Prof. Robert J. Taormina

Psychology Department

University of Macau, China

Emeritus Full Professor

Email: Taormina@umac.mo, taormina@emeritus.um.edu.mo

Qualifications

1984 Ph.D., University of California, Social Psychology

1980 M.A., California State University, Experimental Psychology

1973 M.Ed., Boston University, Educational Psychology

1971 B.A., Boston University, Psychology

Publications (Selected)

1. Kuok, A., & Taormina, R. (2024). Determining the relationships of employee resilience and organizational culture with levels of employee work engagement.
2. Taormina, R. J., Gao, J. H., & Kuok, A. C. (2022). Measuring Specific Traditional Chinese Values in Relation to Satisfaction of the Five Maslow Needs. Psychological Thought, 15(1), 132.
3. Kuok, A. C., & Taormina, R. J. (2022). A POSITIVIST APPROACH TO WORK ENGAGEMENT: MODERATING EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT.
4. Taormina, R. J., & Urbano, L. S. (2020). Building the Italian Economy: A Proposal for the Renaissance of the Italian Municipalities. Advances in Applied Sociology, 10(8), 299-312.
5. Taormina, R. J. (2019). Helping shy employees with career success: The impact of organizational socialization. Psychological thought, 12(1), 41-62.
6. Kuok, A. C., & Taormina, R. J. (2017). Work engagement: Evolution of the concept and a new inventory. Psychological Thought, 10(2), 262-287.
7. Taormina, R. J. (2017). Adherence to Chinese traditional values: correlates and determinants. Int. J. Soc. Sci. Hum, 7, 612-617.
8. Taormina, R. J. (2016). Social and psychological challenges of the 21st century and beyond. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 6(11), 884.
9. Taormina, R. J., & Shamionov, R. M. (2016). A new measure of traditional values across cultures: China and Russia compared. Psychological Thought, 9(2), 197-221.
10. Kuok, A. C., & Taormina, R. J. (2015, April). Conflict between affective versus continuance commitment among casino dealers. In Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship (Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 46-63). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
11. Taormina, R. J., & Chong, B. K. (2015). Cognitive dissonance among Chinese gamblers: Cultural beliefs versus gambling behavior. IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, 1(1).
12. Taormina, R. J., & Sun, R. (2015). Antecedents and outcomes of psychological insecurity and interpersonal trust among Chinese people. Psychological Thought, 8(2), 173-188.
13. Taormina, R. J. (2015). Adult personal resilience: A new theory, new measure, and practical implications. Psychological Thought, 8(1), 35-46.
14. Wei, W., & Taormina, R. J. (2014). A new multidimensional measure of personal resilience and its use: C hinese nurse resilience, organizational socialization and career success. Nursing inquiry, 21(4), 346-357.
15. Taormina, R. J. (2014). Social harmony in decision making: Costs and benefits in Chinese society. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2(5), 128-134.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: DYR-3758-2022

https://fss.um.edu.mo/robert-joseph-taormina/

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ueSzcmQAAAAJ&hl=en

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