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Curriculum Vitae
(Last updated: May, 2015)
Xinran (Joyce) WANG
Department of Management, Haslam College of Business,
Stokely Management Center, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN 37996-0570, E-mail: xwang91@vols.utk.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Behavioral strategy. Corporate social responsibility.
METHODOLOGY AND PROGRAMMING
Econometrics, Content analysis
SAS, Stata, QDA miner
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. student, Organizations and Strategy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
Post graduate student, Strategic Management, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Academic advisor: Dr. Michael N. Young
Student with intercollegiate credits, Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
M.Phil., Management Science, Lanzhou University (LZU)
Academic advisor: Dr. Jianzu Wu
2013-ongoing
2011-2013
Spring, 2013
2008-2011
WORKING PAPERS
[1]. Wang, X. & Reger, R. K. Moving forward by looking back: Publishing behavior in the Strategic Management
domain from 2009 to 2013.
[2]. Wang, X. & Reger, R. K. Silence versus diffusion: An evolution from social media grievances to social
movements.
[4]. Wang, X., Munyon, T., & Crook, R. T. Do Shareholders Respond to Information Security Breaches: An
attribution model.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
[1]. Wang, X. & Young, M. N. 2014. Does collectivism affect environmental ethics? A multi-level study of top
management teams from chemical firms in China. Journal of Business Ethics, 122(3), 387-394.
[2]. Young, M. N., Tsai, T., Wang, X., Ahlstrom, D., & Liu, S. 2014. Strategy in emerging economies and the
theory of the firm. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 31(2), 331-354.
[3]. Wei, L. Q., Chen, D., Young, M. N., & Wang, X. 2014. Which CEOs are more likely to be fired in China?
Demographic characteristics as an antecedent. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 79(3): 37-50.
[4]. Chen, Y. Y., Wang, X., & Young, M. N. 2014. Geely Automotive’s acquisition of Volvo. Asian Case Research
Journal. (Forthcoming)
[5]. Li, J., Chu, C. W., Wang, X., Zhu, H., Tang, G. & Chen, Y. Y. 2012. Symbiotic ownership, cultural alignment,
and firm performance: A test among international strategic alliances. International Business Review, 21(6):
987-997.
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INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
[1]. Wang, X. & Reger, R. K. 2015. Silence versus diffusion: An evolution from social media grievances to social
movements. Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International Conference in Denver.
[2]. Wang, X., Crook, R. T., & Munyon, T. 2015. Do shareholders respond to information security breaches: An
attribution model. Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International Conference in Denver.
[3]. Wang, X. 2014. A tale of two assets in environmental jolts: The effects of firm reputation and political assets
on stock market returns. The 17th Cognition in the Rough (CIR) professional development workshop, 74th
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) in Philadelphia, PA. (Round table)
[4]. Wang, X. & Reger, R. K. 2014. Content analysis of top Strategic Management journals. Content analysis
PDW, 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM). (Round table)
[5]. Wang, X. & Reger, R. K. 2014. Content Analysis of Publishing Behavior: The Case of the Strategic
Management Journal from 2009-2013. Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International
Conference in Madrid, Spain.
[6]. Wang, X. & Reger, R. K. 2014. What’s hot and what’s not? A content analysis of strategy research in four top
tier journals. The 5th annual Midwest Strategy Meeting (MSM) in the University of Wisconsin, Madison
(with the funding for MSM PhD students workshop).
[7]. Wang, X. & Reger, R. K. 2014. Do actions speak louder than words?: A content analysis of the publishing
behavior of the Strategic Management Journal from 2009-2013. The 8th Annual Mid-Atlantic Strategy
Colloquium in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Mini-Keynote).
[8]. Wang, X. 2013. Organizational stigmatization and disapproval spillover: Roles of social attributes of family
ties. The 33rd Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International Conference in Atlanta.
[9]. Wu, J. Guan, B., & Wang, X. 2013. Attention as the mediator between top management team characteristics
and international market entry mode. The 33rd Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International
Conference in Atlanta.
[10]. Wang, X. & Young, M. N. 2012. Board composition and spillovers of reputational loss. Strategic
Management Society (SMS) Special Conference.
[11]. Wang, X. 2012. Governance structure and spillovers of reputational loss. Annual Meeting of the Academy
of Management (AOM) in Boston (Round table).
[12]. Young, M. N., & Wang, X. 2012. International market failure for firms in emerging economies. Annual
Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) in Boston.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2010-2011
“Chinese top managers’ attention on environmental ethics” Tokyo Foundation, Japan - The
Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) (about 1,700 USD).
PI: Xinran Wang (Sole investigator).
01/2011-12/2013 “Strategic decisions from the perspective of attention-based view of TMT” National Nature
Science Foundation of P.R.China (NSFC Code: 71072068 / G020101) (about 45,000 USD).
PI: Dr. Jianzu Wu. My role: Co-PI for modeling and article writing.
FELLOWSHIP & HONORS
Midwest Strategy Meeting (MSM) funding for PhD students
Doctoral Consortium, Mid-Atlantic Strategy Colloquium (MASC)
UTK, Haslam College of Business, CBA-ESPN Fellowship
UTK, Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Stipends
HKBU, University Grants Committee (UGC) Studentship
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2014
2014
2013-2017
2013-2017
2011-2013
HKBU, Research Travel Grant
Tokyo Foundation, The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF)
LZU, First-class Scholarship for Academic Excellent Graduate Students
LZU, Outstanding Graduate
LZU, Annual Merit Graduate Student
LZU, First Prize & Second Prize, Graduate Academic Annual Symposium
LZU, Outstanding Social Service
National Scholarship of P. R. China
2012
2010-2011
2008-2011
2011
2008, 2009, 2010
2008, 2009, 2010
2009
2007-2008
RESEARCHING AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Class Instructor-International Strategic Management, Haslam College of Business, UTK
Teaching Assistant, Haslam College of Business, UTK
Research Assistant, Haslam College of Business, UTK
Research Assistant, Department of Management, HKBU
Teaching Assistant, Strategic Management (Undergraduates), HKBU
Teaching Assistant, Strategic Management (MBA students), HKBU
2015-ongoing
2014
06/2013-ongoing
11/2011-05/2013
09/2012-05/2013
04/2012-08/2012
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Ad-Hoc Reviewer: Academy of Management (AOM) Annual conference (2012- ongoing), Strategic Management
Society (SMS) Annual Meeting (2012-ongoing), Asia Pacific Journal of Management (2012-2013), Journal of
Business Research-Special issue on strategic management and marketing (2013), International Association for
Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Annual conference (2012-2013).
Membership: Strategic Management Society (SMS) (since 2012), Academy of Management (AOM) (since 2011).
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2009-2011).
REFEREES
Dr. Rhonda K. Reger
Professor
Director: Organizations & Strategy Ph.D. Program
Department of Management
Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee
E-mail: rreger@utk.edu
Dr. Michael N. Young
Associate Professor & Department Head
Department of Management
School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University
E-mail: michaely@hkbu.edu.hk
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