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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)
  • M.eD Zhejiang University (1988)
  • BS Zhejiang University (1985)

Expertise

chinese guanxi, communications, creativity, diversity, leadership, passion, teamwork

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

  1. “What Isn’t Being Said? Culture and Communication at Work”
    Adair, W., Buchan, N., Chen, X. P., and Liu, L. A., (2024). Springer Publishing.
  2. “The Fire to Inspire: How CEO Passion Affects Employee Job Creativity”
    Gong, Q., Liu, D., Chen, X. P., Chen, G. Q., and Jiang, C. Y., (in press). Journal of Management Studies.
  3. “Middle Power Play: How Machiavellian Middle Managers Use Guanxi and Abusive Supervision to Gain Power”
    Keng-Highberger, F., Feng, Z. Y., Yam, K. C., Chen, X. P., and Li, H., (in press). Journal of Organizational Behavior.
  4. “Indirect Cronyism and Its Underlying Exchange Logic: How Managers’ Particularism Orientation and the Third Person’s Hierarchical Power Strengthen Its Existence”
    Chen, X. P., and Ren, H., (2023). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 175, pp. 104234.
  5. “Achieving Mutual Understanding Without Saying a Word: The Conceptualization of Moqi and Its Nomological Network”
    Chen, X. P., and Cole, B. M., (2023). Management and Organization Review, Vol. 19(1), pp. 3–31.
  6. “Wolves with Sheep’s Clothing: How and When Machiavellian Leaders Use Strategic Abuse”
    Feng, Z. Y., Keng-Highberger, F., Yam, K. C., Chen, X. P., and Li, H., (2023). Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 184, pp. 255–280.
  7. “Virtual Leadership in the Age of Social Distancing: A Longitudinal Field Experiment on Work Team Creative Performance”
    Wang, L., Chen, X. P., and Yin, J., (in press). Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
  8. “Authoritarian Leadership, Benevolent Leadership, and Employee Work–Family Conflict: An Emotion Regulation Perspective”
    Yao, L., Chen, X. P., and Wei, H., (2022). Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
  9. “Effective Strategies and Psychological Mechanisms for Cooperation Induction in Social Dilemmas: A Review and Future Research”
    Chen, X.-P., (2022). Oxford University Press.
  10. “A Journey Toward Influential Scholarship: Insights from Leading Management Scholars”
    Chen, X. P., and Steensma, H. K., (2021). Oxford University Press.
  11. “Social Mindfulness Across the Globe”
    Van Dosum, N., van Lange, P., … Chen, X. P., + 60 co-authors, (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 118(35), pp. 1–9.
  12. “Strategies and Psychological Mechanisms for Cooperation Induction in Social Dilemmas: A Review and Future Directions”
    Chen, X. P., (forthcoming). Oxford Research Encyclopedia.
  13. “What’s Wrong with Treating Subordinates Differently? The Basis of Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) Differentiation Matters”
    Chen, X. P., He, W., and Weng, L.-C., (2018). Journal of Management, Vol. 44(3), pp. 946–971.
  14. “Leadership of Chinese Private Enterprises: Insights from Interviews”
    Tsui, A. S., Zhang, Y. Y., and Chen, X. P., (2017). Palgrave Publishers Ltd.
  15. “Unlocking Expatriates’ Job Creativity: The Role of Cultural Learning and Metacognitive and Motivational Cultural Intelligence”
    Xu, X. J., and Chen, X. P., (2017). Management and Organization Review, Vol. 13(4), pp. 767–794.
  16. “Help Yourself by Helping Others: The Joint Impact of Individual Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Team Cohesiveness on Individual Objective Task Performance Change”
    Liu, D., Chen, X. P., and Holley, E., (2017). Personnel Psychology, Vol. 70(4), pp. 809–842.
  17. “Catch Fire and Spread It: A Glimpse into Entrepreneurial Passion in Crowdfunding Campaign”
    Li, J., Chen, X. P., Kotha, S., and Fisher, G., (2017). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 102(7), pp. 1075–1090.
  18. “A Model of Communication Context and Measure of Context Dependence”
    Adair, W., Buchan, N., Chen, X. P., and Liu, D. (equal authorship), (2016). Academy of Management Discovery, Vol. 2(2), pp. 198–217.
  19. “I Will Speak Up If My Voice Is Socially Desirable: A Moderated Mediating Process of Promotive versus Prohibitive Voice”
    Wei, X., Zhang, Z. X., and Chen, X. P., (2015). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 100(5), pp. 1641–1652.
  20. “West Meets East: New Theories and Concepts”
    Barkema, H., Chen, X. P., George, G., Luo, Y. D., and Tsui, A. S., (2015). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 58(2), pp. 460–479.
  21. “Interpersonal Identification-Based Versus Collective Identification-Based Group Identity: Nomological Network”
    Zhang, S., Chen, G. Q., Chen, X. P., Liu, D., and Johnson, M., (2014). Journal of Management, Vol. 40(6), pp. 1700–1731.
  22. “Affective Trust in Chinese Leaders: Linking Paternalistic Leadership to Employee Performance”
    Chen, X. P., Eberly, M., Chiang, T.-J., Farh, J. L., and Cheng, (2014). Journal of Management, Vol. 40(3), pp. 796–819.
  23. “Guanxi and Social Network Research: Review and Future Directions”
    Chen, C. C., Chen, X. P., and Huang, S. S., (2013). Management and Organization Review, Vol. 9(1), pp. 167–207.
  24. “A Multilevel Investigation of Motivational Cultural Intelligence, Organizational Diversity Climate, and Cultural Sales: Evidence from the U.S. Real Estate Firms”
    Bradford, W., Chen, X., Liu, D., and Portnoy, R., (2012). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 97(1), pp. 93–106.
  25. “Cooperative and Competitive Orientations in China: Scale Development and Validation”
    Chen, X. P., Xie, X. F., and Chang, S. Q., (2011). Management and Organization Review, Vol. 7(2), pp. 353–379.
  26. “From Autonomy to Creativity: A Multilevel Investigation of the Mediating Role of Harmonious Passion”
    Liu, D., Chen, X. P., and Yao, X., (2011). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 96(2), pp. 294–309.
  27. “A Critical Analysis of Guanxi and Its Negative Externalities in Chinese Organizations”
    Chen, C. C., and Chen, X. P., (2009). Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 26, pp. 37–53.
  28. “To Whom Do Positive Norm and Negative Norm of Reciprocity Apply?”
    Chen, Y. R., Chen, X. P., and Portnoy, R., (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 45(1), pp. 24–34.
  29. “Passion and Preparedness in Entrepreneurs’ Business Plan Presentations: A Persuasion Analysis of Venture Capitalists’ Funding Decisions”
    Chen, X. P., Yao, X., and Kotha, S., (2009). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 52(1), pp. 199–214.
  30. “Cross-National Differences in Cooperative Decision Making in Mixed-Motive Business Contexts: The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Vertical and Horizontal Individualism”
    Chen, X. P., and Li, S., (2005). Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 36, pp. 622–636.
  31. “On the Intricacies of Chinese Guanxi: A Process Model of Guanxi Development”
    Chen, X. P., and Chen, C. C., (2004). Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 21(3), pp. 305–324.
  32. “Achieving Cooperation in Multi-Partner Strategic Alliances: A Social Dilemma Approach to Partnership Management”
    Zeng, M., and Chen, X. P., (2003). Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 28(4), pp. 587–605.
  33. “Tolerance of Free Riding: The Effects of Defection Size, Defection Pattern, and Social Orientation”
    Chen, X. P., and Bachrach, D. G., (2003). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 90, pp. 139–147.
  34. “Participative Decision Making and Employee Performance: The Moderating Effects of Allocentrism and Efficacy”
    Lam, S. K., Chen, X. P., and Schaubroeck, J., (2002). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45(5), pp. 905–915.
  35. “Individual–Collective Primacy and Ingroup Favoritism: Enhancement and Protection Effects”
    Chen, Y.-R., Brockner, J., and Chen, X. P., (2002). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 38(5), pp. 482–491.
  36. “What Price Fairness? A Bargaining Study”
    Zwick, R., and Chen, X. P., (1999). Management Science, Vol. 45(6), pp. 804–823.
  37. “Social Norms and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: The Effects of Context and Feedback”
    Pillutla, M., and Chen, X. P., (1999). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 78(2), pp. 81–103.

Honors and Awards

Fellow, Academy of Management (2018- )
Fellow, American Psychological Association (2017- )
Fellow, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2015- )
Recipient, Best Reviewer Award,Academy of Management Discovery, 2020
Recipient, Scholarly Impact Award, Journal of Management, 2019
Recipient, Best Paper Award of Chinese Theory of Management (2018)
Recipient, Dean’s Leadership Award (2017)
Recipient, Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award, IACMR, 2016
Emerald Citation of Excellence Award winning article (2016)
Philip M. Condit Endowed Chair Professor in Business Administration (2013-present)
Winner, Competitive Research Grant for Cultural Intelligence, SIOP, 2012
Recipient, Andrew Smith Faculty Development Award (2010)
Recipient, Outstanding University of Washington Woman Award (2010)
Recipient, Outstanding Ph.D. Mentor Award (2009, 2004)
Winner, Dean’s International Research Award (2008, 2001)
Winner, Best Conference Paper Award, IACMR, 2012, 2008
Winner, Charles E. Summer Teaching Award (2004)

Current Research

Organizational communication, team diversity and inclusion, leadership, creativity, entrepreneurial passion, Chinese guanxi

Consulting

Philips, Microsoft, Washington Realtors, Motorola (Asia), Ericsson, BP-Amoco
Xiao-Ping Chen

Academic Department

Management & Organization

Academic Service

Editor-in-Chief, Management and Organization Review, 2021-
Executive Editor, Management Insights, 2014-
Editor-in-Chief, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP), 2010-2016
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