Yi-Tai Seih’s research while affiliated with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and other places

This study employed a resource-based view to develop a multilevel model of firm-level high-performance work systems, dyad-level human capital, firm-level bridging ties and unit-level corporate entrepreneurship. We collected multisource and multilevel data from 420 senior managers, 1260 managers and 3348 employees of 210 units from 96 Taiwanese manufacturing and service sectors firms. The results revealed that dyad-level human capital partially mediated the relationship between firm-level high-performance work systems and unit-level corporate entrepreneurship and firm-level bridging ties moderated the effect of firm-level high-performance work systems on unit-level corporate entrepreneurship through dyad-level human capital. Our findings contribute to corporate entrepreneurship by exploring its antecedent and indirect effect from a resource-based perspective. Furthermore, we have found that the indirect influence of firm-level high-performance work systems and unit-level corporate entrepreneurship varies as a function of the bridging ties at the firm level. This paper advances existing research by offering new insights in the area of corporate entrepreneurship.

The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused hundreds of millions of cases and millions of deaths, resulting in the development of COVID-19 phobia. To prevent getting COVID-19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in many countries encourage people to protect themselves via several strategies, such as wearing face masks or using sanitizers when washing hands. However, at times, such supplies for preventing COVID-19 are limited. In this study, we examine the relationship between COVID-19 phobia and panic buying behavior from an economic perspective and test if identity fusion plays a buffering role for this phenomenon. Data was collected from September 4th to November 1st in 2020 across three countries (the United States, Germany, and Taiwan). A self-report measure of panic buying behavior was developed and culturally cross-validated. Moderation analyses were conducted focusing on the study objectives. Results show that the economic factor in COVID-19 phobia predicts panic buying behavior, and this effect is buffered by identity fusion. It is worthy to note that this buffering effect emerged only in the Taiwanese sample, not in the American or German samples. Implications of identity fusion theory in human behavior are discussed.

Assessing turnover intention with explicit approaches (self‐report scales) contains several measurement limitations, including social desirability, impression management, and self‐defense, potentially resulting in reduced accuracy. To improve the accuracy of assessment, the current research conducted a two‐wave study to examine whether implicit variables provide incremental effect in predicting turnover intention, after controlling for explicit variables. A computerized text analysis program, Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, was used to identify language dimensions in participants' writing samples, and these exported scores serve as implicit language variables. Results demonstrate that language variables provide significant incremental effect (9% of explained variance) in predicting turnover intention, and this effect lasted at a one‐month follow‐up. The language dimensions signal topics of concern associated with turnover intention.

Self-location is a novel construct that identifies a bodily organ (head vs. heart) to represent self-concept. However, how self-location influences verbal performance is not well understood. This research investigates language use associated with self-location, an individual difference construct based on two different metaphoric concepts (use your head vs. follow your heart). Study 1 established the associations between self-location and verbal performance assessed by language variables in two writing tasks. Findings showed that self-location was related to specific language variables (nouns vs. verbs). In Study 2a, self-location was presented as a manipulation of the head-heart metaphor to predict language variables in a decision-making story recalled by participants. In Study 2b, a manipulation check was added, and the Heinz dilemma was used as a writing topic to control responses in different conditions. Studies 2a and 2b demonstrate that the metaphor could facilitate use of specific language variables. Implications of manipulating self-location are discussed.

This study aims to examine the intermediate links and boundary conditions between unit-level participative leadership and unit-level unit performance. The study collects multiple resource data from 174 units in 75 high, medium, and low technology firms. In particular, unit-level co-worker knowledge sharing is found to partially mediate the relationship between unit-level participative leadership and unit-level performance. Unit-level absorptive capacity also positively moderates the positive relationship between unit-level participative leadership and unit-level co-worker knowledge sharing, as well as positively moderating the concept that unit-level co-worker knowledge sharing mediates the positive relationship between unit-level participative leadership and unit-level performance. The theoretical contributions of this study are in its attempts to use organisational learning theory to comprehensively understand the intermediate links and boundary conditions between participative leadership and performance. This study has two practical implications: 1) human resources practitioners in each firm should arrange specific educational trainings for each unit; and 2) firms should establish a knowledge exchange platform for every unit.