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Song, Dr. Fei

Title:

Associate Professor

Office:

TRS 3-072

Telephone:

x7503

Email Address:

fsong@ryerson.ca

Biography:

Dr. Fei Song is an Associate Professor of HRM/OB in the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. Dr. Song is trained in the field of Organizational Behaviour. Theories and methodologies from social psychology and experimental/behavioural economics have significantly influenced her research. Her research interests include 1) behavioural decision-making, e.g. cooperation and competition, trust and reciprocity, fairness, group decision-making, cross-cultural issues, and 2) strategic compensation and productivity. She has been awarded many research grants and awards, and has published widely in top management and social science journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Management and Organization Review, Game and Economic Behavior, International Journal of Conflict Management, Experimental Economics, and Journal of Economic Psychology. She teaches in the areas of organizational behavior, cross-cultural and global management, strategic thinking and negotiation, strategic compensation, and research methods.

Qualifications:

PhD Schulich School of Business, York University, 2005
MBA University of Guelph, 2000
Post-graduate Diploma, International Tourism Institute, Switzerland, 1998
BA Guandong University of Foreign Studies, China, 1996

Research Interests:

Behavioural Decision-Making
Strategic Compensation
Cross-Cultural Management

Current Courses:

MBA

Managing in a Diverse World
Cross-Cultural Management
Decision-Making and Integrative Thinking
Organizational Behavior and Management Skills

Undergraduate

Organizational Behaviour I
Organizational Behaviour II
Cross-Cultural Issues in Organizational Behaviour
Statistics for Management
The Role and Process of Management
International Business and Management
International Business Communication

Academic Work Experience:

2009 – Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Business Management, Ryerson University

2005 – Assistant Professor, Ted Rogers School of Business Management, Ryerson 2009 University

2000-2005 – Lecturer, Schulich School of Business, Atkinson College, York University

2002-2012 – Visiting Professor and/or Scholar: Queensland University of Technology, University of Melbourne, Australia; University of Canterbury, Univeristy of Auckland, New Zealand; Zhejiang University, Fudan University, China Europe International Business School, Xiamen University, Zhejiang Commerce University, Dongbei University of Economics and Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China; Waseda University, Hokkaido University, Hakodate Future University; Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.

Research Grants and Awards:

2011-2013  Behaviour toward Risk and Ambiguity: Biological Determinants and Impact on the Incentive Effect of Pay-For-Performance, Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Amount: $59,928. (Principal Investigator)

2011-2014 Understanding Indivisual and Group Unethical Decision Making and Behaviour, Standard Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Amount: $87,364. (Principal Investigator)

2010 SRC (Scholarship, Research and Creativity) Award, Ryerson University

2010 The Effects of Risk Aversion and the Effectiveness of Pay-for-Performance, Ryerson SIG Grant. Amount: $7,000. (Principal Investigator)

2009 Best Paper Award in the CM Division at 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting: “Are you paying your employees to cheat: The effects of compensation schemes”.

2007-2009 A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ethical Decision-Making: Canada versus China, Ryerson International Initiative Fund. Amount: $20,000. (Principal Investigator)

2007-2010  The Effects of Pay-for-Performance on Individual and Team Productivity, Standard Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Amount: $97,703. (Co-Investigator)

2007 Best Paper Award in the CM Division at 2007 Academy of Management Annual Meeting: “The Influence of the Consensus Decision-Making on Intergroup Trust and Reciprocity”.

2006-2009 Building Trust and Reciprocity, Standard Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Amount: $97,107. (Principal Investigator)

2006 Best New Scholar Award from Faculty of Business, Ryerson University

2006-2008 Building a Cooperative Business Culture, New Faculty Development Grant from Ryerson University. Amount: $10,000. (Principal Investigator)

2006  Best Paper Award in the HR Division at 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting: “Sorting and incentive effects of pay-for-performance: Summary of an experimental study”.

2006 Ethical Business Decision-Making, Graduate Student Stewardship Grant from Faculty of Business, Ryerson University. Amount: $10,000. (Principal Investigator)

2006 Strategic HRM, Faculty of Business Travel Grant, Ryerson University. Amount: $3,000. (Principal Investigator)

2004 Dissertation Support Grant, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University. Amount: $1,500.

2004 Compensation Schemes, Productivity, and Unethical Behavior, Small Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Amount: $1,500. (Co-Investigator)

2003 Emotions and Conflict Management, Small Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Amount: 5,000. (Co-Investigator) 

Full Publication/Presentation List:

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. “Specialization choice in an undergraduate business management program: The role of gender”, (2012), with Gerry Hunt. In press, Canadian Journal of Higher Education.
  2. “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, (2012), with Yunyun Bi and Bram Cadsby.In press, Management and Organization Review.
  3. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect: Choking under Pressure”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Under Review.
  4. “How competitive are female professionals: A tale of identity conflict”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka. Under Review.
  5. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect: Choking under Pressure”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Under Review.
  6. Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation”, (2010), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon.B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol 10, Issue 1.
  7. "Bringing it all together: A model for managing successful student project teams", (2010), with Gerry Hunt and Neil Rothenberg. European Journal of Management, Vol 10, page 62-71.
  8. “Other-regarding preferences: The effects of gender and decision privacy”, (2010), with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka. Experimental Economics, Vol. 13, p. 299-308.
  9. “Are you paying your employees to cheat: The effects of compensation schemes”,(2009), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
  10. “Intergroup Trust and Reciprocity in Strategic Interactions: Effects of Group Decision-Making Mechanisms”, (2009). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 108, No. 1.
  11. “Trust and reciprocity behavior and behavioral forecasts: Differing dynamics between individuals and between group-representatives”, (2008). Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 62, No. 2.
  12. “The influence of the consensus decision-making on intergroup trust and reciprocity”, (2007). Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
  13. “The effects of compensation schemes on self-selection and productivity: An experimental investigation”, (2007), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 50, No. 2.
  14. Trust and reciprocity in intergroup relations: Differing perspectives and behaviors”,(2007). InS. Oda (Ed.), Experiments in Economic Sciences: New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems.Publisher: Springer Verlag.
  15. “Cross-cultural gender differences in behavior in a threshold public goods game: Japan versus Canada”, (2007), with Bram Cadsby, Yasuyo Hamaguchi, Toshiji Kawagoe, and Elizabeth Maynes. Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 2.
  16. “Trust and reciprocity in inter-individual versus inter-group interactions: The effects of social influence, group dynamics, and perspective biases”, (2006). Experimental Economics, Vol. 9, No. 2.
  17. “Sorting and incentive effects of pay-for-performance: Summary of an experimental study”, (2006), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
  18. “Emotions in the conflict process: An application of the cognitive appraisal model of emotions to conflict management”, (2005), with Chris Bell. International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 16, No. 3.
  19. “Other-regarding behavior and behavioral forecasts:  Female versus males as individuals and as group representatives”, (2004), with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris. International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 15, No. 4.

Other Refereed Contributions (equal contributions from all co-authors)

  1. Guanxi, Mianzi and promise-keeping: An experimental Investigation”, with Bram Cadsby, Ninghua Du and Lan Yao, presented at the China Economist Society Conference, 2011, Beijing, China.
  2. “Agency decision-making: A licence to cheat?”, with Chenbo Zhong, presented at Economic Science Association Conference, 2011, Xiamen, China.
  3. “How competitive are female professionals? A tale of identity conflict”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka, presented at the Canadian Economic Association, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.
  4. “Other-regarding preferences: The effects of gender and decision privacy”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka, presented at China Economist Society Conference, 2010, Xiamen, China.
  5. The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect: Choking under Pressure”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
  6. “Specialization choice in an undergraduate business management program: The role of gender”, with Gerry Hunt, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
  7.  “Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
  8. “Psychological and Financial Incentives in Tournament Pay: An Artefactual Field Experiment”, with Cadsby Jim Engel-Warnick and Tony Fang, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
  9. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect of Performance Pay”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Canadian Economic Association Meeting, 2009, Toronto, Ontario.
  10. “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Yunyun Bi, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario.
  11. “The effect of the consensus-making on intergroup trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions”, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  12. “The effect of overconfidence on the sorting efficiency of Pay-for-Performance”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  13. “Bringing it all together: A model for managing successful student project teams”, with Gerry Hunt and Neil Rothenberg, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  14. “Trust, reciprocity, and social distance: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Yunyun Bi, presented at Society of Judgment and Decision Making Meeting, 2005, Toronto, Canada.
  15. “Sorting and incentive effects of pay-for-performance: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at SET-FEEM Workshop, 2005, Milan, Italy.
  16. “The social context of conflict resolution: The effects of status and conflict issue on thoughts, emotions and behaviors”, with Chris Bell, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2005, Toronto, Ontario.
  17. “Trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions: The effects of cognitive biases, inter- and intra-group dynamics”, presented at Experiments in Economic Sciences: New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems” Conference, 2004, Kyoto, Japan.
  18. “The effects of compensation schemes on self-selection and work productivity: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Economic Science Association Annual Conference, 2004, Tucson, Arizona.
  19. “Other-regarding behavior and behavioral forecasts: Females versus males as individuals and as group representatives”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  20. “Trust and reciprocity: Individuals versus groups and behavior versus perceptions”, presented at Canadian Experimental & Behavioral Science Conference, 2004, Calgary, Canada.
  21. “Trust and reciprocity: The differing norms of individuals and group representatives”, presented at International Association of Conflict Management Conference, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  22.  “Norms of fairness in inter-individual versus inter-team interactions: The effects of egocentric biases and gender”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at International Association of Conflict Management Conference, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  23.  “Predicting fair behavior and behaving fairly when acting for oneself and acting on behalf of a group: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2004, Toronto, Ontario.
  24. “Cross-cultural gender differences in behavior: Japan versus Canada”, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
  25. “Realizing one’s self through organizational goals: A group-value model of self-socialization, community benevolence, and performance”, with Chris Bell, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2003, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  26.  “Opening the black box: A preliminary model of individual motivation in a social dilemma context”, presented at The Public Choice Society and Economic Science Association Annual Meeting, 2002, San Diego, California.

Full Publication/Presentation List:

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. “Specialization choice in an undergraduate business management program: The role of gender”, (2012), with Gerry Hunt. In press, Canadian Journal of Higher Education.
  2. “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, (2012), with Yunyun Bi and Bram Cadsby.In press, Management and Organization Review.
  3. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect: Choking under Pressure”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Under Review.
  4. “How competitive are female professionals: A tale of identity conflict”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka. Under Review.
  5. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect: Choking under Pressure”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Under Review.
  6. Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation”, (2010), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon.B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol 10, Issue 1.
  7. "Bringing it all together: A model for managing successful student project teams", (2010), with Gerry Hunt and Neil Rothenberg. European Journal of Management, Vol 10, page 62-71.
  8. “Other-regarding preferences: The effects of gender and decision privacy”, (2010), with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka. Experimental Economics, Vol. 13, p. 299-308.
  9. “Are you paying your employees to cheat: The effects of compensation schemes”,(2009), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
  10. “Intergroup Trust and Reciprocity in Strategic Interactions: Effects of Group Decision-Making Mechanisms”, (2009). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 108, No. 1.
  11. “Trust and reciprocity behavior and behavioral forecasts: Differing dynamics between individuals and between group-representatives”, (2008). Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 62, No. 2.
  12. “The influence of the consensus decision-making on intergroup trust and reciprocity”, (2007). Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
  13. “The effects of compensation schemes on self-selection and productivity: An experimental investigation”, (2007), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 50, No. 2.
  14. Trust and reciprocity in intergroup relations: Differing perspectives and behaviors”,(2007). InS. Oda (Ed.), Experiments in Economic Sciences: New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems.Publisher: Springer Verlag.
  15. “Cross-cultural gender differences in behavior in a threshold public goods game: Japan versus Canada”, (2007), with Bram Cadsby, Yasuyo Hamaguchi, Toshiji Kawagoe, and Elizabeth Maynes. Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 2.
  16. “Trust and reciprocity in inter-individual versus inter-group interactions: The effects of social influence, group dynamics, and perspective biases”, (2006). Experimental Economics, Vol. 9, No. 2.
  17. “Sorting and incentive effects of pay-for-performance: Summary of an experimental study”, (2006), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
  18. “Emotions in the conflict process: An application of the cognitive appraisal model of emotions to conflict management”, (2005), with Chris Bell. International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 16, No. 3.
  19. “Other-regarding behavior and behavioral forecasts:  Female versus males as individuals and as group representatives”, (2004), with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris. International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 15, No. 4.

Other Refereed Contributions (equal contributions from all co-authors)

  1. Guanxi, Mianzi and promise-keeping: An experimental Investigation”, with Bram Cadsby, Ninghua Du and Lan Yao, presented at the China Economist Society Conference, 2011, Beijing, China.
  2. “Agency decision-making: A licence to cheat?”, with Chenbo Zhong, presented at Economic Science Association Conference, 2011, Xiamen, China.
  3. “How competitive are female professionals? A tale of identity conflict”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka, presented at the Canadian Economic Association, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.
  4. “Other-regarding preferences: The effects of gender and decision privacy”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Svatka, presented at China Economist Society Conference, 2010, Xiamen, China.
  5. The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect: Choking under Pressure”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
  6. “Specialization choice in an undergraduate business management program: The role of gender”, with Gerry Hunt, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
  7.  “Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
  8. “Psychological and Financial Incentives in Tournament Pay: An Artefactual Field Experiment”, with Cadsby Jim Engel-Warnick and Tony Fang, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
  9. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect of Performance Pay”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Canadian Economic Association Meeting, 2009, Toronto, Ontario.
  10. “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Yunyun Bi, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario.
  11. “The effect of the consensus-making on intergroup trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions”, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  12. “The effect of overconfidence on the sorting efficiency of Pay-for-Performance”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  13. “Bringing it all together: A model for managing successful student project teams”, with Gerry Hunt and Neil Rothenberg, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  14. “Trust, reciprocity, and social distance: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Yunyun Bi, presented at Society of Judgment and Decision Making Meeting, 2005, Toronto, Canada.
  15. “Sorting and incentive effects of pay-for-performance: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at SET-FEEM Workshop, 2005, Milan, Italy.
  16. “The social context of conflict resolution: The effects of status and conflict issue on thoughts, emotions and behaviors”, with Chris Bell, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2005, Toronto, Ontario.
  17. “Trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions: The effects of cognitive biases, inter- and intra-group dynamics”, presented at Experiments in Economic Sciences: New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems” Conference, 2004, Kyoto, Japan.
  18. “The effects of compensation schemes on self-selection and work productivity: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Economic Science Association Annual Conference, 2004, Tucson, Arizona.
  19. “Other-regarding behavior and behavioral forecasts: Females versus males as individuals and as group representatives”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  20. “Trust and reciprocity: Individuals versus groups and behavior versus perceptions”, presented at Canadian Experimental & Behavioral Science Conference, 2004, Calgary, Canada.
  21. “Trust and reciprocity: The differing norms of individuals and group representatives”, presented at International Association of Conflict Management Conference, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  22.  “Norms of fairness in inter-individual versus inter-team interactions: The effects of egocentric biases and gender”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at International Association of Conflict Management Conference, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  23.  “Predicting fair behavior and behaving fairly when acting for oneself and acting on behalf of a group: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2004, Toronto, Ontario.
  24. “Cross-cultural gender differences in behavior: Japan versus Canada”, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
  25. “Realizing one’s self through organizational goals: A group-value model of self-socialization, community benevolence, and performance”, with Chris Bell, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2003, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  26.  “Opening the black box: A preliminary model of individual motivation in a social dilemma context”, presented at The Public Choice Society and Economic Science Association Annual Meeting, 2002, San Diego, California.

Work-in-Progress:

  1. “Agency decision-making: A licence to cheat?”, with Chenbo Zhong.
  2.  “Guanxi, Mianzi and promise-keeping: An experimental Investigation”, with Bram Cadsby, Ninghua Du and Lan Yao.
  3.  “The Effect of overconfidence on the sorting efficiency of Pay-for-Performance”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon.
  4. “Pay-for-Performance compensation plans and unethical behaviour at the group level”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon.
  5.  “Confucian values and attitudes toward time discounting and financial risk”, with Bram Cadsby and Yan Zhou.
  6. “Status, gender, and social coordination”, with Bram Cadsby and Bradley Ruffle.
  7. “Guilt, shame, and social compliance: A cross-cultural investigation”, with Bram Cadsby, Toshiji Kawagoe, and Shanker Trivedi.
  8. “Attitudes toward risk and ambiguity under different decision protocols: individuals, agents, and group-representatives”, with Bram Cadsby and Jim Engel-Warnick.
  9. “Happy workers are more productive: Does it work through intrinsic or extrinsic motivation?”, with Bram Cadsby.
  10. “Individual competitiveness, organizational culture, and the sorting and incentive effects of tournament-based pay”.

Other Research Contributions:

  1. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Hokkaido University, “How Competitive are Professional Women: A Tale of Identity Conflict”, 2011, Sapporo, Japan.
  2. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, “Gender, identity and preference for competition”, 2011, Beijing, China.
  3. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Hokodate Future University, “How Competitive are Professional Women: A Tale of Identity Conflict”, 2011, Hokodate, Japan.
  4. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), “Are masculine women leaders more effective: A case study of Mary Kay”, 2011, Shanghai, China.
  5. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at University of Guelph, “How Competitive are Professional Women: A Tale of Identity Conflict”, 2010, Guelph, Canada.
  6. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, “Trust and Reciprocity in China and Canada”, 2010, Chengdu, China.
  7. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, “Trust and Reciprocity in China and Canada”, 2010, Hangzhou, China.
  8. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Zhejiang Gongshang University, “Pay-for-Performance and Cheating”, 2010, Hangzhou, China.
  9. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at China Europe International Business School, “Pay-for-Performance and Cheating”, 2009, Shanghai, China.
  10. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Fudan University, “Target-based Compensation Scheme and Productivity Misrepresentation: An Experimental Investigation”, 2009, Shanghai, China.
  11. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, “Risk Aversion, Stress and the Incentive Effect of Pay-for-Performance”, 2009, Shanghai, China.
  12. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Xiamen University, “Trust, Reciprocity and Guanxi in China”, 2009, Xiamen, China.
  13. Invited speaker at the Research Seminar Series at College of Arts, University of Waterloo, “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect of Performance Pay”, 2009, Canada.
  14. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at University of Auckland, “Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation”, 2008, Auckland, New Zealand.
  15. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at University of Canterbury, “Social comparison, financial incentives and risk attitudes in tournament-based compensation schemes: An artefactual field experiment”, 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  16. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, 2007, Shanghai, China.
  17. Invited participant at the Junior OB Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  18. Invited participant at the Trust Manuscript Development Workshop, Academy of Management Conference, Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  19. Invited participant at the SIM Manuscript Development Workshop, Academy of Management Conference, “Does your Compensation Scheme Induce Your Employees to Cheat? An experimental investigation”, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  20. Invited speaker at the International Conference on Trust, Reciprocity, and Cooperation, University of Hokkaido, “Trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions: The effects of cognitive biases, inter- and intra-group dynamics”, 2006, Japan.
  21. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at College of Commerce, Waseda University, “The effects of compensation schemes on self-selection and productivity: An experimental investigation”, 2006, Japan.
  22. Invited speaker at research seminar series at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, “Trust, reciprocity, and intergroup relations”, 2005, China.
  23. Invited participant in the Doctorial Consortium of the Conflict Management Division, Academy of Management Conference, 2004, New Orleans.
  24. Invited participant in the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics Workshop, 2004, George Mason University.
  25. Invited speaker at research seminar series at Zhejiang Gongshang University, “Trust, reciprocity, and group decision-making”, 2004, China.
  26. Invited speaker at research seminar series at Queensland University of Technology, “The interaction effect of compensation schemes and self-selection on work performance”, 2004, Australia.
  27. Invited speaker at research seminar series at China European International Business School on Cross-Cultural Management and Experimental Business Research: “Cross-cultural gender differences in behavior: Japan versus Canada”, 2002, China.

Academic Service Contributions:

  • Ad hoc reviewer for Academy of Management Journal, 2006-2010.
  • Ad hoc reviewer for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2008-2010.
  • Ad hoc reviewer for American Economic Review, 2008-2009.
  • Ad hoc reviewer for Group and Organizational Management, 2008-2010.
  • Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2008-2009.
  • Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Economic Psychology, 2006-2009.
  • Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2007.
  • Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 2004.
  • Organizing Committee Member of Junior OB Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Reviewer and Discussant for Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, 2004-2009.
  • Reviewer and Discussant for International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) Conference, 2004-2007.
  • Reviewer and Discussant for Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, 2005-2009.
  • Organizing Committee Member of Doctoral Consortium at Academy of Management Conference, 2004.

Graduate Thesis Supervision:

Yunyun Bi, “Trust, Reciprocity and Social Distance in China: An Experimental Investigation”, 2006.

Yan Zhou, “Confucian Values and Attitudes toward Time Discounting and
Financial Risk”, 2007.

Professional Affiliations:

Academy of Management
Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
International Association of Conflict Management
Economics Science Association
Canadian Economics Association

Media Mentions of Research:

The Wall Street Journal (May 18, 2010): Study: Bonuses Entice Cheating. By Meena Thiruvengadam.
Ryerson University Media Room (May 17, 2010): Employees more likely to cheat with bonus incentive programs. http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/General_Public/20100517_RN_bonusche.html
Globe and Mail (Monday, May 17, 2010, Page C1): Do bonuses create cheaters? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/do-bonuses-create-cheaters/article1571307/
CTV (Monday, May 17, 2010): Do bonuses create cheaters? http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1571307.html
Ryerson University Media Room (April 24, 2009): Hold executives personally accountable for business decisions, researcher suggests.
OMNI Television (Business News Documentary, December 9 and 16, 2006): Pay-for-performance plans and its impact on employers and employees.
Government Executive (August 17, 2006) Pay + Benefit Watch: Risk Takers. http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=34793&ref=rellink
Globe and Mail (Friday, August 4, 2006, Page C1): Pay-for-performance plans can motivate – or backfire.
Ryerson University Media Room (August 2, 2006): Pay-for-performance benefits employees and employers. http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/General_Public/20060802_st_augresea.html

 

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