In recognition of IACMR’s mission, we wish to confer awards for excellence in Chinese management research. These awards will be made at the 2012 Bi-Annual Conference in Hong Kong, China (June 20-24, 2012).

a. IACMR Lifetime Contribution Award

The International Association for Chinese Management Research takes pride in honoring a retired scholar who has made significant contribution to the field of Chinese management research with the “IACMR Lifetime Achievement Award”. This recipient scholar should have made substantial contribution to Chinese management scholarship, has provided exemplary services to IACMR, and also have received the IACMR Distinguished Contribution Award. The process involves a nomination by an IACMR member with a nomination letter and a CV of the candidate. The Executive Committee of IACMR and the Chair of the IACMR Awards Committee reviews and approves the nomination.

Award Winner – Professor John Child

We are honored to offer this award to Professor John Child who is a big pillar in organizational studies. His 1972 paper on the role of strategic choice for organizational performance (published in Sociology) is a classic. Google Scholars shows that it has been cited over 4000 times. This paper is a foundation for the field of business strategy. His China involvement began in 1985 when he first taught at the China-European Community Management Institute [CEMI] in Beijing (the precursor of the China-Europe International Business School). He served as Dean and Director of CEMI during 1989 and 1990. He published some of the earliest papers on the reform of Chinese economy and its impact on Chinese firms (Boisot & Child, 1988; 1996, both in ASQ; Boisot & Child, 1999 in Org Science). These three papers have been cited over 1200 times. His 1994 book on “Management in China during the age of reform (Cambridge University Press) was cited over 700 times. He is clearly one of the pioneers of Chinese management research.

In recognition of Prof. Child’s contribution, he was awarded the “Distinguished Contribution Award” at the inaugural conference of IACMR, 2004. In addition, Prof. Child also serves as one of the founding senior editors for Management and Organization Review, and his article on the internationalization of Chinese firms in MOR1.3 with S. Rodrigues (2005) is one of the most cited articles in MOR. Beyond serving as a senior editor, he was a co guest editor for a special issue in MOR, on globalization of Chinese firms. He served as the Chair of the Awards Committee for the 2008 IACMR conference.

Prof. Child retired from the University of Birmingham in summer 2009, after serving over 40 years in the organization studies field. In summary, Prof. John Child is exemplary of a scholar most deserving to receive the IACMR Lifetime Achievement Award.

b. Distinguished Research Contribution Award

This award recognizes 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; who has advanced the field and blazed a path for future researchers; and who has enhanced the visibility of Chinese management research by impacting the broader research community.

Award Winner – Michael Harris Bond

Michael Bond grew up in Canada, was educated first at Toronto, and did his doctorate in social psychology at Stanford. He then spent a period in Japan before coming to Hong Kong in 1974, and adopting it as his (psychological) home, remaining active there now for nearly forty years. For almost all of that period he was at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, but on retiring from there he has since been at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, first as Chair Professor of Applied Social Science then as Visiting Chair Professor of management and Marketing. Over those years he has long held a position of leadership represented in his Presidency of the Hong Kong Psychological Society from 1978 to 1981, in his Presidency of the International Association of Cross-cultural Psychology at the turn of this century and in his continuing engagement in research and teaching and publishing.

Both his timing and his choice of place were immaculate. If you wanted to define a laboratory where the surrounding psychology would be varied, changing, interesting, and of gathering global significance, you could not have found a better destination. But people have to be aware of, and to rise to, such challenges and Michael did so with distinction. Moreover he did so in a way that took the issues into the wider world to make them accessible and of general significance for the development of the discipline as a whole. He has stood alongside other figures of world significance in the field, such as Geert Hofstede and Harry Triandis, and been deservedly part of such fellowship.

At a recent point he had published 205 research journal papers, 62 book chapters, had written 5 books and edited 7 more. His great compendia The Psychology of the Chinese People, and now The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology, make massive contributions to a wide range of fields and interests. The range of his studies reveals a clear purpose being pursued. Firstly is a wide base of empirical studies covering the specifics of Chinese individual psychology, ranging from person perception, through group behavior, to life satisfaction and society. This base is added to by examinations of societal processes: leadership, collectivism, face, language use, conflict, parenting, bi-culturalism, and Confucianism as practiced. From this very large base grow out the grander theories to link with the external worlds of other societies: ethnic affirmation, comparative societal values, and social axioms or beliefs about the world, as he and Kwok Leung characterize them.

Michael Bond’s mission is to take culturally-determined social interaction between individuals, measure and compare it across societies, and then see how the patterns resonate and make possible universal models for social interaction, explored in his books with Peter. B. Smith on social psychology across cultures. This work blends knowledge of reality treated as a serious research challenge, and knowledge of theorizing for general applicability treated as an ultimate contribution. Both domains of scholarship are on full display in the scholar we now honor.

c. Wiley-Blackwell Management and Organization Review Young Scholar Award

This award recognizes a young scholar’s 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 who is the sole or first author of his/her article.

MOR Young Scholar Award Flyer

Finalists

Guanxi Dynamics and Entrepreneurial Firm Creation and Development in China, Chun Guo, Sacred Heart, and Jane K. Miller, University of Massachusetts Amherst (in MOR 6.2)

d. 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.

获奖者 – 联想控股董事长、Lenovo创始人和名誉董事长柳传志先生

柳传志先生于1966年毕业于中国的西安电子科技大学（原名西安军事电讯工程学院）。他被认为是“联想的传奇”(Legend of Legend)，将在北京中关村（中国的硅谷）里的一家小公司，打造为全球第二大PC厂商，成为 “财富全球500强”企业。在2011/12财年，Lenovo的营业额为296亿美元。

Lenovo开始于中科院计算所的一间小传达室，当时只有11名科研人员和计算所提供的20万元人民币的起步资金。2001年，Lenovo从联想控股拆分出来，后者又培育出更多的成功子公司，主要包括：神州数码(IT)、君联资本(VC)、弘毅投资(PE)、融科智地(房地产)等。

柳先生取得这些伟大成就的原因在于他的正直、智慧和高瞻远瞩。柳先生领导力里的最宝贵之处在于：他经常是领先于时代，一直在追求有效的升级。他从多年的管理实践中探索出了联想的管理思想和方法——管理三要素：建班子、定战略、带队伍。

28年来，联想控股始终为成为一家“值得信赖并受人尊重”的优秀企业而努力，将企业社会责任纳入公司的总体战略。联想控股及旗下的成员企业严格依法纳税，提供优良品质的产品和服务，提供高质量的就业机会，注重人才的培养和事业的发展，打造优秀的企业文化，倡导良好的商业道德，诚信经营，并通过有效的机制、管理与文化，在企业运营的多个层面践行自身的社会责任。他们一直在以下重点公益领域开展工作：“扶助创业”、“支持教育”、“弘扬正气”、“缩小数字鸿沟”、“环境保护”、“应急救灾”等。

柳先生不断追求更加高远的目标。在上世纪90年代，联想通过一系列的革新，在本土击败了竞争对手，在2004年底，Lenovo并购了IBM全球PC业务，迈向国际舞台，为中国企业国际化积累了宝贵经验。他还带领着联想控股不断进入新的业务领域，打造出了更多优秀的企业。他建立了最大限度发挥员工主观能动性的产权机制与公司治理，完成了联想一系列股权变革，使员工成为企业真正的主人，并为有能力、有追求的年轻人提供了充分施展才华的舞台。他高度重视人才的培养，培养出了一批年轻的领军人物，使企业不断保持旺盛的发展活力。

作为在科研机构内进行改革的探索者和实践者，柳先生成功趟出一条有中国特色的高科技产业化道路。他还通过投资业务，复制和输出联想的成功经验至其它企业，帮助更多企业实现更好发展。

柳先生在管理上的杰出成就得到了众多的认可：“中国改革风云人物”； “亚洲最佳商业人士”（《财富》，2000）；“亚洲之星” （《商业周刊》，2000）； “全球25位最有影响力的商界领袖”之一（《时代》，2001）；“推动美中关系杰出贡献个人”（ 美中关系全国委员会（NCUSCR），2005）； “中国经济十年商业领袖”（ CCTV，2009）；“2010世界企业家论坛”颁发的“世界企业家”奖（法国里昂商学院和毕马威）；“2011 CCTV中国经济年度人物”终身成就奖。

柳传志先生融合了技术-商业=人性的独特领导力，使得他真正有资格获得由中国管理研究国际学会（IACMR）颁发的2012年“杰出管理贡献奖“。

e. Best Conference Paper Awards

i. 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.

Finalists

The Invisible Hand of Family: Diversification in Business Groups in Emerging Economies
Qian Gu, National University Of Singapore, Jane Lu, National University Of Singapore, Chi-Nien Chung, National University of Singapore

Teaming up with the Stars? A Study of Networks and Performance among Project Teams in the Hong Kong Movie Industry, 1973-1997
Wouter Stam, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Yi Tang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Political Embeddedness as a Double-edged Sword: Firms in China’s Stock Market
Lu Zheng, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

ii. 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.

Finalists

Abusive Supervision, Silence Climate and Silence Behaviors: A Multi-level Examination of the Mediating Processes in China
Serene Ng, Australian National University, George Zhen Xiong Chen, Australian National University, Samuel Aryee, Aston University

Why are People Afraid of Speaking up? A Multi-level Study of Prohibitive Voice in China
Xin Wei, University of International Business and Economics, Zhixue Zhang, Peking University, Xiaoping Chen, University of Washington

iii. 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.

Finalists

f. Li Ning Dissertation Grant

The Li Ning Dissertation Grant, sponsored by Li Ning Company, is established to encourage doctoral students to conduct the dissertation research that borrows existing theories, with appropriate contextualization, to analyze Chinese management phenomena, as well as develops context-specific theories to explain unique Chinese management phenomena.

First Prize Awards

Cheng Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
Kaifeng Jiang (Rutgers University, USA)
Minghua Li (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Hongyan Qu (Peking University, China)
Jie Wang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Second Prize Awards

Zhujun Ding (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Jing Betty Feng (Georgia State University, USA)
Wan Hsien Hu (Dong Hwa University, Taiwan)
Daomi Lin (Peking University, China)
Xiao-Xiao Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

g. Conference Best Reviewers

The Conference Best Reviewers award is selected by the program committee based on the quality of the reviews during the review process of the submissions.

List of 2012 Best Reviewers
Xinwen Bai, China Academy of Sciences
Zhijun Chen, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Siu Yin Sally Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist University
Nai-Wen Chi, National Sun Yat-Sen University
Carolyn Egri, Simon Fraser University
Runtian Jing, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Lirong Long, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Nanfeng Luo, University of New South Wales
Cuili Qian, City University of Hong Kong
Wouter Stam, Hong Kong Unviersity of Science and Technology
Riki Takeuchi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jie Xiong, Emlyon Business School
Xiaotao Yao, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Yu Zhang, University of California, Irvine

To see previous awards winners, awards committees and other detailed information, please go to the IACMR’s website:
https://www.iacmr.org/Awards/ConfAwards.htm.