Menglong Huo

Dr Menglong Huo

Senior Lecturer

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr. Frank Huo is a senior lecturer in Human Resource Management and a member of the Center for Workplace Excellence (CWeX) at the University of South Australia, UniSA Business. He holds a MCom (Hons) and a PhD in Management from the University of Auckland. His research interests include employee wellbeing, job design, workforce performance, high-involvement work processes, job demands-resource theory and human consequences of lean production. His works have appeared in journals such as Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, and International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Year Citation
2026 Huo, M., & Yanadori, Y. (2026). Process standardization and employee thriving at work: the roles of pay for performance and perceived task mastery. International Journal of Human Resource Management, The, 37(4), 565-588.
DOI
2025 Jiang, Z., Huo, M. L., Jones, J., Cheng, Z., Manoharan, A., & Spoehr, J. (2025). Thriving in future work: knowledge management and innovation perspectives. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 23(1), 1-12.
DOI Scopus26 WoS18
2025 Huo, M. L. (2025). Work autonomy and exit-voice choice: the role of skill utilization, learning from colleagues and future time orientation. Personnel Review, 54(1), 20-40.
DOI Scopus1
2023 Huo, M. L., & Jiang, Z. (2023). Work-life conflict and job performance: the mediating role of employee wellbeing and the moderating role of trait extraversion. Personality and Individual Differences, 205(112109), 1-6.
DOI Scopus43 WoS33
2023 Huo, M. L., & Jiang, Z. (2023). Work-role overload, work-life conflict, and perceived career plateau: the moderating role of emotional stability. Human Resource Management, 62(6), 867-882.
DOI Scopus43 WoS37
2022 Huo, M. L., Boxall, P., & Cheung, G. W. (2022). Lean production, work intensification and employee wellbeing: can line-manager support make a difference?. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43(1), 198-220.
DOI Scopus41 WoS32
2022 Huo, M. F., & Boxall, P. (2022). Do workers respond differently to learning from supervisors and colleagues? A study of job resources, learning sources and employee wellbeing in China. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(4), 742-762.
DOI Scopus19 WoS20
2022 Huo, M. L., Jiang, Z., Cheng, Z., & Wilkinson, A. (2022). Restaurant employees' attitudinal reactions to social distancing difficulties: a multi-wave study. Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 32(2), 302-322.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10
2022 Boxall, P., & Huo, M. L. (2022). Fostering the high-involvement model of human resource management: what have we learnt and what challenges do we face?. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 60(1), 41-61.
DOI Scopus19 WoS16
2021 Huo, M. L. (2021). Career growth opportunities, thriving at work and career outcomes: can COVID-19 anxiety make a difference?. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 48, 174-181.
DOI Scopus54 WoS49
2021 Huo, M. L., & Jiang, Z. (2021). Trait conscientiousness, thriving at work, career satisfaction and job satisfaction: can supervisor support make a difference?. Personality and individual differences, 183(111116), 1-6.
DOI Scopus46 WoS38
2021 Majoreen, O. A., Boxall, P., & Huo, M. L. (2021). How good are jobs in New Zealand? An analysis using the International Social Survey Programme, 1997 to 2015. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 46(1), 51-67.
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2020 Huo, M. L., Boxall, P., & Cheung, G. W. (2020). How does line-manager support enhance worker wellbeing? A study in China. International journal of human resource management, 31(14), 1825-1843.
DOI Scopus37 WoS37
2019 Boxall, P., Huo, M. L., & Winterton, J. (2019). How do workers benefit from skill utilisation and how can these benefits be enhanced?. Journal of industrial relations, 61(5), 704-725.
DOI Scopus18 WoS13
2018 Huo, M. L., & Boxall, P. (2018). Instrumental work values and responses to HR practices: a study of job satisfaction in a Chinese manufacturer. Personnel review, 47(1), 60-73.
DOI Scopus18 WoS15
2018 Huo, M., & Boxall, P. (2018). Are all aspects of lean production bad for workers? An analysis of how problem-solving demands affect employee well-being. Human resource management journal, 28(4), 569-584.
DOI Scopus49 WoS43
2017 Hutchinson, A., & Huo, M. (2017). Performance management in New Zealand: human resource practitioners', managers', and employees' perspectives. New Zealand journal of human resource management, 17(1), 20-35.
2017 Huo, M., & Boxall, P. (2017). Lean production and the well-being of the frontline manager: the job demands - resources model as a diagnostic tool in Chinese manufacturing. Asia Pacific journal of human resources, 55(3), 280-297.
DOI Scopus32 WoS28

  • Advancing Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Youth in Construction Careers, Construction Industry Training Board, 05/08/2025 - 31/07/2026

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 3110 HR Analytics (2025)
  • BUSS 3110 HR Analytics (2024)
  • BUSS 5397 Research for Business Decision Making (2024)
  • BUSS 5450 People Analytics (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 Co-Supervisor Organisational antecedents of corporate volunteering Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Marko Savovic

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Articulating artistic and financial voices in governance: three cases from the performing arts Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Bianca Cruz De Araujo
2021 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Gaining and sustaining legitimacy in the art market in the digital era Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Jiaxin Liu

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