As the correspondence co-author, Dr. Chen Aihua from our school, together with Prof. Ma Li and Zhang Zhixue from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, published their joint research paper, “Task Success Based on Contingency Fit of Managerial Culture and Embeddedness”, on ”Journal of International Business Studies”(JIBS in short), vol. 47 in February 2016. The article focuses on the research unit of corporate internal management, which is an important innovation for cross-cultural management research.

The study was originally initiated from a visit, archive reading, and discussion in a coastal Japanese enterprise in early 2010. The authors conducted follow-up interviews with many managers from the same company. Later in 2012 the paper was reported on IACMR conference in Hong Kong. Feedback of trainees from various training programs was collected afterwards. The official publication of this paper marks a significant research improvement in organization management, an important research achievement from our school.

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