Dr. Yang Xu - United States Coast Guard Academy

Yang Xu, Ph.D.

Professor Associate Dean of School of Leaderships and Management Department of Management

Dr. Yang Xu is a Full Professor in the Management Department at the School of Leadership and Management. She holds a Ph.D. in Business from Virginia Tech. Dr. Xu has taught a variety of management and business administration courses and published many articles in various top or reputable refereed academic journals as the single or primary author. She was awarded grants and scholarships for research projects and professional development. Her scholarly accomplishments are widely recognized by academics because her publications are cited by top journals in management. Dr. Xu participates actively in the service to the Academy and the profession. She served a two-year term as Director of Center for Advanced Studies at the Academy and over ten years on various committees of Academy of Management. Dr. Xu is currently the Associate Dean of School of Leadership and Management.

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy in Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), 2006
Master of Business Administration, China Europe International Business School, 2000

Courses Taught

Strategic Management
Contemporary Skills for Business Professionals
Leadership, Organizational Development and Change
International Business Operations
Public Management Consulting

Professional Certifications. Affiliations, and Memberships

American Economic Association (AEA) (2018 –present)
Eastern Academy of Management (EAM) (2016 – present)
Academy of Management (AOM) (2000 – present)
Industry Studies Association (ISA) (2012 – 2013)
Academy of International Business (AIB) (2004 – present)
International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) (2007 – 2010)
Southern Management Association (SMA) (2004 – present)
Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (OBTC) (2006-present)

Honors and Awards

Winner of the 2009 Campus Award for Excellence in Teaching, Penn State University
Nominated for the Penn State University College Faculty Teaching Award in both 2017 and 2018
Nominated for the Penn State University teaching award in 2008

Selected Publications and Presentations

Selected Publications:

Xu, Y. and Hickey, A. W. 2022. Cadet Mentoring Program: Best Practices for Success, Military Psychology, 34 (1), 23-32, DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2021.1965443
Xu, Y. 2021. Multicultural Experiences and Creative Team Performance: An Empirical Study of Global Virtual Teams. Proceedings of the Academy of International Business U.S. Northeast Chapter 2021 Annual Conference
Xu, Y. 2021. The Effect of Fringe Benefit Offerings on Early-Stage External Financing. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association 2021 Conference
Xu, Y. and Flambard, V. 2021. Introducing Multicultural Experiences through Virtual Partnerships, Journal of Education for Business, 97 (4), 261-269, DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2021.1924107
Xu, Y. and Flambard, V. 2021. Developing Cultural Intelligence through Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) Exercises, Journal of International Business Education, 16, 155-164.
Xu, Y. 2021. Harnessing Curriculum Mapping to Inspire Learning: A Step-by-Step Guide, Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society 2021 Conference Proceedings
Xu, Y. 2020. An Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) Exercise, Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society 2020 Conference Proceedings
Xu, Y. 2019. The Moderating Effect of Founding Assets on the Founders’ Human Capital – New Venture Growth Relationship. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 22 (2), 126-142.
Yi, X. and Xu, Y. 2019. Founding conditions and benefit offerings: Evidence from U.S. startups, Personnel Review, 48 (1), 141–162.
Xu, Y. 2018. Entrepreneurial human capital, benefit offerings and early–stage external financing. Proceedings of the 2018 International Council for Small Business World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan (won the best paper award)
Xu, Y. 2018. The mediating role of HR practices in the relationship between founders’ human capital and a startup’s early–stage external financing. Proceedings of the 2018 International Council for Small Business World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan
Xu, Y. 2018. Entrepreneurial cognitive structure, social capital and new venture innovation: a study of Chinese entrepreneurs. Proceedings of the 2018 International Council for Small Business World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan
Xu, Y. 2017. The role of founding conditions in new firm growth: an empirical study of U.S. startups. Proceedings of the 2017 Eastern Academy of Management Conference, Eastern Academy of Management, Baltimore, MD
Xu, Y. 2016. Gender differences in founders’ social network development. International Journal of Management Theory and Practices, 17 (1), 56 – 72.
Xu, Y. 2016. Entrepreneurial social capital, cognitive orientation and new venture innovation. Management Research Review, 39 (5), 498 – 520.
Xu, Y. 2016. Do female entrepreneurs network and think differently? Proceedings of the 2016 Eastern Academy of Management Conference, Eastern Academy of Management, New Haven, CT (first runner–up for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Xu, Y. 2015. Gender differences in entrepreneurial social network development and cognitive orientation. Proceedings of the 2015 Academy of Management Annual Conference, Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.
Xu, Y. 2014. The role of the founder’s social ties and knowledge structure in SMEs’ radical product innovation. Proceedings of the 2014 Academy of Management Annual Conference, Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
Xu, Y. 2011. Gender influences on mental models of firm strategies. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 26 (7), 513–528.
Xu, Y. 2011. Entrepreneurial social capital and cognitive model of innovation. Management Research Review, 34 (8), 910–926.
Xu, Y. 2011. Social capital diversity and entrepreneurial knowledge structure of innovation. Proceedings of the 2011 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Conference, South Carolina
Xu, Y. & Yang, Y. 2010. Student learning in business simulation: An empirical investigation. Journal of Education for Business, 85 (4), 223–228.
Xu, Y. 2010. Alliance network, TMT’s knowledge structure and technological innovation. Proceedings of the 2010 Academy of Management Conference, Academy of Management, Montreal
Xu, Y. & Yang, Yi. 2009. Student learning in business simulation. Proceedings of the 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Xu, Y. 2008. How important are entrepreneurial social capital and knowledge structure in new venture innovation? Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008, Babson College, MA.
Xu, Y. 2008. How important is social capital in forming entrepreneurial cognitions? Proceedings of the 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA
Xu, Y. 2007. A social–cognitive perspective on firm innovation. Proceedings of the 2007 Academy of Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Xu, Y. 2005. Towards a social–cognitive view of innovation, Proceedings of Southern Management Association 2005 Meeting, Charleston, SC
Xu, Y. & Hatfield, D. E. 2003. Competitive network and competitive behaviour: a study of the u.s. Airline industry. Proceedings of the 2003 Academy of Management Annual Conference, Seattle.

Other research/scholarship endeavors:

Xu, Y. (Co-Presenter), et.al. “Global Mindset: Developing Cultural Intelligence through Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) Exercises” in the AOM PDW “Teaching Bootcamp: A MED Interactive Workshop”, Academy of Management annual meeting, peer-reviewed/refereed. (August, 2021)
Xu, Y. “Family Ownership, Founders’ Human Capital and Benefit Offerings”, 2021 Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC), peer-reviewed/refereed. (May 24-27, 2021)
Xu, Y. (Co-Presenter), et.al. “High-impact Low-tech Pedagogies to Engage Students” in the AOM PDW “Teaching Bootcamp: A MED Interactive Workshop”, Academy of Management annual meeting, peer-reviewed/refereed. (August, 2020)
Xu, Y. “Developing Cultural Intelligence through Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) Exercises”, Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Lunchtime Scholarship Seminar (October 6th, 2020)
Xu, Y. (Co-Presenter) & Lewis, J. “Teaching sustainability at the United States Coast Guard Academy: An overview of a newly created elective focusing on environmental and social justice”, the Fifth Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Northeast Conference at Rutgers Business School (virtual), peer-reviewed/refereed. (October 26-29, 2020)
Xu, Y. “The Effect of Fringe Benefit Offerings on Early-Stage External Financing”, the First LATAM Symposium of Business Economics, peer-reviewed/refereed. (November 2020)
Xu, Y. (Co-Presenter), et.al. “High-Impact Low-Tech Teaching Methods to Increase Student Participation and Engagement” in the AOM PDW “Teaching Bootcamp: An Interactive Workshop”, Academy of Management annual meeting, peer-reviewed/refereed. (August, 2019)
Xu, Y. “A Blessing or a Curse? The Role of Benefit Offerings in the Startup’s Early-Stage External Financing”, American Economic Association annual conference (January, 2019, Poster Session)
Xu, Y. (Co-Presenter), et.al. “Cross-cultural differences” in the AOM PDW “Teaching with Interactive Assignments”, Academy of Management annual meeting, peer-reviewed/refereed. (August, 2015)
Xu, Y. “Alliance Portfolio, Top Management Team’s Cognitive Model and Technological Innovation” at the Research Paper Development Workshop, Academy of Management annual meeting, peer-reviewed/refereed. (August 2013)