Meet the Lab DirectorDr. Yisheng PengDr. Yisheng Peng is an assistant professor in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Program at George Washington University. Prior to this appointment, he was a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Psychology at Hofstra University. He received his Ph.D degree with dual training in both Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Developmental Psychology at Bowling Green State University in 2017.
His first line of research focuses on aging and various work behaviors (e.g., workplace deviance, proactive work behaviors), aging and leadership, and eldercare issues. His recent project funded by CEIBS (Chinese Europe International Business School) seeks to examine the mechanisms underlying the relationship between employee age and proactive work behavior, with an emphasis on job characteristics that are particularly important for older employees. His second line of research focuses on the impacts of social work environment (e.g., interpersonal mistreatment, emotional labor) on employees’ well-being and work outcomes. His early research on emotional labor and workplace incivility has been funded by NIOSH pilot training program. His recent research examines non-traditional stressors at work (e.g., illegitimate tasks, performance pressure), with an emphasis on understanding the within person-level processes |
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I welcome undergraduate or graduate students who are interested in Occupational Health, Aging, and Older Worker issues to contact me at [email protected] to discuss research opportunities available in my lab.
*SOHAL Lab is currently working on several projects on work stressors and stress coping, if you want to learn more about I/O studies and get involved in these projects, please feel free to contact me. |