Xi Chen

Nominated for Early Career Teaching Excellence Award at MacEwan University (2025)

Finalist, Inaugural MOR Responsible Research in Business and Management Best Paper Award (2023)

Best Paper Award, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2020)

Best Paper Award in Women Entrepreneurship, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2020)

Finalist, Kauffman Best Paper Awards in Entrepreneurial Cognition (2020)

Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management (2014, 2018, 2022)

Self and Identity; Entrepreneurial Cognition; Entrepreneurial Networks; Entrepreneurial ecosystem; Organizational change

Chen, X., Chen, J., Chen, J. & Cao, R. (In press) Whom Should Entrepreneurs Approach? The Effect of Contact Status on Referring New Ventures for Acquisition. Journal of Management Studies, (ABDC A*, ABS 4)

Chen, X., Batjargal, B., & Chen, J. S. Network Diversity, Institutional Intermediaries, and New Venture Performance in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of China. (accepted at Strategic Organization, ABDC A, ABS 3)

Chen, X. & Batjargal, B. (2025) When Do Entrepreneurs Network? The Effects of Failure Threat and Self-Evaluations on Social Networks. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 49(4), 1071-1097. (ABDC A*, ABS 4*)

Chen, X. & Zhang, S. (2024) Too much of two good things: The curvilinear effects of self-efficacy and market validation in new ventures. Journal of Business Research, 183(114845) (ABDC A, ABS 3)

Xu, W., Pavlova, L., Chen, X., Petrytsa, P., Graf-Vlachy, L., Zhang, S.X. (2023) Mental Health Symptoms and Coping Strategies among Ukrainians under the Russia-Ukraine War in March 2022. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69(4):957-966. (SJR Q1)

Chen, X. (2022) Change Communication, Construal Level and Reactions to Organizational Change. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

Lei, S., Guo, Z., Tan, X., Chen, X., Li, C., Zou, J., Cao, S., Feng, G. (2021) Cognitive abilities predict safety performance: A study examining high-speed railway dispatchers. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 5538320. (ABDC: A)

Chen, X. (2020). The State-Owned Enterprise as an Identity: The Influence of Institutional Logics on Guanxi Behavior. Management and Organization Review, 16(3), 543-568. (ABDC A, ABS 3)

Chen, X., Zhang, S.X., Jahanshahi, A.A., Alvarez-Risco, A., Dai, H., Li, J., Ibarra, V.G. (2020) Belief in Conspiracy Theory about COVID-19 Predicts Mental Health and Well-being: A Study of Healthcare Staff in Ecuador. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 6(3): e20737 (SJR Q1)    

Chen, X. (2018). Revisiting the relationship between fairness and extra-role behaviors: The moderating effect of state ownership. Management and Organization Review. 14(3): 607-639. (ABDC: A, ABS 3)

Chen, X., Beveridge, A., Fu, P.P. (2018) Put yourself in others’ age: How age simulation facilitates inter-generational cooperation. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 249.

Chen, X. (2014). Too much of a good thing: The effect of contingency of self-worth on goal setting. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 53(3): 1154-1159.

Chen, X., Ma, J., & Shi, K. (2007). The effects of performance, competence, and position on organizational distributive justice. Acta Psychologica Sinic. 39(5): 901-908. (SJR Q2)

Chen, X., & Beveridge, A., (2025) The Logic of Capitalism and Meanings of Work: Examining the Relationships between Marketization and Work Orientations in a Transitioning Economy. Biennial conference of International Association for Chinese Management Research, Xi’An, China

Chen, X., Lan, H-T., Pavlova, I., & Paska, M. (2024) How to Turn Crises into Opportunities? The Effect of Uncertainty on Entrepreneurial Overconfidence., Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, US

Chen, X. & Lan, H-T. (2023) How to Turn Crises into Opportunities? The Effect of Uncertainty on Overconfidence of Entrepreneurs from Greater China. Biennial conference of International Association for Chinese Management Research, Hong Kong.

Chen, X. & Lan, H-T. (2022) The Effect of Covid-19 Uncertainty on Chinese Entrepreneurs' Overconfidence. Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference

Chen, X. (2022) Change Communication, Construal Level and Reactions to Organizational Change. Academy of Management Annual Meeting

Chen, X., Xu, W., & Balaji, M.S. (2022) How Does Customer Mistreatment Lead to Employee Retaliation? From The Lens of Self-Threat. Academy of Management Annual Meeting

Otitoju, M.Y., Chen, X., & Zhou, H. (2022) How Do Different Religions Influence Women’s Entrepreneurial Choices? The Mediating Role of Gender Identity. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 

Chen, J., Chen, X., Zhen, M., & Chen, J. (2021) What If Conformity Is Risky? The Effect of Contact Status on New Venture Acquisition. Academy of Management Annual Meeting

Chen, J., Chen, X., & Chen, J. (2021) Whom Should Entrepreneurs Approach? The Effect of Contact Status on New Venture Acquisition. Strategic Management Society Conference

Chen, J., Chen, X., & Chen, J. (2021) An Alter’s Perspective on Entrepreneurs’ Networking Strategy: Examining the Impact of Alters’ Status on Acquisition Outcome. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

Chen, X. & Batjargal, B. (2021) When Do Entrepreneurs Network? The Effects of Failure Threat and Self-Efficacy on Social Networks. Biennial conference of International Association for Chinese Management Research

Chen, X. & Batjargal, B. (2020) When Do Entrepreneurs Network? The Effects of Failure Threat and Self-Efficacy on Social Networks. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver

Chen, X., Chen, J. S. & Batjargal, B. (2020) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Network Embeddedness, Institutions and New Venture Growth in China. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver

Otitoju, M., Chen, X. & Zhou, H.B. (2020) Religion, Formal Institutions, and Female Entrepreneurship. Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Toronto

Chen, X., Chen, J. S. & Batjargal, B. (2020) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Network Embeddedness, Institutions and New Venture Growth in China. Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Toronto

Chen, X. & Zhang, S. (2020) Too much of two good things: The curvilinear effects of self-efficacy and feedback seeking in entrepreneurship. Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Toronto

Chen, X. & Zhang, S. (2018) Too much of two good things: The curvilinear effects of self-efficacy and market validation behavior of entrepreneurs. AOM Specialized Conference: From Start-up to Scale-up, Tel Aviv, Israel

Chen, X., Beveridge, A., Fu, P.P. (2018) Put yourself in others’ age: How age simulation facilitates inter-generational cooperation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago

Chen, X. (2018) State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) as a Prototype: The Influence of SOE Identification on Guanxi Behavior. International Association of Chinese Management Research biannual meeting, Wuhan, China

Chen, X. & Zhang, S. (2017) When do entrepreneurs validate their market? The effects of self-efficacy and contingent self-worth. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta

Chen, X. & Guthrie, D. (2016) Revisiting the relationship between justice and extra-role behaviors: The moderating effect of state ownership. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim  

Chen, X. (2014) Too much of a good thing: The effect of contingency of self-worth on goal setting. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia

Chen, X. (2014) How to facilitate organizational change? Suggestions from system justification theory. Poster presented at the 15th biennial conference of the International Society of Justice Research, New York

Chen, X., Blader, S. L., Tyler, T. (2013) A double-edged sword: The antecedents and consequences of work contingency of self-worth. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida

Chen, X. (2012) Why too much ego may not help creativity? The MEDICI Summer School in Management Studies, Florence, Italy

Chen, X., Blader, S. Tyler, T. (2010) Work contingency of self-worth: A double-edged sword for organizations and individuals. Cross-Atlantic Student Conference. London, UK

Chen, X. (2006). How to divide the cake? Experimental research on organizational distributive fairness. 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece

Chen, X. (2006) An experimental study of organizational distributive justice in China. International Association for Chinese Management Research biannual meeting, Nanjing, China

Chen, X. (2025) Small sample, big impact: How talking to just 5 people can improve startup success. The Conversation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.jf6ft5r7s

Chen, X. (2021) Why do employees in State-Owned Enterprises Like to Build Guanxi with Their Supervisors? Management Insights.5: 46-48.

Chen, X. (2020) How to work your virtual work. China Daily.