Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3226
People are the most important resources in organizations. Happy employees are more efficient, more productive and more optimistic about work and life.
Featured Research
- Work relationships are hard to build on Zoom—unless you pick up on colleagues’ nonverbal cues
- Amid technological turbulence, teams willing to learn and reorganize innovate best
- Demonstrative passion is paramount to earning new venture investment via crowdfunding
- New book examines what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur in China
- Deciphering our decisions to voice ideas and opinions in a group
- Chen named fellow of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Chen named editor of leading organizational behavior journal
- The Year in Research: 2013-14
- The Foster Why
- Mental fatigue doesn’t always make us more likely to act unethically
Xiao-Ping Chen
- Professor of Management Philip M. Condit Endowed Chair in Business Administration
Education
- PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995)
- MA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1992)
- MeD Zhejiang University (1988)
- BS Zhejiang University (1985)
Academic Expertise
- creativity
- inclusion
- innovation
- organizational transformation
- power
- status
Current Research
- Inter-cultural edge research (ICE), leadership and creativity, entrepreneur passion, Chinese guanxi
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 1999
- Assistant professor, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 1998-1999
- Assistant professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1995-1998
Selected Publications
- “Innovate or die: How should new product development teams adapt to environmental technological turbulence?“Journal Article:Chen, T. T., Li, F. Y., Chen, X. P., & Ou, Z. Y, (2018). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, pp. 1-16.
- “What’s wrong with treating subordinates differently? The Basis of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Differentiation Matters.“Journal Article:Chen, X.P., He, W., & Weng, L-C., (2018). Journal of Management, Vol. 44(3), pp. 946-971.
- “Unlocking expatriates’ job creativity: The role of cultural learning and metacognitive and motivational cultural intelligence“Journal Article:Xu, X.J., & Chen, X. P., (2017). Management and Organization Review, Vol. 13(4), pp. 767-794.
- “Help yourself by helping others: The Joint Impact of Individual Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Team Cohesiveness on Individual Objective Task Performance Change.“Journal Article:Liu, D., Chen, X. P., & Holley, E., (2017). Personnel Psychology, Vol. 70(4), pp. 809-842.
- “Catch fire and spread it: A glimpse into entrepreneurial passion in crowdfunding campaign.“Journal Article:Li, J., Chen, X. P., Kotha, S., & Fisher, G., (2017). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 102(7), pp. 1075-1090.
- “A model of communication context and measure of context dependence“Journal Article:Adair, W., Buchan, N., Chen, X. P., & Liu, D (equal authorship), (2016). Academy of Management Discovery, Vol. 2(2), pp. 198-217.
- “I will speak up if my voice is socially desirable: A moderated mediating process of promotive versus prohibitive voice“Journal Article:Wei, X., Zhang, Z. X., & Chen, X. P., (2015). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 100(5), pp. 1641-1652.
- “West Meets East: New Theories and Concepts“Journal Article:Barkema, H., Chen, X. P., George, G., Luo, Y. D., Tsui, A. S., (2015). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 58(2), pp. 460-479.
- “Interpersonal Identification-Based Versus Collective Identification-Based Group Identity: Nomological network“Journal Article:Zhang, S., Chen, G. Q., Chen, X. P., Liu, D., & Johnson, M., (2014). Journal of Management, Vol. 40(6), pp. 1700-1731.
- “Affective trust in Chinese leaders: Linking paternalistic leadership to employee performance“Journal Article:Chen, X. P., Eberly, M., Chiang, T-J., Farh, J. L., & Cheng, (2014). Journal of Management, Vol. 40(3), pp. 796-819.
- “Ego depletion and its paradoxical effects on ethical decision making“Journal Article:Yam, K.C., Chen, X.P., & Reynolds, S.J., (2014). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 124, pp. 204-214.
- “Guanxi and Social Network Research: Review and Future Directions“Journal Article:Chen, C. C., Chen, X. P., & Huang, S. S., (2013). Management and Organization Review, Vol. 9(1), pp. 167-207.
- “A multilevel investigation of motivational cultural intelligence, organizational diversity climate, and cultural sales: Evidence from the U.S. real estate firms“Journal Article:Bradford, W., Chen, X., Liu, D., & Portnoy, R., (2012). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 97(1), pp. 93-106.
- “Cooperative and competitive orientations in China: Scale development and validation“Journal Article:Chen, X. P., Xie, X. F., & Chang, S. Q., (2011). Management and Organization Review, Vol. 7(2), pp. 353-379.
- “From Autonomy to Creativity: A Multilevel Investigation of the Mediating Role of Harmonious Passion“Journal Article:Liu, D., Chen, X.P., Yao, X., (2011). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 96(2), pp. 294-309.
- “A critical analysis of guanxi and its negative externalities in Chinese organizations“Journal Article:Chen, C. C., & Chen, X. P., (2009). Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 26, pp. 37-53.
- “To Whom do Positive Norm and Negative Norm of Reciprocity Apply?“Journal Article:Chen, Y.R., Chen, X.P., & Portnoy, R., (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 45(1), pp. 24–34.
- “Passion and Preparedness in Entrepreneurs’ Business Plan Presentations: A Persuasion Analysis of Venture Capitalists’ Funding Decisions“Journal Article:Chen, X.P., Yao, X., & Kotha, S., (2009). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 52(1), pp. 199-214.
- “Cross-national differences in cooperative decision making in mixed-motive business contexts: The mediating and moderating effects of vertical and horizontal individualism“Journal Article:Chen, X. P., & Li, S., (2005). Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 36, pp. 622-636.
- “On the intricacies of Chinese guanxi: A process model of guanxi development“Journal Article:Chen, X. P., & Chen, C. C., (2004). Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 21(3), pp. 305-324.
- “Achieving cooperation in multi-partner strategic alliances: A social dilemma approach to partnership management“Journal Article:Zeng, M. & Chen, X.P., (2003). Vol. 28(4), pp. 587-605.
- “Tolerance of free riding: The effects of defection size, defection pattern and social orientation“Journal Article:Chen, X. P., & Bachrach, D. G., (2003). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 90, pp. 139-147.
- “Participative decision making and employee performance: The moderating effects of allocentrism and efficacy“Journal Article:Lam, S. K., Chen, X. P., & Schaubroeck, J., (2002). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45(5), pp. 905-915.
- “Individual-collective primacy and ingroup favoritism: Enhancement and protection effects“Journal Article:Chen, Y-R., Brockner, J., & Chen, X. P., (2002). Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, Vol. 38(5), pp. 482-491.
- “What price fairness? A bargaining study“Journal Article:Zwick, R., & Chen, X. P., (1999). Management Science, Vol. 45(6), pp. 804-823.
- “Social norms and cooperation in social dilemmas: The effects of context and feedback“Journal Article:Pillutla, M. & Chen, X. P., (1999). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 78(2), pp. 81-103.
PhD Student Collaborators
Consulting
- Philips, Microsoft, Washington Realtors, Motorola (Asia), Ericsson, BP-Amoco
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, Academy of Management (2018- )
- Recipient, Best Paper Award of Chinese Theory of Management (2018)
- By Peking University Press and Management & Organization Review
- Fellow, American Psychological Association (2017- )
- Recipient, Dean’s Leadership Award (2017)
- By Michael G. Foster School of Business
- Recipient, Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award (2016)
- By International Association for Chinese Management Research
- Emerald Citation of Excellence Award winning article (2016)
- By Emerald Group Publishing
- Fellow, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2015- )
- Philip M. Condit Endowed Chair Professor in Business Administration (2013-present)
- By Michael G. Foster School of Business
- Recipient, Andrew Smith Faculty Development Award (2010)
- By Michael G. Foster School of Business
- Recipient, Outstanding University of Washington Woman Award (2010)
- By University of Washington
- Recipient, Outstanding Ph.D. Mentor Award (2009, 2004)
- By Michael G. Foster School of Business
- Winner, Competitive Research Grant for Cultural Intelligence (2012)
- By Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychological Association
- Winner, Top 20 Poster Paper Award (2009)
- By Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychological Association
- Winner, Dean’s International Research Award (2008, 2001)
- By Michael G. Foster School of Business
- Winner, Best Conference Paper Award (2012, 2008)
- By International Association for Chinese Management Research
- Winner, Charles E. Summer Teaching Award (2004)
- By Michael G. Foster School of Business
Academic Service
- Editor-in-Chief, Management Insights
- Editor-in-Chief, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP)
- Consulting Editor, Management and Organizational Review (MOR)
- Member, Editorial Board of Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)
- Past-President, International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), 2008-2010
- President, International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), 2006-2008
- Representative-at-Large, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management, 2001-2004