Awards

 

In recognition of IACMR's mission, we confer awards for excellence in Chinese management research. There are two categories of award, one is the Research Award and the other is the Best Conference Paper Award.

Research Awards These awards are to honor those scholars who have made significant contributions to the advancement of Chinese management research in any discipline. Under the Research Award category, there are three awards, the Distinguished Contribution Award, the Early Career Achievement Award, and the Wiley-Blackwell Management and Organization Review Young Scholar Award. Best Conference Paper Awards The goal of this award is to recognize outstanding research papers being presented at the IACMR Conference. There are three awards under this category, Best Student Paper Award, Best Conference Macro Paper Award, and the Best Conference Micro Paper Award. Distinguished Executive Award This award is for a senior executive who has devoted much of his/her career to the practice of management and is widely recognized for strong leadership with positive firm performance. S/he has high social responsibility in practical management environment and taking concrete actions reflecting concern for the society's social and natural environments; and that values learning, and serves as a role model for other leaders. Other information Awards Committee Members, 2008 Conference, Guangzhou, PRC Awards Committee Members, 2006 Conference, Nanjing, PRC Awards Committee Members, 2004 Inaugural Conference, Beijing, PRC List of Winners, Guangzhou 2008 List of Winners, Nanjing 2006 List of Winners, Beijing 2004

Distinguished Contribution Award This award is for a senior scholar who has devoted much of his/her career to the study of Chinese management and has made significant contributions to the field in theory, methodology or in explaining the workings of Chinese organizations or organizations in China; that has advanced the field and blazed a path for future researchers; and that has enhanced the visibility of Chinese management research by impacting the broader research community. Early Career Achievement Award (formerly Scholarly Contribution Award) This award will be provided to an up-and-coming scholar (typically someone who has been out for 5-10 years), who, through their current work shows a great promise for excellence in Chinese management research and who is likely to make significant future contributions in the area.  The scholar should be between five and ten years into their academic career. Wiley-Blackwell Management and Organization Review Young Scholar Award This Award aims to recognize young scholars' contributions to the fields of managerial and organizational research. The award will go to a young author who has published in Management and Organization Review, and winning articles will be selected from Management and Organization Review every two years. Eligible authors must be either PhD students or those who have received their degree no more than five years prior to the publication date of the article and are the sole or first authors of the articles. Click here for the Wiley-Blackwell Management and Organization Review Young Scholar Award flier

Best Student Paper Award This award is given to a paper written by a student who is the sole author of the paper. Any topic is appropriate as long as the paper shows rigor in conceptualization and methods and contributes to new knowledge. Best Conference Macro Paper Award This award is given to a paper that deals with organizational level issues including strategy, structure, international management, multinational corporations, organizational growth and development, firm-environment relationships, or firm performance, etc. Best Conference Micro Paper Award This award is given to a paper that deals with individual and group level issues within the organizational setting, including topics such as leadership, motivation, conflict, group dynamics, individual attitudes and performance, as well as cross-cultural issues at the individual or group levels, etc.

Awards Committee Members,  2008 Conference, Guangzhou, PRC. John Child, University of Birmingham, U.K. (Chair) Soon Ang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ingmar Bjorkman, Swedish School of Economics, Finland Joseph Galaskiewicz, University of Arizona, U.S.A. Marshall Meyer, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Rosalie L. Tung, Simon Fraser University, Canada Awards Committee Members,  2006 Conference, Nanjing, PRC. Rosalie L. Tung, Simon Fraser University (Chair) Max Boisot, The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Don Hambrick, Pennsylvania State University C. M. Lau, Chinese University of Hong Kong Nan Lin, Duke University Fred Luthans, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Peter Smith, University of Sussex Awards Committee Members,  2004 Inaugural Conference, Beijing, PRC. Oded Shenkar, Ohio State University (Co-Chair) Mary Ann Von Glinow, Florida International University (Co-Chair) JiaTao Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Michael Morris, Columbia University Aimin Yan, Boston University Xueguang Zhou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology   List of Winners, 2008 Third Biennial Conference, Guangzhou, PRC. Distinguished Contribution Award Andrew G. Walder, Stanford University personal website Wiley-Blackwell Management and Organization Review Young Scholar Award Wenhong Chen, Duke University personal website Distinguished Executive Award Li Ning, Li Ning Company Limited personal profile Best Conference Macro Paper Award Chi-Nien Chung, National University of Singapore and Xiaowei Luo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign for "Institutional Logics or Agency Costs: The Influence of Corporate Governance Models on Business Group Restructuring in Emerging Economies" Best Conference Micro Paper Award Ya-Ru Chen, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Xiao-Ping Chen, University of Washington and Rebecca Portnoy, Washington State University for "To Whom Do Positive Norm and Negative Norm of Reciprocity Apply? Effects of Inequitable Offer, Relationship, and Relational-self Orientation" Best Student Paper Award vNan Zhou, University of Pennsylvania for "Institutional Environment and Diversification of Chinese Listed Firms: An Investigation of H-Share Firms"   List of Winners, 2006 Second Biennial Conference, Nanjing, PRC. Distinguished Contribution Award Gordon Redding, INSEAD personal website Scholarly Contribution Award Mike W. Peng, University of Texas at Dallas personal website Distinguished Executive Award Captain Jia-Fu Wei, Cosco Group personal website Best Conference Macro Paper Award Chi-Nien Chung, National University of Singapore and Xiaowei Luo, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign for "Human agents, contexts and institutional change: The decline of family in the leadership of Taiwanese business groups" Best Conference Micro Paper Award Raymond A Friedman, Wu Liu, Vanderbilt University, Chao C Chen, Rutgers University and Shu-Cheng Chi,National Taiwan University, for "Causal attribution for inter-firm contract violation: A comparative study of Chinese and American commercial arbitrators" Best Student Paper Award vXiang-Yu Gao, Xian Jiaotong University for "Guanxi quality and the effectiveness of knowledge transfer: An interpersonal trust perspective"   List of Winners, 2004 Inaugural Conference, Beijing, PRC. Distinguished Contribution Award John Child, University of Birmingham personal website Victor Nee, Cornell University personal website Scholarly Contribution Award Yadong Luo, University of Miami personal website Best Conference Macro Paper Award Simon S K Lam and Chi Kin Bennett Yim, University of HK, John Schaubroeck, Drexel University and David K Tse, University of HK, for "Effects of staff localization on firm performance in China". Best Conference Micro Paper Award Leigh Anne Liu and Raymond A Friedman, Vanderbilt University, and Shu-Cheng Chi, National Taiwan University, for "Personality and cultural context of negotiation: Are western personality dimensions relevant in Chinese culture?". Best Student Paper Award Wenhong Chen, University of Toronto, for "The red hat strategy: Property rights regime in China's private enterprises".