Visit an EMBA Class

There is no better way to assess your fit to an EMBA program than experience it first hand by visiting us. We are providing an excellent opportunity for you to sit in a live EMBA class, meet with faculty and current students of the University of Maryland's Global Leadership EMBA Program. You are cordially welcomed to join us.

Please see below for more detailed information. If interested please RSVP by Friday, September 11, 2015 to Chen at mbauibe@hotmail.com. Tel: +86-10-6449 6050

 

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2015
Topic: Leading and Managing with a Global Mindset by Dr. Gilad Chen
Location: Room 101, Keyan Building, University of International Business and Economics
Address: No.10 HuiXin Dong Jie, Chao Yang District
北京朝阳区惠新东街10号对外经济贸易大学科研楼101室

 

Dr. Gilad Chen is the Robert H. Smith Chair in Organization Behavior, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. He received his bachelor degree in Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1996, and his doctoral degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from George Mason University in 2001. Prior to joining the Smith School, Dr. Chen was on the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Texas A&M University, and a visiting scholar at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Technion, and Tel-Aviv University.

Dr. Chen teaches courses on a variety of organizational behavior, human resource management, and methodological topics. His research focuses on work motivation, adaptation, teams and leadership, with particular interest in understanding the complex interface between individuals and the socio-technical organizational context. He has won several research awards, including the 2007 Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the 2008 Cummings Scholar Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. Dr. Chen is also an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

His research has appeared in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, and Research in Organizational Behavior. He is currently serving as Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology, where he has previously served as Associate Editor. He is also an editorial board member of the Academy of Management Journal.

Primary Research Areas

• Team and leadership effectiveness

• Work motivation

• Work performance and adaptation

• Multilevel phenomena and methodology

Honors and Awards

• Editor, Journal of Applied Psychology (Incoming Editor, 2014; Editor, 2015-2020)

• Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award, University of Maryland (2014)

• William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2013)

• Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2012)

• Award for Best International Paper, Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management (2009)

• Cummings Scholar Award for early- to mid-career scholarly achievement, Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management (2008)

• Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2007)

• Top 15% Teaching Award, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (2008 & 2012)

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Journal (2005, 2006, 2007, & 2009)