• Distinguished Scholarly 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.

Winner:

1. Professor Yanjie Bian (边燕杰), University of Minnesota

• MOR/PUP Best Paper Award of Chinese Theory of Management 

To promote original theorizing to account for management phenomena that are relatively salient in China, Peking University Press (PUP) has set up the MOR/PUP Best Paper Award of Chinese Theory of Management. The award is intended to especially encourage research on “Indigenous Chinese theory of management”. It is important for Chinese management researchers to be innovative in their theoretical analysis. The award aims to recognize the best paper published in MOR that addresses new research questions, identifies new concepts, and/or develop new theories from the “Chinese theory of management” perspective. The winning paper is selected from the articles published in MOR in the past two years.

Winner:

1. DiTomaso, N., & Bian, Y. (2018). The Structure of Labor Markets in the US and China: Social Capital and Guanxi. Management and Organization Review, 14(1), 5-36. doi:10.1017/mor.2017.63

Finalists:

1. Pan, W., & Sun, L. (2018). A Self-Regulation Model of Zhong Yong Thinking and Employee Adaptive Performance. Management and Organization Review, 14(1), 135-159. doi:10.1017/mor.2017.33
2. Witt, M. (2019). China’s Challenge: Geopolitics, De-Globalization, and the Future of Chinese Business. Management and Organization Review, 15(4), 687-704. doi:10.1017/mor.2019.49

Award Committee

• Eric W. K. Tsang, University of Texas at Dallas (Chair)
• Eric Zhao, Indiana University
• Jing Li, Simon Fraser University
• Dali Ma, Drexel University
• Abby Jingzi Zhou, University of Nottingham Ningbo

• Kwok Leung Dissertation Grant

The Kwok Leung Fund was created to commemorate the life and work of Professor Kwok Leung, and to continue his mission of supporting young scholars. The fund is intended to support Ph.D. students who need funds to collect data to finish their dissertations. The fund is open to all doctoral students doing Chinese Management research.

Winners:
Art on Demand: Managing the Moral Tension between Art and Commerce in the Porcelain Capital of China
陈思吟（Siyin Chen），多伦多大学

Toward a New Retail Ecosystem: Could Digital Innovation Disrupt Pre-existing Social Capital 
贺童（Tong He），宁波诺丁汉大学

顾客虐待在工作团队中的影响作用及其干预方案 
刘培（Pei Liu），暨南大学

Geography in the Making of Culture and Corporate Strategy
乔坤元（Kunyuan Qiao），康奈尔大学

道德型领导作为应对员工不道德行为的一种方式：一项基于社会认同理论的分析
张淑霞（Shuxia Zhang），俄亥俄州立大学

Award Committee

• Best Conference Paper Awards

Award Committee

• Conference Theme Best Paper Award

The Conference Theme Best Paper Award is an award recognizing a paper that best captures the theme of 2021 Conference“Cultivate Entrepreneurship in China”.

Winner
Converging Tides Lift All Boats: The Impact of Consensus in Evaluation Criteria on Investments in an Emerging Technology Field

• Xirong Shen, Cornell University;
• Huisi (Jessica) Li, Georgia Institute of Technology;
• Pamela Tolbert, Cornell University

Finalists
Entrepreneur’s Face Influences the Evaluation of a New Venture

• Luhua Wang, University of New South Wales;
• Christopher Jackson, University of New South Wales

How Does Entrepreneurs’ Empathy Affect Firm Performance: An Entrepreneurial Orientation Perspective

• Siyao Lyu, Xi’an Jiaotong University
• Wenhong Zhao, Xi’an Jiaotong University
• Te Yang, Xi’an Jiaotong University

• 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.

Winner
Conational Agglomeration and Location Choice of MNEs in an Emerging Market

• Peng Zhang, Simon Fraser University;
• Jing Li, Simon Fraser University;
• Yong Li, University of Nevada, Las Vegas；
• Gwon Sunhwan, Korea University

Finalist
Organizational Spatial Momentum and Market Entry Choices: Empirical Studies in the Context of Chinese Real Estate Industry

• Yunan Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Runtian Jing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Juncong Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

投资环境视角下中国移动支付企业海外市场进入模式研究 ——以蚂蚁金服进入“一带一路”沿线国家为例

• 冯乾彬，浙江大学
• 向姝婷，西南财经大学

• 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.

Winner
My Boss is Younger, Less Educated, and Has a Shorter Tenure: Status (In)congruence and Supervisor Competence Influence Subordinates’ Fairness Perceptions and Work Motivation

• Huisi (Jessica) Li, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Xiaoyu Wang, Tongji University;
• Michele Williams, University of Iowa;
• Ya-Ru Chen, Cornell University;
• Joel Brockner, Columbia University

Finalists
Inclusive Leadership and Group Voice Behavior: The Moderating Role of Group Faultlines 

• Hui Chen, Xi’an Jiaotong University;
• Qiaozhuan Liang, Xi’an Jiaotong University;
• Yue Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnical University
• Chao Feng, Xi’an Jiaotong University

目标导向如何影响员工创造力——基于创造力要素理论视角的分类研究

• 王明旋，重庆大学
• 张勇，重庆大学
• 马艳茹，华中农业大学
• 刘海全，华中农业大学

共时性双元领导对突破性创新的转换边界与路径

• 李树文，同济大学
• 贾瑞乾，同济大学
• 汪小滢，同济大学
• 胡文安，同济大学
• 罗瑾琏，同济大学
• 郭利敏，同济大学

• Best Student Paper Award

This award is given to a paper written by a student who is the sole author of the paper, or the first author of the paper is a student. Any topic is appropriate as long as the paper shows rigor in conceptualization and methods and contributes to new knowledge.

Winner
Red Heart to The Party? CEO Oversea Education Experience and Corporate Response to The Belt and Road Initiative 

• Yishu Cai, City University of Hong Kong 
• Peng Wang, BNU-HKBU United International College

Finalists
TMT Transactive Memory System, Strategic Orientation, and Business Model Design

• Yu Chen, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Does Leader Humor Work in the Chinese Context? A Test Based on AET Model 

• Ping Jiang, Renmin University of China;
• Jinzhao Qu, Renmin University of China

领导差异化授权对团队成员间帮助行为的负面影响研究

• 孙芳，武汉大学

• GSJ Global Strategy Best Paper Award

This Award recognizes outstanding research papers in the area of global strategic management presented at the IACMR Conference. Global Strategy Journal (GSJ) is the leading journal on global strategic management research, it aims to shape the direction of conversations on the interaction between the global context and the strategy.

Winner
When Experience Eclipses Dependence: Host Country Experience, International Joint Venture Dissolution, and the Moderating Role of Host Country Institutions

• Peng Wang, BNU-HKBU United International College 
• Bin Liu, Xiamen University
• Shige Makino, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Finalists
How Do Foreign Entrepreneurs’ Network Structures Influence Venture Performance in an Emerging Market? The Role of Social Network Diversity

• Ali Ahmad Bodla, Tongji University
• Awan Sajid, The University of Lahore, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Kaili Zhang, East China University of Science and Technology

Red Heart to the Party? CEO oversea education experience and corporate response to the Belt and Road Initiative

• Yishu Cai, City University of Hong Kong
• Peng Wang, BNU-HKBU United International College

Conational Agglomeration and Location Choice of MNEs in an Emerging Market

• Peng Zhang, Simon Fraser University
• Jing Li, Simon Fraser University
• Yong Li, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Gwon Sunhwan, Korea University

The Conference Best Reviewers Award is selected by the program committee based on the quality of the reviews on the submissions.

• MOR Award (PDF AL provided) 

MOR Best Senior Editors

• Can Huang, Zhejiang University, China
• Jing Li, Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Wu Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
• Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, University of Vienna, Austria
• Sunny Li Sun, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
• Michael Witt, INSEAD, Singapore
• Abby Jingzi Zhou, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

MOR Best Reviewers

• Anna Grandori, Bocconi University, Italy
• Yidi Guo, Tsinghua University, China
• Liangding Victor Jia, Nanjing University, China
• Weiwen Li, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
• Hinrich Voss, HEC Montreal, Canada
• Steven S. Zhou, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China