Journal Publications
Zhong, R., He, Y, Zheng, Y., Barnes, C. M., Wu, W., & Wu, S. (conditional acceptance) Reinforcing or eroding norms? The team consequences of negative gossip networks. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Zhong, R., Lee, S., Chen, J., Wilson, K., & Deng, Y. (accepted) Spilling the tea at home: The effects of sharing negative work gossip with one’s partner. Personnel Psychology.
Zhong, R., Lee, S., & Deng, Y (2025). Not all workplace gossip is equal: A moral-emotions perspective on how gossip type shapes recipients’ reactions to gossipers. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 190, 104440
Zhong, R., Yao, J., & Wang, Y. (2025) Filling the secrecy vacuum: Examining employees’ responses to perceived supervisor secrecy. Personnel Psychology. 78(4), 594–623.
Zhong, R., Yu, L., Zhu, J., & Zhu, L. (2025) Combat poison with “poison”: Leader-targeted negative team gossip mitigates the detrimental team consequences of abusive supervision climate. Journal of Applied Psychology. 110(9), 1174–1197.
Zhong, R., Yao, J., Wang, Y., Lyubykh, Z., & Robinson, S. L. (2025) Workplace aggression and employee performance: A meta-analytic investigation of mediating mechanisms and cultural contingencies. Journal of Applied Psychology. 110(4), 536–574
Lyubykh, Z., Zhong, R., Vuong, T., Robinson, S. L., & Hershcovis, M. S. (2025) Understanding the impact of witnessed workplace mistreatment: A meta-analysis of observer deontic reactions and employee outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology. 110(3), 381–403
Zhong, R., Tang, P. M., & Lee, S. (2024) The gossiper’s high and low: Investigating the impact of negative gossip about the supervisor on work engagement. Personnel Psychology. 77 (2), 621–649
Zhong, R., Lian, H., Hershcovis, M. S., & Robinson, S. L. (2023) Mitigating or magnifying the harmful influence of workplace aggression: An integrative review. Academy of Management Annals. 17, 516–545
Zhong, R., Paluch, R., Shum, V., Zatzick, C., and Robinson, S. (2021). Hot, cold, or both? A person-centered perspective on death awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Psychology. 106(6), 839-855
Zhong, R., & Robinson, S. (2021). What happens to bad actors in organizations? A review of actor-centric outcomes of negative behavior. Journal of Management. 47(6), 1430-1467