011-2013; and now Adjunct Chair Professor, 2013-present
  2. University of Macau, Co Director, Asia Pacific Academy of Economics and Management, 2011-present
  3. China Europe International Business School (CEIBS); Professor of Management , 2002-2010; and now Professor Emeritus, 2010-present
  4. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Visiting Professor of Management, 1995-1997;
  5. Global Research Consortium, Managing Director, 1995-2002
  6. Cornell University, Visiting Fellow, 1994
  7. Texas A & M University, President, 1988-1993; now President Emeritus;  Chancellor, 1993-1994; Professor of Management: 1980-1994
  8. Senior Fulbright Professor, National Taiwan University, 1978-1979

 

Teaching at UM  

Graduate Courses

  • Managing Human Resources and Personnel Psychology in Integrated Resorts. (MIRM603)
  • Human Resource Management (IMBS126)
  • PhD Field Research Practicum

 

Grants and Awards 

Graduate Courses

  • Honorary Doctor of Law, University of Akron
  • Honorary Distinguished Professor, The University of the Americas, Puebla
  • President Emeritus Texas & M University, Awarded by Board of Regents
  • Licensed Organizational Psychologist, Hong Kong Psychological Society
  • Honorary Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Professor Emeritus, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai

 

Journal Papers

  1. Mobley, W. H. and Locke, E. A. (1970). The Relationship of Value Importance to Satisfaction, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance. 5, 463-483.
  2. Goldstein, I. L. and Mobley, W. H. (1971). Error and Variability in the Visual Processing of Dental Radiographs, Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971, 55, 495-553 (a discussion of the implications of this research was published in Journal of Dental Education, August, 1971, 21-27).
  3. Dachler, H. P. and Mobley, W. H. (1973). Construct Validation of an Instrumentality Expectancy-Task Goal Model of Work Motivation: Some Theoretical Boundary Conditions, Journal of Applied Psychology Monograph. 58.3, 387-418.
  4. Mobley, W. H., and Ramsay, R. S. (1973). Hierarchical Clustering on the Basis of Job Similarity as a Tool in Validity Generalization, Personnel Psychology. 26.2, 213-226.
  5. Mobley, W. H. (1974). The Link Between MBO and Merit Compensation, Personnel Journal, June, 423-427.
  6. Mobley, W. H. (1974). Meeting Government Guidelines on Testing and Selection, The Personnel Administrator, November, 19, 42-50. Reprinted in S.C. Hamner and F. L. Schmidt, Contemporary Problems in Personnel Management. Chicago: St. Clair Press, 1977.
  7. Mobley, W. H. (1974). Managerial Evaluations of Safety Motivation and Behavior Hypotheses, National Safety Congress Transactions. 11, 5-11.
  8. Mobley, W. H. (1977). Intermediate Linkages in the Relationships Between Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover, Journal of Applied Psychology. 62, 237-240.
  9. Mobley, W. H. and Meglino, B. M. (1977). A Behavioral Choice Model Analysis of the Budget Allocation Behavior of Academic Deans, Academy of Management Journal. 20, 564-572.
  10. Mobley, W. H. (1977). Where Have All the Golfers Gone? A Motivation Analogy, Personnel Journal. 339-341
  11. Meglino, B. M., and Mobley, W. H. (1977). Minimizing Risk in Organizational Interventions: The Management vs. the Human Resource Approach. Personnel, December, 123-131.
  12. Hand, H. H., Mobley, W. H. and Logan, J. (1978). Military Enlistment, Reenlistment and Withdrawal Research: A Critical Review. JSAS Selected Documents in Psychology. August .
  13. Mobley, W. H., Hollingsworth, A. T. and Horner, S. A. (1978). An Evaluation of Precursors of Hospital Employee Turnover. Journal of Applied Psychology. 63, 408-414.
  14. Hollingsworth, A. T. and Mobley, W. H. (1978). Relationships Among Individual Variables, Organizational Variables, Performance and Attrition in Hospitals, Academy of Management Proceedings. 1978, 346-350.
  15. Mobley, W. H., and Goldstein, I. L. (1978). The Effects of Payoff on the Visual Processing of Radiographs. Human Factors Journal, 20, 385-390.
  16. Mobley, W. H., Griffeth, R., Hand, H. H., and Meglino, B. M. (1978). Review and Conceptual Analysis of Employee Turnover Process. Psychological Bulletin. 86, 493-522.
  17. Mobley, W. H., Hand, H. H., Baker, R., and Meglino, B. M. (1979). A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis of Military Recruit Training Attrition. Journal of Applied Psychology. 65, 10-18.
  18. Mobley, W. H., Horner, S. A., and Meglino, B. M. (1980). Realistic Job Previews and Attrition, Naval Research Reviews. 4, 28-35.
  19. Mobley, W. H. (1981). Cross-Cultural Research Implications of a Model of Organizational Withdrawal, J.L.M. Dawson (Ed), Readings in Asian Cross-Cultural Psychology, Lisse, Netherlands: Swets and Zertlinger.
  20. Mobley, W. H. (1982). Some Unanswered Questions in Turnover Research, Academy of Management Review. 7, 111-116.
  21. Mobley, W. H. (1982). Supervisor and Employee Race and Sex Effects on Performance Appraisals: A Field Study of Adverse Impact and Generalizability, Academy of Management Journal. 25, 598-606
  22. Youngblood, B. D., Mobley, W. H., and Meglino, B.M. (1983). A Longitudinal Analysis of the Turnover Process, Journal of Applied Psychology. 68, 507-516.
  23. Baysinger, B. D. and Mobley, W.H. (1983). Employee Turnover: Individual and Organizational Analysis, in K.M. Rowland and G.R. Ferris (Eds.), Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press.
  24. Youngblood, S. A., Denisi, A. S., Molleston, J. L., and Mobley, W. H. (1984). The Impact of Work Environment, Instrumentality Beliefs, Perceived Labor Image, and Subjective Norms on Union Voting Intentions, Academy of Management Journal. 27, 440-452.
  25. Mobley, W. H. (1996). The External and Institutional Context of Business Higher Education. In P. J. Frost & M. S. Taylor (Eds.), Rhythms of Academic Life. Thousand Oaks, C.A.: Sage Publications.
  26. Mobley, W. H. (1997). Maintaining the Momentum in Asia. In C. Stahl (Ed), 1996-1997 PECC Human Resource Outlook. Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Singapore.
  27. Law, K. S., Wong, C. S. and Mobley, W. H. (1998). Toward Taxonomy of Multidimensional Constructs. Academy of Management Review. 23(4), 741-755.
  28. Wang, Z. M. and Mobley, W. H. (1999). Strategic Human Resource Management for Twenty-First Century China. In Wright, P. M., Dyer, L. D., Boudreau, J. W., and Milkovich, G. T. (Eds.) Strategic Human Resource Management for the Twenty-First Century. (Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management), JAI Press, Stanford CN
  29. Law, K. S., Mobley, W. H. and Chen, X. P. (2002). Impression Management and Faking in Biodata Scores Among Chinese Job Seekers. Asia-Pacific Journal of Management. 19: 541-566.
  30. Wong, C. S., Tinsley, C., Law, K. S. & Mobley, W. H. (2003). Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Guanxi. Journal of Psychology for Chinese Societies. 4-1: 43-69.
  31. Mobley, W. H. (2004). Leadership Challenges in Asia. Organizational Dynamics. Feb. Special Issue Editor
  32. Mobley, W. H., Wang, Y. & Fang, M. (2005). Organizational Culture in China. Harvard Business Review China. March. 28-39.
  33. Mobley, W. H. (2008) Rules of Thumb for International Consultants. In J. W. Hedge & W. C. Borman (Eds.). The I/O Consultant: Advice and Insight in Building a Successful Career. Washington, D.C. SIOP. 2008. (Chapter 36).
  34. Mobley, W. H. (2010). Emerging Needs/Issues Faced by Global Organizations. In J. S. Blanton. Practitioners Forum. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. 47-3: 72-77
  35. Mobley, W. H. (2011). Managing Our Mindsets in Confronting Complexity and Change. Exchange. Tokyo: Fuji-Xerox. December.
  36. Berry, C. M., Kim, A., Wang, Y., Thomson, R. & Mobley, W. H. (2013). Five-Factor Model Personality Measures and Sex-Based Differential Prediction of Performance. Applied Psychology: An International Review. 62 (1), 13-43.
  37. Li Ming, Mobley, W. H. & Kelly, A. (2013). When Do Leaders Develop Cultural Intelligence: An Investigation of the Moderating Role of Experiental Learning Style. Academy of Management Learning and Education. 11-1.
  38. Wang, Y., Wu, Chiahuei, and Mobley, W. H. (2013). The Two Facets of Conscientiousness: Interaction of Achievement Orientation and Dependability in Predicting Managerial Execution. Human Performance. 26-4: 1-22.

 


Books and Book Chapters

  1. Mobley, W. H. (1982). Employee Turnover: Causes, Consequences and Control, Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley
  2. Mobley, W. H., Gessner, J. and Arnold, V. (Eds.) (1999). Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. I. Oxford, JAI Press/Elsevier Science
  3. Mobley, W. H. and McCall, M. W., Jr. (Eds.) (2001). Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. II. Oxford, England, JAI Press/Elsevier Science
  4. Mobley, W. H. and Dorfman, P. W. (Eds.) (2003). Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. III. Oxford, England, JAI Press/Elsevier Science
  5. Mobley, W. H. and Weldon, E. (Eds.) (2006). Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. IV. Oxford, England, JAI Press/Elsevier Science.
  6. Mobley, W. H., Wang Y., & Li, M. (Eds.) (2009). Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. V. Bingley, England, Emerald Group Publishing.
  7. Mobley, W. H., Li, M. & Wang, Y. (Eds.) (2011). Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. VI. Bingley, England, Emerald Group Publishing.
  8. Mobley, W. H., Wang Y. & Li, M. (Eds.) (2012). Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. VII. Bingley, England, Emerald Group Publishing.

 


Professional Society Memberships

  1. Society for Industrial- Organizational Psychology, Fellow
  2. American Psychological Society, Fellow
  3. American Psychological Association, Fellow
  4. Hong Kong Psychological Society, Associate Fellow and Registered Organizational Psychologist
  5. Academy of Management, Member
  6. International Association for Applied Psychology, Member
  7. International Association for China Management Research, Member
  8. American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Member

 

Faculty of Business Administration

University of Macau