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Research Interests
- Self-worth and work meaning, Psychology of Entrepreneurs,
- Self-management, Knowledge management, Change management
Personal profile
Defense is the obstacle to change, innovation, and cooperation. Dr Xi Chen's research focuses on how individuals’ defense of their self-worth influences their self-management, performance, and well-being. She also investigate how to communicate organizational change to overcome individuals’ defense of their social systems. Her research has won the Best Paper Award of Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2020), Best Paper Award in Women Entrepreneurship of Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2020), and Finalist for Kauffman Best Paper Awards in Entrepreneurial Cognition (2020). Her research has been applied to my consulting services for government (Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission),incubators (e.g., Accelerator Centre of Waterloo, Canada), multinational companies (e.g. Danone), domestic companies (e.g., Nuctech Company Limited), and start-up companies (e.g., Data Tellit Inc.).
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Organizational Behavior
- Human resource management
- Work & Society
- Management & Organizations (NYU)
- Organizational Theory (Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Managing People in Organizations (University of Guelph)
Postgraduate
- Cross-Cultural Management
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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The enntrepreneurship eco-system of "SME-Unviersities-Established Firms"--the perspective of Mindset and behaviors
1/02/17 → 31/01/18
Project: Government Funded Projects › Vertical-Ningbo Municipal Government Funded Projects
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Cognitive Abilities Predict Safety Performance: A Study Examining High-Speed Railway Dispatchers
Lei, S., Guo, Z., Tan, X., Chen, X., Li, C., Zou, J., Cao, S. & Feng, G., 7 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2021, 5538320.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Belief in a COVID-19 conspiracy theory as a predictor of mental health and well-being of health care workers in Ecuador: Cross-sectional survey study
Chen, X., Zhang, S. X., Jahanshahi, A. A., Alvarez-Risco, A., Dai, H., Li, J. & Ibarra, V. G., Jul 2020, In: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 6, 3, e20737.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Open Access64 Citations (Scopus) -
The State-Owned Enterprise as an Identity: The Influence of Institutional Logics on Guanxi Behavior
Chen, X., 1 Jul 2020, In: Management and Organization Review. 16, 3, p. 543-568 26 p.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Put yourself in others’ age: how age simulation facilitates inter-generational cooperation
Chen, X., Beveridge, A. & Koll, P. F., 2018, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Revisiting the Relationship between Justice and Extra-Role Behavior: The Role of State Ownership
Chen, X., 1 Sep 2018, In: Management and Organization Review. 14, 3, p. 607-639 33 p.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)