Li, Bobai

Department of Organization and Strategic Management
Associate Professor
TEL:86-10-62756267
Email:libb@gsm.pku.edu.cn

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Bobai Li is a sociologist interested in the fundamental social, cultural, and institutional logic of Chinese business and government organizations. His current research is centered around three themes: 1) the historical and cultural roots of "sponsored mobility" in China and how "sponsored mobility" shapes labor processes and personnel management in contemporary Chinese government bureaucracy and private firms; 2) the dynamics of informal social networks within organizations and how informal structures affect power distribution and labor arrangements; and 3) entrepreneurship and the transmission of control power from founders to successors.

Research Areas
labor and human resource management
corporate gorvernance
entreprebeurship

Education
2001
  
Ph.D.
  
Sociology
  
Stanford University
1997
  
MA
  
Sociology
  
Stanford University
1992
  
BA
  
Sociology
  
Peking University
  
  
  

Professional Experiences
2006--, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.
2001-2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.


 

Publications in English
  1. Au, E. W. M., Chiu, C.-y., Zhang, Z.-X., Mallorie, L. A., Chaturvedi, A., Viswanathan, M., & Savani, K (forthcoming). Negotiable fate: Social ecological foundation and psychological functions. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. (SSCI)
  2. Au, E. W. M., Chiu, C.-y., Chaturvedi, A., Mallorie, L. A., Viswanathan, M., Zhang, Z.-X., & Savani, K (forthcoming). Maintaining faith in agency under immutable constraints: Cognitive consequences of believing in negotiable fate. International Journal of Psychology. (SSCI)
  3. Leung, A. K.-y., Kim, Y.-H., Zhang, Z.-X., Tam, K.-P., & Chiu, C.-y. (forthcoming). Cultural construction of success and epistemic motives moderate American-Chinese differences in reward allocation biases. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. (SSCI)
  4. Leung, K., Brew, F. P., Zhang, Z. X., & Zhang, Y. (forthcoming). Harmony and conflict: A cross-cultural investigation in China and Australia. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. (SSCI)
  5. Chao, M. M., Zhang, Z. X., & Chiu, C. y. (2010). Adherence to perceived norms across cultural boundaries: The role of need for cognitive closure and ingroup identification. Group Process and Intergroup Relations, 13, 69-89. (SSCI)
  6. Yang, J., Zhang, Z. X., & Tsui, A. S. (2010). Middle manager leadership and frontline employee performance: Bypass, cascading, and moderating effects. Journal of Management Studies, 47, 654-678 (SSCI)
  7. Hempel, P. S., Zhang, Z. X., & Han, Y. (2009). Team empowerment and the organizational context: Decentralization and the contrasting effects of formalization. Journal of Management. Oct. 19, 2009 as DOI: 10.1177/0149206309342891 (SSCI)
  8. Zhou, J., Shin, S. J., Brass, D. J., Choi, J., & Zhang, Z. (2009). Social networks, personal values, and creativity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 1544-1552. (SSCI)
  9. Hempel, P. S., Zhang, Z. X., & Tjosvold, D. (2009). Conflict management between and within teams for trusting relationships and performance in China. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 41-65. (SSCI)
  10. Chao, M. M., Zhang, Z. X., & Chiu, C. y. (2008). Personal and collective culpability judgment: A functional analysis of East Asian-North American differences. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 730-744. (SSCI)
  11. Zhang, Z. X., Hempel, P. S., Han, Y., & Tjsvold, D. (2007). Transactive memory system links work team characteristics to performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1722-1730. (SSCI)
  12. Zhang, Z. X., & Han, Y. L. (2007). The effects of reciprocation wariness on negotiation process and outcome. Group Decision and Negotiation, 16, 507-525. (SSCI)
  13. Tsui, A., Zhang, Z. X., Wang, H., Xin, K. R., & Wu, J. B. (2006). Unpacking the relationship between CEO leadership behavior and organizational culture. Leadership Quarterly, 17, 113-137. (SSCI)
  14. Mok, E., Lai, C., & Zhang, Z. X. (2004). Coping with chronic renal failure in Hong Kong. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41, 205-213. (SSCI)
  15. Ho, D. Y. F., Chen, S. F. F., & Zhang, Z. X. (2001). Metarelational analysis: An answer to “What is Asian about Asian social psychology?” Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 2, 7-26.
  16. Zhang, Z. X., Luk, W., Arthur, D., & Wong, T. (2001). Nursing competencies: Personal characteristics contributing to effective nursing performance. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33, 468-474. (SSCI)
  17. Zhang, Z. X. (2001). The effect of frequency of social interaction and relationship closeness on reward allocation. Journal of Psychology, 135,154-164. (SSCI)
  18. Lai, A. C., Zhang, Z. X., & Wang, W. Z. (2000). Maternal child-rearing practices in Hong Kong and Beijing Chinese families: A comparative study. International Journal of Psychology, 35, 60-66. (SSCI)
  19. Zhang, Z., & Yang, C. F. (1998). Beyond distributive justice: The reasonableness norm in Chinese reward allocation. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 1, 253-269.
英文篇章
  1. Zhang, Z. X., Zhang, Y., & Wang, M. (2010). Harmony, illusionary relationship cost, and conflict resolution in Chinese contexts. In Leung, K., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (Eds.), Cultural processes: A social psychological perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Qiu, J., Zhang, Z. X., & Liu, L. A. (2010). Cultural processes in teams: The development of team mental models in heterogeneous work teams. In Leung, K., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (Eds.), Cultural processes: A social psychological perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  3. Zhang, Z. X., Chen, C. C., Liu, L. A., & Liu, X. F. (2008). Chinese traditions and Western theories: influence on business leaders in China. In C. C. Chen & Y. T. Lee (Eds.), Leadership management in China: Philosophies, theories, and practices (pp.239-271). London: Cambridge University Press.
  4. Zhang, Z. X. (2006). Chinese conceptions of justice and reward allocation. In Kim, U., K. S. Yang, & K. K. Hwang (Eds.), Indigenous and cultural psychology: Understanding people in context (pp.403-420). New York: Springer.
  5. Xin, K. R., Tsui, A., Wang, H., Zhang, Z. X., & Chen, W. Z. (2002). Corporate culture in Chinese state-owned enterprises: An inductive analysis of dimensions and influence. In A. S. Tsui & C. M. Lau (Eds.) Management of enterprises in People’s Republic of China (pp.414-443). MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.


 

The historical and cultural roots of “sponsored mobility” in China and how “sponsored mobility” shapes labor processes and personnel management in contemporary Chinese government bureaucracy and private firms;

The dynamics of informal social networks within organizations and how informal structures affect power distribution and labor arrangements;

Entrepreneurship and the transmission of control power from founders to successors.

1. Research Design and Methods in Management PhD, in English

2. Event-History and Survival Analysis (PHD, in English)

3. Managing with Power (MBA,  in Chinese)

4. Chinese Society and Business Culture (Undergraduate, in English)