Faculty

Xie Baoguo

2026-01-12 17:36

title: Associate Professor

E-mail: baoguoxie@foxmail.com

Research fields:employee’s vocational behaviors, career management, entrepreneurial psychology and behavior

Personal Profile

Baoguo Xie, male, born in Octobor, 1979 in Jingzhou, Hunan province, received his PhD in human resource management from School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China. He was a visiting scholar of the University of Kansas in the United States, now is an associate professor and doctorial tutor of the School of Management of Wuhan University of Technology, mainly engaged in research on vocational behaviors and career management.

Instructor Course

[1] Undergraduate courses: General Psychology, Managerial Psychology, College Planning and Career Development

[2] Postgraduate courses: Organization and Management Empirical Research Methods, Business Management Research Methods, Organizational Behavior

[3] Doctoral Candidate: Research Methods of Organization Management

Academic Honor and Appointment

[1] Editorial Board Member of Journal of Vocational Behavior (SSCI) (2022- present)

[2] Section Editor of International Journal of Mental Health Promotion (SSCI) (2022- present)

[3] Executive Director and Deputy Secretary General of Career Development and Management Branch of China Association of Labor Economics (2018-present)

[4] Outstanding Reviewer of Journal of Vocational Behavior

[5] Best Reviewer of IACMR Biennial Meeting in 2021

[6] Excellent Reviewer of Human Resources Development of China in 2021

Scientific Research Awards

[1] “Research Based Teaching Exploration and Practice of Human Resource Management” won the Third prize of the Excellent Teaching Achievement Award of China Human Resources Development Association (row 3)

[2] “Research Based Teaching Exploration and Practice of Business Administration Based on OBE Concept” won the Second prize of the Teaching Achievement Award of Wuhan University of Technology (row 4)

[3] “Exploration and Practice of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Model of ‘Multivariate Collaboration’ and ‘Three level Links’ in Colleges and Universities with Featured Industry" won the Second prize of the National Teaching Achievements of Higher Education (Row 8), 2018

[4] “Theoretical Research and Practice of College Students' Vocational Development Education" won the Second prize of the National Teaching Achievements of Higher Education (row 5), 2009

Scientific Research Projects Hosted

[1] Remain True to Original Mission: The Conceptualization, Dynamics, and Interventions of Occupational Calling (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 72272117), January 2023~December 2026

[2] Competencies and Evaluation Criteria for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talents (Soft Science Research Project of Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province, 2017ADC133), September 2017~September 2018

[3] Research on the Construction of Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum in Colleges and Universities: Based on the Perspective of Deep Integration of Professional Education (Hubei Provincial Teaching Research Project, 2015127), January 2016~January 2018

[4] Research on Employment Equity and Public Policy Promotion of New Generation College Students from the Perspective of Class Barrier (National Social Science Foundation of China, 15BGL151), June 2015~May 2020

[5] Stratificational and Classified Research on Career Decision-Making Difficulties of College Students (Humanities and Social Sciences Research Youth Fund of the Ministry of Education, 11YJC190029), 2011~2014

Papers Published (fill in the situation of papers published since 2010)

[1] Wang, Z., Huang, J.L., Baoguo Xie*. (2022). Maintaining job crafting over time: joint effect of autonomy and career support from family and friends. Career Development International (SSCI, JCR Q3, IF = 2.443, ABS 2), 27 (4), 433–449.

[2] Xinxin Lu, Baoguo Xie*, & Yongxing Guo. (2018). The trickle-down of work engagement from leader to follower: The roles of optimism and self-efficacy. Journal of Business Research (SSCI, JCR Q1, IF = 10.969, ABS 3), 84, 186–195.

[3] Baoguo Xie, Wenxia Zhou, Jason L Huang, & Mian Xia. (2017). Using goal facilitation theory to explain the relationships between calling and organization-directed citizenship behavior and job satisfaction. Journal of Vocational Behavior (SSCI, JCR Q1, IF = 12.082, ABS 4), 100, 78–87.

[4] Baoguo Xie, Mian Xia, Xun Xin, & Wenxia Zhou. (2016). Linking calling to work engagement and subjective career success: The perspective of career construction theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior (SSCI, JCR Q1, IF = 12.082, ABS 4), 94, 70–78.

[5] Baoguo, Xie, Xun, Xin, & Guanglin, Bai. (2016). Hierarchical plateau and turnover intention of employees at the career establishment stage: Examining mediation and moderation effects. Career Development International (SSCI, JCR Q3, IF = 2.443, ABS 2), 21(5), 518–533.

[6] Baoguo Xie, Xinxin Lu, & Wenxia Zhou. (2015). Does double plateau always lead to turnover intention? Evidence from China with indigenous career plateau scale. Journal of Career Development (SSCI, JCR Q3, IF = 2.424), 42 (6), 540–553.

[7] Zhongze Guo, Baoguo Xie*, Yanyuan Cheng. (2019). Did yesterday's positive experience affect today's work engagement? —— A diary study of empirical sampling (In Chinese). Business Review, 31(1), 171 – 182.

[8] Baoguo Xie, Yongxing Guo, De Xia. (2018). How is the work engagement of the leaders transferred to the subordinates? A test of trickle-down model (In Chinese). Business Review, 30(11), 141-151.

[9] Yifei Xuan, Baoguo Xie*, Nana Ma. (2018). The effects of career growth opportunities on employee work engagement: Based on the perspective of self-determination theory (In Chinese). Human Resources Development of China, 35 (2), 153-164.

[10]Zhongze Guo, Baoguo Xie*, Yanyuan Cheng. (2017). Development opportunity, optimism and work engagement: The moderating effect of responsibility for tasks (In Chinese). Psychological Science, 40(1), 160–167.

[11] Hongfei Chen, Baoguo Xie*, Zhongze Guo, Xun Xin. (2016). The influence of vocational calling on Normal School Students'study engagement: Based on the SCCT Perspective (In Chinese). Psychological Science, 39(3), 659–665.

[12] Baoguo Xie, Xun Xin, Wenxia Zhou. (2016). Sense of work calling: A recovering research subject (In Chinese). Advances in Psychological Science, 24(5), 783–793.

[13] Zhongze Guo, Baoguo Xie*, Yanyuan Cheng. (2016). How to improve the work engagement of knowledge workers—— Based on the dual perspective of conservation of resources theory and social exchange theory (In Chinese). Economic Management, 38(2), 81–90.

[14] Wenxia Zhou, Baoguo Xie*, Xun Xin, Guanglin Bai, Rentao Miao. (2015). A meta-analysis of the influence of human capital, social capital, and psychological capital on the career success of Chinese employees (In Chinese). Acta Psychologica Sinica, 47(2), 251–263.

[15] Baoguo Xie, Wenxia Zhou. (2014). The influence of hierarchy plateau and content plateau on the job satisfaction and turnover intention of employees at the career initial stage——Total effect, effect difference and moderating factors (In Chinese). Economic Management, 36(7), 61–68.

[16] Baoguo Xie, Mian Xia. (2013). A review of studies on career decision-making difficulties (In Chinese). Advances in Psychological Science, 21(6), 1112–1124.

[17] Mian Xia, Baoguo Xie*. (2010). Career beliefs: Connotation, measurement and intervention strategies (In Chinese). Educational Research and Experiment, (6), 75–77.

Monographs and Textbooks Published

[1] The chief editor of Career Research and Practice 41 Theories, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2022 

[2] The chief editor of The Planning of College Years and Career Development (2nd edition), Beijing: Educational Science Publishing House, 2016.

[2]The deputy editor of College Student Career Planning Tutorial (“Eleventh Five-Year" National Planned Textbook), Wuhan: Wuhan University of Technology Press,2011.

[3] The deputy editor of Employment Guidance for College Students (“Eleventh Five-Year" National Planned Textbook), Wuhan: Wuhan University of Technology Press, 2011.

[4] Participated in the translation of Management and Organization Theory (Chapter 20: Mental Model Theory), Beijing: Peking University Press, 2017.

[5] Participated in the editor of Management and Organization Theory (Chapter 47: Expansion of Positive Emotions- Constructive Theory), Beijing: Peking University Press, 2018.

Patents and Other Achievements

Computer software book PC system for entrepreneurial talent selection (Registration No: 2018SR118132), National Copyright Administration of The People's Republic of China, 2018.

Others

Qualified for instructing doctoral and master graduate students

Welcome students who are interested in employee's professional behavior, career management, entrepreneurial psychology and behavior to join my research team.