October 23, 2011

1. October 23, 2011 AMJ Special Research Forum “West Meets East: New Concepts and Theories” Idea Development Workshop

2. AMJ SRF West Meets East: Guest Editors Harry Barkema, Rotterdam School of Management, London School of Economics, Past Associate Editor of AMJ Xiao-Ping Chen, University of Washington, Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of OBHDP Gerald George, Imperial College London, Associate Editor of AMJ Yadong Luo, University of Miami, Sun Yat-Sen University, Editor of Journal of World Business Anne Tsui, Arizona State University, Peking University, Past Editor of AMJ, EIC, Management and Organization Review

3. Workshop Faculty Advisors • Melissa E. Graebner, University of Texas, Austin • Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M University • Jeffrey Reuer, Purdue University • Jason Shaw, University of Minnesota • Anne Tsui, Arizona State University • David Waldman, Arizona State University • Judi McLean-Parks, University of Washington • Zhixue Zhang, Peking University

4. Prof. Melissa E. Graebner, University of Texas, Austin • Associate Prof. at the McCombs School of Management • Associate Director of the Kelleher Center for • Entrepreneurship • Research interests includes corporate governance, entrepreneurship, mergers and acquisitions, • qualitative research methods, strategic decision- • making • Publications in major journals including AMJ, SMJ, • and ASQ • Recipient of the AMJ Best Paper Award for the 2009 single-authored paper “Caveat venditor: Trust asymmetries in acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms” • Editorial review board member of AMJ, SMJ, and Strategic Organization

5. Prof. Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M University • Distinguished Professor of Management • The Joe B. Foster Chair in Business Leadership • Former President of AOM and Strategic • Management Society; former editor of AMJ, and • Founding Editor of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal • Published 26 books and over 150 journal articles • Received numerous Best Paper Awards, and the Outstanding Educator and Distinguished Service Awards from AOM • Listed by the Times Higher Education in 2010 among the top scholars in economics, finance and management, first among management scholars with the largest number of highly cited articles • Chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of IACMR since 2004

6. Prof. Jeffrey J. Reuer , Purdue University • Blake Family Endowed Chair in Strategic • Management and Governance, Purdue Univ. • Associate Editor of SMJ and Consulting Editor of JIBS • Research interests: corporate strategy, firms’ external corporate development activities, design and performance of alliances and M&A, alliance governance, and the performance implications of firms’ growth options • Published extensively in AMJ, SMJ, OS, JIBS, Strategic Organization, and JOM, among others, and at least six books

7. Prof. Jason Shaw, University of Minnesota • Curtis L. Carlson Professor of Industrial Relations at University of Minnesota. • Research interests: Social Undermining; Employee Deviance and Counterproductive Behaviors; Work Team Effectiveness; Well-being at Work • Associate Editor of AMJ and JoM; • Editorial Boards member of Journal of Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. • Publications in major journals including AMR , AMJ, JAP, and PP. • Representative-at-large, Academy of Management, Human Resources Division (2004 to 2007); • Board of Governors: Southern Management Association (2002 to 2005)

8. Prof. David Waldman, Arizona State University • Professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business • Fellow of the American Psychological Association • and Society for Industrial and Organizational • Psychology • Research interests include strategic leadership; • leadership in virtual teams; multi-source feedback • processes; university/industry technology transfer • and the neuroscience of leadership • Published approximately 100 articles in such journals as AMJ, AMR, ASQ, SMJ, JAP, PPsych, OS, JIBS, and JOM • Best paper awards from the Academy of Management Executive and the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada • Currently on the editorial boards of AMJ, AMR, JAP, PPsych, and LQ

9. Prof. Judi McLean Parks, Washington University • Reuben C. and Anne Carpenter Taylor Professor of Organizational Behavior at Washington Univ. • Research interests: Organizational behavior, conflict management and dispute resolution, psychological contracts and workplace justice, diversity and socio-cultural and cross-cultural management factors, revenge in the workplace, and organizational identity • Program Chair of Conflict division of Academy of Management; • Editorial Board member of the Journal of Organizational Behavior • Best Paper awards from Academy of Management Meetings, OB Division, 1998; • Best Theory Paper awards from International Association of Conflict Management Meetings, 1996

10. Prof. Zhixue Zhang, Peking University • Professorand Associate Dean of Guanghua School of Management at Peking University • Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review, Editorial board member of Negotiation & Conflict Management Research • Research interests include conflict management, negotiation, group dynamic and teamwork, and cross-cultural management • Publications in major journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

11. Types of manuscripts appropriate for this AMJ SRF • Not studies that add mediators or moderators to existing theories • Go beyond the Western settings to tap into the empirical phenomena of the East • Offer insight into the “what”, “how”, and “why” of the traditional and emerging management phenomena in the East • “What” = new concepts or new understanding of old concepts • “How” = relationships that differ from that of the West • “Why” = logic that is based on Eastern context and tradition • Comparative or cross-cultural analyses that contrast East to West, or variations within the East • Contextualized studies that lead to new and distinct insights

12. Xiao & Tsui, 2007, ASQ • Title: When Brokers May Not Work: The Cultural Contingency of Social Capital in Chinese High-tech Firms • What: Structural holes and career outcomes • How: Positive in the West • Negative in the East • Why: Self-interest and competition (West) • Communal interest and cooperation (East) • Held constant: industry, job type, measures, and research method.

13. Examples of Topics • Theories of contrasting conceptualizations: either-or vs both-and • Theories of social relationships in East and West • New concepts inspired by technology in management • Entrepreneurship East and West • Management logic of Eastern MNCs • Role of the state in Eastern economies • New theories of creativity and innovation in the East • Theories of work and management in organizations serving the bottom of the pyramid – most are in the East

14. Schedule 8:30-9:15 Faculty Panel I: Hitt, Reuer, Tsui 9:15-10:15 Roundtable session I 10:15-10:30 Break 10:30-11:10 Faculty Panel II: Graebner, Shaw, Waldman 11:10-12:10 Roundtable session II 12:10-12:30 Faculty Panel III: wrap up

15. Final Advisory • Participation in this workshop does not guarantee publication in the AMJ special issue • Almost all of the faculty leaders have manuscripts that were rejected by AMJ • Push the envelope, stretch your imagination • Be bold, take risks, you won’t win by being ‘safe’