Maolin Ye’s research while affiliated with Jinan University and other places

Resilience has attracted increasing attention of scholars and practitioners, and studies have documented the intrapersonal impact of resilience. However, the potential interpersonal effects of resilience across the work and family domains have been somewhat overlooked. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, our research examined the effects of employee resilience on spouse family satisfaction and work engagement via work–family interpersonal capitalization, and the moderating effect of family-supportive supervisor behavior in the resource spillover process. We tested the hypothesized model at both within- and between- person levels and obtained results across two studies with multi-sourced data. The results suggested that resilience triggers employees to engage in work–family interpersonal capitalization, and strengthens spouses’ family satisfaction and work engagement. Moreover, the effect of employee resilience on spouse outcomes was more pronounced for employee when supervisors exhibited family-supportive behavior. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings and provide future research directions.

Despite the appeal of mystery offerings in tourism, knowledge about when such tactics may benefit or backfire is limited. This research examines the role of travel context (companionship vs. solo traveling) in tourists’ choice of mystery (vs. non-mystery) offerings. Across five studies (total n = 1,335), the authors find that when traveling with companions, tourists have a higher preference for mystery offerings than when traveling solo. This effect emerges across various tourism contexts (hotel accommodations, restaurant consumption, and destination choice) and in different countries (United States and China). The findings further suggest that diffusion of responsibility mediates this effect. Importantly, this effect is mitigated for those with an independent self-construal. This study enriches our understanding of mystery offerings in tourism, and offers actionable insights for practitioners to effectively utilize mystery offering strategies.

The current research examines when and how product-background color combinations (analogous vs. complementary) influence consumers' perception of brand innovativeness. Across four studies, the authors find that analogous combinations lead to higher perceptions of brand innovativeness compared to complementary combinations. The effect occurs because analogous combinations are more difficult to process and, thus, result in higher perceptions of brand innovativeness. However, this effect is reduced for those familiar with the target brand. Importantly, by enhancing perceptions of brand innovativeness, analogous combinations can positively or negatively influence consumers’ purchase intentions, depending on their self-construal. Our findings provide valuable insights for both theory and marketing practice.

Purpose Although coworkers’ workplace interpersonal capitalization occurs every day in the workplace, we know little about how it affects employees’ well-being or why and when this impact occurs. To address these questions, we theorized and tested a model that links coworkers’ capitalization to well-being outcomes via perceived relatedness and anxiety and the boundary condition of learning goal orientation. Design/methodology/approach Time-lagged survey data were collected ( N = 304) from a range of organizations in mainland China. Path modeling was used to examine the hypotheses. Findings The results indicated that coworkers’ capitalization drives an employee to experience either relatedness or anxiety, depending on the employee’s learning goal orientation. Furthermore, responses to relatedness and anxiety trigger autonomous motivation and psychological detachment, respectively. Originality/value This study contributes to the capitalization literature by comprehensively explaining the negative and positive effects of coworkers’ capitalization on employees’ well-being.