{"title":"The formation mechanism of time banditry behaviour: A qualitative study","authors":"Xiaoyue Niu, Yong Qu, Lifang Chen, Guilan Yu","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70074","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Time banditry behaviour (TBB) refers to employees engaging in non-work-related activities during designated working hours while still accepting their salary. TBB presents a prevalent concern in the workplace and has resulted in severe financial losses for businesses worldwide. To investigate the causes and formation mechanism of TBB, we conducted semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 30 Chinese employees and analysed the data using a grounded theory approach. Drawing on the iceberg theory, we propose a ‘potted plant’ model that elucidates this mechanism. The model encompasses superficial reasons (e.g., Personnel Needs, Job Demands, Organizational Mismanagement) and deep reasons (e.g., Employee Values, Person–Job Mismatch). Theoretically, this study extends the applicability of the iceberg theory to the context of TBB, addressing a significant gap in the literature by providing a systematic analysis of its formation mechanisms and laying the groundwork for future empirical research on TBB. Practically, it offers actionable recommendations to help organizations manage TBB more effectively within their practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145739591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"To adjust or not to adjust? The explanatory mechanism of career growth opportunities on career crafting","authors":"Ting Nie, Junjun Ren, Siqin Yao","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70069","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The fourth industrial revolution brings opportunities and challenges to career management for employers and employees. This study investigates employees' career crafting in preparation for the automation and transformation triggered by the fourth industrial revolution. Built on career construction theory, the purpose of this study is to investigate the explanatory mechanism and boundary condition of career growth opportunities on career crafting. Through an online questionnaire platform, 322 valid questionnaires were collected in mainland China with convenience sampling. The results indicate that career growth opportunities have a direct and indirect (via organization-based self-esteem) positive impact on career crafting. These effects are stronger among employees with higher levels (vs. lower) of perceived environmental dynamism. By investigating the relationship between career growth opportunities and career crafting in the dynamic context, this study sheds new light on this vital issue overlooked in previous proactive behavioural research fields. Based on career construction theory, the mediator and boundary conditions of this mechanism were also explicated. This study assists employers in helping employees identify opportunities in their careers and plan their careers better to prepare for industrial transformation and dynamic environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145686057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carrying the light forward: Honouring Professor Li Liu's vision for Asian Social Psychology","authors":"Wendy Li","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70071","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the passing of Professor Li Liu (刘力), President of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP), distinguished social psychologist and cherished teacher, colleague and friend. Professor Liu passed away on 29 October 2025 at the age of 62. His departure is a profound loss to AASP and the global community of social psychologists, and especially to the many students and scholars whose lives he touched.</p><p>Kuang-Hui Yeh</p><p>\u0000 <i>Academia Sinica, Taiwan</i>\u0000 </p><p>I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Professor Liu Li. I first met him at the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP) Conference in New Zealand, where he left a lasting impression on me with his gentle and refined scholarly demeanour, his sincerity and courtesy, his breadth of knowledge and his meticulous sense of responsibility.</p><p>Later, when Professor Liu—then serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology (JPRP)—invited me to join the editorial team as an associate editor to assist with peer review, I accepted without hesitation. Working with him was consistently rewarding. His leadership was thoughtful and collegial, and I learned a great deal from our collaboration.</p><p>Most recently, in July of this year, we met again at the AASP Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He graciously invited me to a dinner gathering with several colleagues. Over the course of that evening, we celebrated his step down as president of AASP and exchanged ideas about the future direction of JPRP. His vision for the journal was both ambitious and grounded, reflecting his enduring commitment to advancing the field.</p><p>Professor Liu's sudden departure is a profound loss to our scholarly community. I will always remember him with deep respect, gratitude and fondness. May his soul rest in peace.</p><p>Huajian Cai</p><p>\u0000 <i>University of Oklahoma</i>\u0000 </p><p>I first met Professor Liu in late 2009 in Beijing, during my defence for the ‘Hundred Talents Program’ at the Institute of Psychology. He was one of the reviewers. At that time, I knew little about Beijing's psychology community and had just stepped into social psychology. I did not realize that Professor Liu was among the very few in China with a PhD in social psychology from a world-class university abroad. During the defence, some questioned whether a ‘homegrown’ PhD like me was qualified for the programme. Professor Liu was one of the few who firmly supported me. That brief encounter left me with an impression of grace and humility. Looking back, I remain deeply grateful—without his vote of confidence, my career might have taken a very different path.</p><p>Months later, he invited me to a summer workshop organized by Beijing Normal University's social psychology group. I was the only outsider present, and I felt honoured. Those 2 days were transformative. I witnessed his humour, wisdom and warmth, and felt the strengt","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ajsp.70071","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145619352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The longitudinal relationship between filial piety, gratitude and national identity: A 3-year longitudinal study","authors":"Qiming Li, Jingzhou Su","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Within the framework of traditional Chinese interpersonal construct theory, the doctrine of ‘transferring filial piety to loyalty’ (移孝为忠) is conceptualised, whereby filial devotion operates through a gratitude-driven mechanism to engender national identity. However, in contemporary society, shifting social structures and evolving value systems have introduced inherent complexities to this linkage, sparking ongoing scholarly debate and necessitating further interdisciplinary inquiry into its function within modern governance contexts. The purpose of this study was to explore the temporal associations among filial piety, trait gratitude and national identity across 3 years. A cross-lagged analysis of three waves of data was conducted using a Chinese sample (<i>N</i> = 711, aged 15–60 years). The results showed that in the direct prediction model, reciprocal filial piety (RFP) (T1) positively predicted national identity (T2), and national identity (T2) positively predicted RFP (T3), while no significant longitudinal relationship was found between authoritative filial piety (AFP) and national identity. In the longitudinal mediation model, there was an interactive cumulative effect between RFP and gratitude, and trait gratitude (T2) played a significant longitudinal mediating role between RFP (T1) and national identity (T3). Additional national identity (T2) positively predicted trait gratitude (T3). And age positively predicted trait gratitude (T2).</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145626248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Darrin Hodgetts, Wendy Wen Li, Sarah Choi, Moh. Abdul Hakim
{"title":"Global consciousness and James H. Liu's legacy","authors":"Darrin Hodgetts, Wendy Wen Li, Sarah Choi, Moh. Abdul Hakim","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Consciousness is at once known to us all and perplexing. It remains a polysemic concept, the complexities of which we could never hope to do justice to in this brief editorial. For the purposes of expediency, we propose that in social psychology, consciousness is thought to encompass various complex and dynamic biological and social processes spanning our senses, cognition, personal and collective memory, language and narration. Consciousness is often taken to refer to relationships between human minds, subjectivities and the cultural and physical worlds we create and inhabit together. Human sentience extends to the reflexive knowing that one is alive, daydreaming, ruminating on a perplexing issue, the sense of relief when stretching a tight back, that tingling feeling that tells us that we are in love and troubling thoughts when we realise our actions adversely impact others. In reading this very editorial, you are capable of meta consciousness or self-awareness in the sense of being conscious of your own consciousness and how it relates to what we have written. Ultimately, consciousness is a key characteristic of what it means to be a sentient person whose self-awareness, sense of place in the world and reflections on human actions are shaped relationally with others through shared language, social representations, group narratives, cultural norms, faiths, ethics and values.</p><p>The social psychology of <i>global</i> consciousness increasingly peers out beyond personal awareness of one's own place in the world and into community, organisational and nation state settings, to collective awareness of the needs of humanity and our willingness to work towards addressing these needs. As noted throughout this special issue, growing scholarship into global consciousness in social psychology has been influenced substantively by the seminal scholarship of Professor James H. Liu and colleagues. James was particularly interested in how human consciousness extends on a global scale to collective affiliations and a sense of relational ethics (Liu & Macdonald, <span>2016</span>; Liu & Xie, <span>2023</span>).</p><p>Global consciousness can be conceptualised as the orientation of human beings towards knowing, making sense of and acting ethically in response to global issues. Psychologically, this requires the personal capacity to recognise oneself as a global citizen in the context of historical and the global events, and as a person who shares this increasingly interconnected world with other human beings. This understanding can feature a sense of differences, but is also about seeking and finding connections, mutualities and unities in being and belonging to the human condition. Professor Liu also saw power and utility in cultivating such a self-understanding as a way of bringing a fragmented and at times violent world together into harmony and increased cooperation. Relevant here is the cultivation of global consciousness as a basis for growing","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ajsp.70033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145618974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elif Manuoglu, Filip Sulejmanov, Konstantinos Kafetsios
{"title":"Crafting leisure for well-being: A multilevel study of youth","authors":"Elif Manuoglu, Filip Sulejmanov, Konstantinos Kafetsios","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70072","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present study applies a leisure crafting lens to youth's leisure activities, an issue typically examined within the occupational context. Drawing on self-determination theory, we explored how leisure crafting and personality relate to hedonic and eudaimonic well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (<i>N</i> = 102) completed baseline and weekly measurements of the constructs for six consecutive weeks, resulting in 584 matched observations. Results from multilevel random coefficient models indicated that, as expected, leisure crafting was positively associated with positive indicators (need satisfaction and positive affect) and negatively associated with negative indicators (need frustration) of well-being. On the weeks when students engaged in more leisure crafting (than their average leisure crafting), their well-being improved significantly. Personality traits, especially open-mindedness, conscientiousness, and negative emotionality, moderated the positive link between weekly leisure crafting and positive indicators of well-being. Specifically, these links were the strongest when conscientiousness and open-mindedness were the highest and negative emotionality was the lowest. The current study points to the importance of leisure crafting activities for psychological well-being and the importance of certain personality traits in this relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145618948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kim-Pong Tam, Angela Ka-yee Leung, Sammyh Khan, Gerhard Reese
{"title":"Advancing the interface between research and practice in sustainable development: Introduction to a multi-journal special issue","authors":"Kim-Pong Tam, Angela Ka-yee Leung, Sammyh Khan, Gerhard Reese","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This multi-journal special issue project stands as a heartfelt tribute to our late colleague and friend, Professor James H. Liu. James was deeply concerned about the pressing challenges our world faces—such as poverty, inequality, human rights violations, political instability, pandemics and climate change. He believed that the academic silos we often inhabit are a luxury we can no longer afford. For psychology, he envisioned a future where internally driven initiatives could dismantle the barriers of fragmentation in knowledge and practice that exist within our discipline. This special issue is a direct manifestation of his inspiring vision.</p><p>In an extraordinary collaboration, nine journals, including the <i>Asian Journal of Social Psychology</i>, have come together to curate special issues that bridge the gap between research and practice in their respective fields. Each special issue addresses a selected set of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the aim of fostering meaningful change. You can explore these special issues at https://www.asiansocialpsych.org/mjsi/.</p><p>For the <i>Asian Journal of Social Psychology</i>, we firmly believe in the tremendous potential of social psychology to contribute to timely and effective climate change mitigation and adaptation. With this in mind, we called for contributions that examine the intersection of research and practice, highlighting how social psychological processes can promote mitigation behaviours, facilitate social, cultural and institutional transformations, protect vulnerable populations and disseminate adaptation practices within the global climate agenda. Our topics closely align with SDG 3—Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 12—Responsible Consumption and Production and SDG 13—Climate Action. We also welcomed contributions that delve into justice-related issues and those that emphasize the importance of the institutional context—whether at the local, regional, national or international level.</p><p>Now, we are delighted to present nine exceptional articles featured in this special issue, each making a valuable contribution to the ongoing dialogue on these critical topics.</p><p>All nine articles in this special issue seek practical solutions to the pressing challenge of climate change. Drawing from various psychological perspectives, they analyse behaviours that are pivotal to the climate agenda, addressing not only everyday emissions reduction practices but also actions in the public sphere, information behaviours and adaptation strategies. The diverse range of topics covered includes packaging waste prevention (Wenzel et al., <span>2025</span>), polluting behaviours (Nakamata et al., <span>2025</span>), alternative food sources (Liu et al., <span>2025</span>), technology adoption (Deuß et al., <span>2025</span>), social media engagement (Jiang et al., <span>2025</span>; Liu et al., <span>2025</span>), information and communication strategies (Richter et al.,","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ajsp.70067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145572327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Great minds think alike: How will witnesses react to the voicer's similar idea?","authors":"Tingzhang Peng, Jianan Zhong, Yue Zhu, Jinyun Duan","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although employee voice has been widely confirmed to have multiple impacts on both voicers and managers, we know little about how silent employees (also the witnesses) are affected by voicer's behaviour. Considering a specific voice situation, we investigate how an employee reacts when witnessing a co-worker voicing a similar idea. Based on the similarity-attraction theory, we explored the influence of voice idea similarity on the witness's amplification, which is defined as one's public endorsement and support for the voicer's idea. Through a scenario experiment (Study 1) and an experience-recall experiment (Study 2), we found that voice idea similarity can enhance the witness's perceived social bond and further promote their willingness to amplify the co-worker's voice. Furthermore, team cooperative goals have a positive moderating effect on this process, whereas competitive goals play a negative moderating role (Study 2). Our study contributes to the understanding of the consequences of co-worker voice characteristics and the contextual boundaries of voice amplification.</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between cultures and challenges: First-generation British South Asian women's experiences of discrimination, intersectionality and woman-to-woman support in the workplace","authors":"Zebaish Shahbaz, Jamie Chan, Özden Melis Uluğ","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Women from ethnically minoritised groups navigate challenges in the Western workforce using unique strategies. However, less is known about multicultural women's workplace experiences. The current study aimed to examine the research question: How do multicultural first-generation British South Asian women experience intersectionality in the workplace, and what role does woman-to-woman support play in such experiences? We conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 first-generation British South Asian women in the United Kingdom (UK). Participants were asked about (a) the impact of their identities on their employment and (b) the role of woman-to-woman support. Thematic analysis revealed that multicultural South Asian women living in the UK experience workplace discrimination due to their single-group identity (e.g., being South Asian) and their intersectional identities (e.g., being a South Asian woman). Moreover, contextual factors (e.g., workplace demographics) and individual-level factors (e.g., accent) offered protection against workplace discrimination. Participants also received practical and emotional woman-to-woman support; notably, support rooted in cultural understanding was especially effective. Our findings demonstrated the importance of social and community contexts in shaping British South Asian women's individual and social functioning. These findings held implications by providing a multicultural and intersectional lens for understanding workplace inclusivity and diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ajsp.70066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145469803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agentic and communal motivations underlying human–AI interactions","authors":"Jianning Dang, Li Liu","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are ubiquitous in human society, and the quality of human–AI relationships is closely related to people's well-being. In the context of frequent human–technology interactions, understanding psychological processes – particularly, the motivational mechanisms – underlying people's engagement with AI is of increasing research interest. Based on the overarching framework of agency and communion, we review research on how agentic and communal motivations shape two key aspects of engagement with AI: the perceived mind in AI and attitudes or behaviours towards AI. We also identify cultural differences in motivational engagement with AI. Moreover, we flesh out key directions for future research, which include considering how motivational systems shape and are shaped by human–AI interaction; examining how agentic and communal motivations jointly shape engagement with AI; and exploring how cultural differences in engagement with AI develop. Finally, we conclude that studying motivational engagement with AI could provide an opportunity to deepen the understanding of people's motivational processes and human–technology relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145406865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}