Day 1
(15 December 2000)
0900-1000 Conference Opening
Welcome Address
Dean
Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore
Keynote Address
Mr Wong Ah Long
Chief Executive Officer, Suntec City Development Pte Ltd
1000-1030 Tea Break
1030-1200
Concurrent Session 1 :
Strategy of Multinational Firms
Chairperson : A B Sim
Venue : Acacia
* AB Sim, J Rajendren Pandian
Emerging Asian MNEs and Their Internationalization
Srategies-
Case Study Evidence on Taiwanese and Singaporean Firms
* Will Mitchell, J Myles Shaver
What Role Do Acquisitions Play in Asian Firms'
Global
Strategies? Evidence from the Medical Sector, 1978-1995
* Siah Hwee Ang, Kulwant Singh
Technology Intensity and Competitive Intensity
Impact on Firms
and Industries
Concurrent Session 2 : Cross Cultural
Management, Negotiation &
Issues Related to Expatriation-1
Chairperson : Cecil A L Pearson
Venue : Azalea
* Samir R Chatterjee, Cecil A L Pearson
Work Goals of Asian Managers: Field Evidence of Trends and
Transitions in Six Divergent National Contexts
* Simon S K Lam, Xiao Ping Chen
Participative Decision Making and Organisational
Outcomes: A
Cross-Cultural Study
* H Alvin Ng, Naresh Khatri, E S Srinivas
Charisma and Vision in Organisations and Their
Effects on
Followers: A Cross-National Study
* Yuka Fujimoto, Charmine E J Haertel
A Self-Representation Analysis of the Effects
of
Individualist-Collectivist Interactions Within Organisations in
Individualistic Cultures: Moderators and Intervening Processes
1200-1245
Lunch
Venue : Katong
1245-1315
Annual General Meeting of the Asia Academy of Management
Venue : Katong
1330-1500
Concurrent Session 1 :
Special Research Forum - Theory
Development Workshop
Workshop Leader : Professor David Whetten,
Past President,
Asia Academy of Management
Venue : Acacia
Concurrent Session 2 : Ethical and Environmental Issues
Chairperson :
Venue : Azale
* John K S Chong, Benjamin Y K Tai
Environmental Protection in Hong Kong: A Preliminary
Investigation of Managerial Perceptions and Corporate Policies
* Ming-Rea Kao, Yi-Chun Huang
An Empirical Test on the Relationship of Environmental
Management and Stakeholders: The Study of Manufacturers
in Taiwan
* Gerald E Fryxell, Carlos W H Lo
Efficacy Preferences for Resolving Environmental
Problems:
An Empirical Study of Managers in the Peoples' Republic of
China
* Andy W Chan
Ethical Problems in the Workplace: The Dilemma
of HR
Professionals in Hong Kong
1500-1520 Tea Break
1520-1700
Concurrent Session 1 :
Alliances and Knowledge Management
Within the Firm
Chairperson : Siah Hwee Ang
Venue : Acacia
* John B Kidd, Xue Li
Silence is Golden or Disengaging the Knowledge
Management Process
* Hsiang-Chun Jocelyn Chen
Transfer of Knowledge and Practice Within
Multinational
Enterprises: A Study of Interaction (The Relationship)
between Knowledge Characteristics and Organisational Fields
* Wang Pien, Tong Wenfeng, Koh Chun Peng
Knowledge Transfer from Foreign Parents to
China
Subsidiaries
* Steven S Lui, Yuan Lu
Managing Interfirm Cooperation Process: Case
Studies from
the Construction Industry
* Steven White, Steven S Lui
Interaction Costs: The Cooperative Side of
an Internal
Tension in Alliances
Concurrent Session 2 : Dynamics
of Intra-Firm Relationships
& Implications
Chairperson : Derek C Man
Venue : Azalea
* Derek C Man, Simon S K Lam
The Mediating Effects of Team Member Exchange and
Cohesiveness on Group Performance and Satisfaction: A
Consideration of Both Member and Job Characteristics
and the Examination of the Moderating Influence of
Individualism-Collectivism
* Shu-Cheng Chi, Shin-Shing Lou
Which is More Important: Relationships with Superiors or
with Colleagues? Examining Taiwanese Employees' Justice
Perceptions on Co-Workers' Punitive Events
* Byungjune Chun
Subordinate's Facework and Performance and
its Impact on
Superiors' Emotional, Behavioral and Cognitive Responses
* Katherine R Xin, Chun Hui
Beyond Simple Communication: The Role of Self-Disclosure in
Supervisor-Subordinate Dyards
1930-2130
Welcome Dinner
Venue : House of Peranakan Cuisine (Hotel Meritus Negara)
Programme
Day 2
(16 December 2000)
0830-1000
Concurrent Session 1 :
Cross Cultural Management, Negotiation &
Issues Related to Expatriation-2
Chairperson : Gregory Fisher
Venue : Acacia
* Hun-Joon Park, Jegoo Lee
Asian Way of Negotiation: A Cross-National Study on
Bargaining Tactics Between Managers in Japan, South Korea
and Thailand
* Soo Min Toh, Angelo S DeNisi
A Model of the Impact of Expatriate Human Resource
Practices on Host Country Nationals: A Social Identity
Perspective
* Gregory Fisher, Charmine Hartel, Michael Bibo
Two Rhetorics and Two Realities: Similarities and
Differences in How Thai and Western Colleagues
Perceive the Performance of Western Managers Working in
Thailand
* Christopher Selvarajah
The Cultural Dimensions of Expatriation: A Case Study
Approach
Concurrent Session 2 : Special
Research Forum - Management of
Enterprises in the Chinese Context: Micro
Perspectives
Chairperson : Anne Tsui
Venue : Banyan
* Anne Tsui, Larry Farh, Kelvin Wang, Yichi Zhang
Employment Relationship and Firm Performance in Chinese
Organisations
* Katherine R Xin, Anne Tsui, Weizheng Chen
Organisational Culture and Executive Leadership: Their
Relationship to Employee Motivation, Commitment and
Organisational Performance in the PRC
* Ping Ping Fu, Si Qing Peng
Characteristics and Effects of Effective Leadership
Teams
in Chinese High Tech Firms
* Xiao Ping Chen
Leader Behavior and Employee Turnover
* Jia Lin Xie
Job Stressors, Employee Stability, and Stress Among
Employees in SOEs
0830-1000
Concurrent Session 3 : Foreign Direct Investment and Strategies
of
Multinational Firms (Interactive Paper)
Venue : Gardenia
* Peter W Obrien
Expatriate-Designate Pre-Departure Training: An
Exploratory Case Study in a Japanese Service Industry
Organisation
* Luo Jin
Characteristic Analysis of Transnational Corporations'
(TNCs) Investment Strategies in P.R. Chin
* Basu Sharma, Azmat Gani
Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development
* Terence Tsai
Balancing Strategic Intent and Institutional Constraints
in
the Environmental Era: The Case of Multinational
Corporations in Mainland China and Taiwan
* Annika Vatanen
Dispositional, Cultural and Attitudinal Influences
on
Leader-Member Exchange in Western Subsidiaries in China
* Jean-Paul Roy
Embeddedness in China: The Benefits of an
"Overembedded Network" for Foreign Managers and
Their Firms
* Aki Nakamura
Understanding the Relationship Between Japanese
Managers and Chinese Employees in Japanese
Wholly-Owned Ventures In and Around Shenzen
* Lim Swee Kuan, Chow Kit Boey
Business Expectations Survey of Opportunities and Operations in
China and India
* Nini Yang
Creating and Sustaining Asia's Competitive Advantages Through
Strategic Integration
1000-1020 Tea Break
1020-1200
Concurrent Session 1 :
Challenges & Key Issues in Managing in
the PRC-1
Chairperson : Anne Marie Francesco
Venue : Acacia
* Chi-Sum Wong, Ing-Chung Huang
Perceived Quality of Social Relationship within
Organisation in
Chinese Societies
* Samuel Aryee, Raymond Carroll, Susanna Lo
Perceptions of Organisational Politics: Antecedents
and
Outcomes in a Chinese Context
* Daniel Z Ding, Ge Lan, Malcolm Warner
Organisational Governance, Human Resources and
Labour-Management Relations in Chinese Township and
Village Enterprises: A Case-Study Approach
* Anne Marie Francesco, Zhen Xiong Chen
Collectivism in Action: Its Moderating Effects on the
Relationship Between Organisational Commitment and
Employee Performance in the PRC
* Mingfang Li
Diversification and Economic Performance: An Empirical
Assessment of Chinese Firms
Concurrent Session 2 : E-Commerce
and E-Business
Chairperson : Raj Gururajan
Venue : Banyan
* N Rao Kowtha, Timothy Whai Ip Choon
Surf's Up: The Sophistication of Singapore Firms' Websites
* Raj Gururajan
Electronic Commerce Issues and Their Influence
on
Businesses
* May Lwin, Jerome Williams
An Investigation of Perceived Risk of Purchasing
Products
and Services on the Net
* Dieter Ernst
Placing the Networks on the Web: Challenges and
Opportunities for Managing in Developing Asia
* John Wei-Seng Kan
A Study into Information Technology Usage and Financial
Profitability in Singapore Multinational Companies
1020-1200
Concurrent Session 3 :
Leadership, Human Resource Issues, Careers
and Cross-cultural Issues-1
(Interactive Paper)
Venue : Gardenia
* Irene Hau-Siu Chow
High Performance Work Practices: Findings from Asia
Companies
* Hwee Hoon Tan, Gladys Wee
The Role of Rhetoric Content in Charismatic Leadership: A
Theoretical Extension and an Exploratory Study
* Irene Chew Keng Howe, James Poon Teng Fatt
Cultural Dimensions in Singapore: A Comparative
Study of
Hofstede's and Trompenaars' Framework
* Naresh Khatri, Pawan Budhwar
A Qualitative Study of Strategic HR Issues Facing Companies
in Singapore
* Liu Hong, Zhao Shuming
Human Resource Management and the Evolution of
Enterprise Development
* Wu Wei, Dai Shiyan, Tan Hui Kheng
Kiasu and Weiji: Crisis Management Planning in Singapore
* Li-Yueh Chen
The Study of Employees' Job Satisfaction in Tali
Township
Farmer's Association by Using the Frederick Herzberg's Two
Factors Theory
* Guan Peilan, Ding Jiali, Luo Junping
An Approach of Quantitative Analysis on Information
Load of
Organisational Member
* John P Keenan, Rajeev Parikh
Culture and Whistleblowing: A Study of American and
Singapore Managers
* Bernard Arogyaswamy
A Seductive Deception: The Culture of Corruption in India
1200-1300
Lunch
Venue : Casuarina
1300-1445
Concurrent Session 1 :
Human Resource Issues in Asian Firms and
MNCs From and Operating Within Asia
Chairperson : Pawan S Budhwar
Venue : Acacia
* Pawan S Budhwar, Naresh Khatri
Globalisation, Liberalisation and Workshop Practices: An
Evaluation of HRM in India
* Norihiko Takeuchi, Mitsuru Wakabayashi
Transfer of HRM Practices and Business Performance
Among Japanese Affiliates in China and Taiwan: HRM as
Resources for Global Competitiveness
* Rozhan Othman, Cony Teh
On Developing the Informated Workshop: HRM Issues in
Malaysia
* Tung-Chung Huang
The Influence of Parent Company and Subsidiary
on the
Decision-Making Processes of MNCs in Taiwan
* Xiao-Ping Chen, Ping Ping Fu, Selda F Pasa
Quality of Team Project and Member Contribution: What
Matters in Actual vs Global Virtual Teams
Concurrent Session 2 : Special
Research Forum - Doing and Publishing
Top Quality Management Research
Speaker : Will Mitchell
Venue : Banyan
Concurrent Session 3 : Interorganisational
Arrangements
(Interactive Paper)
Venue : Gardenia
* Cher-Min Fong, Hsien-Jui Chung, Cher-Hung Tseng
Determinants of Learning in International Joint Ventures
* Enese E Lieb-Doczy, Klaus E Meyer
Post-Acquisition Restructuring as Evolutionary Process:
Diversity, Selection and Context Specificity
* Zhang Lihua, Chen Long, Yang Delee
An Empirical Study on Issues Concerning Cross-Cultural
Management or Leadership Style of Joint Venture
* Kai-Alexander Schlevogt
Developing International Management Education for
Emerging Markets in the 21st Century: Challenges and
Solution Blueprints for Chinese Universities and Their Global
Education Web-Partners
* Changhui Zhou, Terence Tsai, Borshiuan Cheng
Developing Organisational Capability from
Partnership and
Internal Networking: The Case of United Microelectronics
Company (UMC) in Taiwan
1300-1445
Concurrent Session 4 :
Corporate Governance, Marketing and
Finance Issues (Interactive Paper)
Venue : Gardenia
* Dong-Won Sohn
Korean Chaebol Reforms and Institutional Change:
An
Institutional Perspective
* Christopher Gan, Goh Wai Li
Corporate Governance in Post-Crisis Asian Economies
* Wu Xianman
China's Improving Financial Management after the Asian
Financial Crisis and the Latest Economic Trend
* Michael N Young, Paul B McGuinness
Improving the Effectiveness of Stock Markets in SOE
Reform: Views from Strategic Management and Finance
* Weiying Zhang, Li-An Zhou
Incentive Pay and Power Struggle Inside the Firm
* Vivek Gupta, Mark Speece
Prosper or Perish: Selection Strategies for the
Traditional
Retail Sector in Asia
* Ting-Jui Chou, Ying-Yuh Huang
A Means-End Chain Analysis of Value in the Consumption
Experience
1445-1515 Tea Break
1515-1700
Concurrent Session 1 :
Firm Strategy, Diversification and
Performance-1
Chairperson : John Butler
Venue : Acacia
* Frits De Vroet
Overseas Chinese Business Conduct: An Exploratory Inquiry
into the Competitive Strategy of Overseas Chinese Firms
* Ping-Kwong Yeung, Lau Chung Ming
Action Heterogeneity and Diversity in Interfirm
Competition
* John Butler, Jeremiah J Sullivan
Coping with Environmental Turbulence: An Empirical
Examination of Firms' Responses to the Asian Financial Crisis
* Yunshi Liu
Interlocking Directorates and Corporate Performances
in
Taiwan Public Companies
* Ashok B Abbott
Asian Financial Crisis: Illusions of Interest Rate Arbitrage?
Concurrent Session 2 : Human Capital
and Entrepreneurship Issues in
Asian Firms and MNCs
Chairperson: Abhoy K Ojha
Venue: Banyan
* Abhoy K Ojha
Organisational Commitment in the Software
Industry in India:
The Impact of Project Team Demography
* Yvonne Brunetto
The Impact of Resources on the Responses of Professional
Employees to Policy Changes
* John J Rodwell, Stephen Teo
The Human Capital Requirements of Exporting Firms
* Sumit K Kundu, Farok J Contractor
Do Entrepreneurial Characteristics or Firm Structure Matter
More in Explaining Export Performance? The Case of the Indian
Software Sector
* Krairoek Pinkaeo, Mark Speece
The Effect of Country Image on Thai Students'
Expectation
Towards International Programs in Business Administration
1515-1700
Concurrent Session 3 :
Management Issues in the PRC
(Interactive Paper)
Venue : Gardenia
* Colin White
The Chameleon Economy: The Two Management Faces
of China
* Zhou Haiwei, Zhang Yang, Luo Jing
The Empirical Study of Strategic Factors of Chinese
State-Own
Enterprises
* Zhang Yang, Zhou Haiwei, Xian Hong
The Politic Characteristics of Chinese Traditional Strategic
Thoughts
* Wei Liqun
Guanxi in Transitional Economy of China
* Shaohui Chen, Marie Wilson
Standardization and Localization in the Human Resource
Management of Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures: An Inductive
Model and Research Agenda
* Audrey Chia, Zhu Weichun
The Reform of the Cadre Management System in China
* Tony Fu-Lai Yu
The Chinese Family Business as a Strategic System:
An
Evolutionary Perspective
* Hui Wang, Chen Bo-Zhong, Jiing-Lih Farh, Samuel Aryee
Perceived Organisational Support in the People's Republic of
China: An Exploratory Study
Programme
Day 3
(17 December 2000)
0830-1000 Concurrent
Session 1: Firm Strategy, Diversification and Performance-2
Chairperson: S Trilochan Sastry
Venue : Acacia
* Theresa Lau, Ida Chow
The Correlation Between Capabilities and Performance of Small
and Medium Sized Enterprises Operating in Dynamic and Stable
Industrial Environment in Hong Kong
* S Trilochan Sastry
Growth Models for Top Indian Software Firms
* Huimei Wang, Hengchiang Huang
Synergistic Specificity and Competence Building
in International
Outsourcing Partnerships: A Supplier's Perspective
* Ji-Ren Lee, Jen-Shyang Chen
Internationalization, Local Adaptation and Subsidiary's
Entrepreneurship: Some Preliminary Lessons from Taiwanese
Firms in Indonesia and Malaysia
Concurrent Session 2 : Challenges
& Key Issues in Managing in the PRC-2
Chairperson : Kai-Alexander Schlevogt
Venue : Banyan
* Kai-Alexander Schlevogt
Key Success Factors in the Land of Dragons- The
CHINA
Framework for High Organisational Effectiveness
* Zhong-Ming Wang, Minke Chen
Managerial Competency Modeling for Chinese Managers: A
Strategic Job Analysis for Competitive Advantages
* Anton Kriz, Tony Fang
Reviewing Methodologies to Expose the Hidden "Face"
of
Chinese Culture
* Jenny J Tian
Board Composition, Leadership Structure and Performance
in
Chinese Emerging Shareholding Companies
0830-1000 Concurrent
Session 3 : Technological Innovation,
Manufacturing
Strategies and Learning Organisations
(Interactive Paper)
Venue : Gardenia
* Bettina Buechel
Impact of Communication Technology on the Location of Decision
Making Within Organisations: Empirical Study on Companies in
Nepal, Thailand and Singapore
* Y Paul Huo, Bee-Leng Chua
"You've Got Mail!": Using Electronic Mail to Empower
Organisational Members
* Haoying Zheng, Shobha S Das
Managing Rapid Innovation in Singapore Technopreneurial
SMEs:
A Proposed Research Framework
* Chen Jin, Geng Xuesong, Xu Qingrui, He Dan
Technological Innovation Management: An Audit
Based View
* Xu Qingrui, Zhao Xiaoqing, Wanyan Shaohua, Hua
Jinyang
Integrating Technological, Organisational and
Institutional
Innovation
* Meiyu Fang
The Impact of Business and Compensation Strategies
on the
Organisational Profitability, Customer Satisfaction, and Employee
Attitudes: A Study of Taiwanese High-Tech Industry in the
Hsin-Chu Science-Based Park
* Mao Yihua, Qingjie, Xu Qingrui
The New Paradigm of Technology Innovation Management:
Project Portfolio Management
* Kenichi Nakashima
Robustness of a Japanese Manufacturing Management System
* Tony Fang, Anton Kriz
E-Commerce in China and Implications for Chinese Business
Culture Research
* Meriam Ismail, Shamsuddin Ahmad
The Extent of Learning Organisation Practices
Within a Quality
Assurance Program: An Evaluative Case in One of the Faculties
at the Universiti Putra Malaysia
* Thompson S H Teo
Attitudes Towards Online Shopping and the Internet
0830-1000 Concurrent
Session 4 : Special Research Forum
- Management of
Enterprises in the Chinese Context: Macro
Perspectives
Chairperson : Lau Chung Ming
Venue : Casuarina
* Yan Xu
Potential Impact of Foreign Direct Investment
on China's
Telecommunications Industry and its Implications
* Weiying Zhang
Changing Ownership Vs Improving Management: An
Empirical
Study of China's State Enterprise Reform
* Steven White, Xielin Liu
Chinese Technological Collaboration and Innovation
Networks in
Transition
* Chung Ming Lau, Shigefumi Makino, Xiaohong Chen
Managing High and New Technology Industries in China
* Chung Ming Lau, Shukun Wu
The Influence of Ownership Structure and Governance
Mechanisms on Firm Performance in Chinese Context
1000-1015 Tea Break
1015-1145
Concurrent Session 1 :
Service and Quality Issues
Chairperson : Vimolwan Yukongdi
Venue : Acacia
* Vimolwan Yukongdi
Teams in TQM Organisations in Thailand
* Hsiu Ju Rebecca Yen, Brian P Niehoff
Organisational Citizenship and Customer Service Behaviors:
Relationships with Human Resource Costs and Customer Service
Quality in Taiwanese Banks
* Agnes Y T Szeto, Gerald Fryxell
The Influence of Motivations for Seeking ISO Certification
on
EMS Effectiveness: An Empirical Study of Certified Facilities in
Hong Kong
Concurrent Session 2 : Human Resource
Issues in Asian Firms and Asian
MNCs
Chairperson : Naresh Khatri
Venue : Banyan
* Karen Yuan Wang
Trust and Participation: Are Managers Different in the
People's Republic of China and in Australia?
* Syed Aqeel Tirmizi, Faiza Imtiaz, Peter B Smith,
Mark Peterson,
Ersin Kusdil, Shahrenaz Mortazavi, Jai B P Sinha
Cultural Values and Decision-Making: A Five-Nation
Study
* Ching-Wen Wang, Chi-Sum Wong, Shu-Cheng Chi
Development and Validation of the Dimensions of
International
Competencies in Chinese Multinational Corporations
* Zhong-Ming Wang, Zi-Qiang Hong
Error Management Climate and Organisational Culture
in
Chinese Enterprises: Facilitating Organisational Effectiveness
* Naresh Khatri, Brian D’Netto, Khadijah Abdul Rahman
Employee Turnover Intention: Bad Attitude or Poor
Management?
1015-1145
Concurrent Session 3 :
Leadership, Human Resource Issues,
Careers and Cross-Cultural Issues-2
(Interactive Paper)
Venue : Gardenia
* Oluremi B Ayoko, Charmine E J Haertel
How Leaders and Members of Culturally Heterogeneous
Workgroups Respond to Conflict and its Related Emotions: A
Field Study
* Shaista E Khilji
East is East: A Culture-Sensitive View of Human
Resource
Management in Pakistan
* Mitsuru Wakabayashi, Ziguang Chen, Mari Kondo
Comparative Managerial Skills: A Study on Asian-Styles
of
Management Based on Managers from Ten Different
Area/Nations
* Jan Selmer, Bahman P Ebrahimi, Li Mingtao
Career Management of Chinese Business Expatriates:
Corporate Policy and Individual Level Variables
* Margaret Patrickson
Asia's Ageing Workforce: The Emerging Challenge for the
Twentieth Century
* Margaret A Shaffer, Warren C K Chiu, Dora M Luk
The Turnover Decision Process: Similarities and Differences
for Local and Overseas University Graduates
* Kanika T Bhal, Poonam Sharma
Ethics in Public and Private Sector Organisations in India
* Dean Tjosvold, Kenneth S Law, Haifa Sun
The Role of Collectivism and Individualistic Values
on Group
Dynamics and Productivity in China
* Arup Varma, Ekkirala S Srinivas
The Relationship Between Leader-Member Exchange
and
Subordinate Satisfaction With Supervisors: A Comparative
Study of U.S. and Indian Employees
* Guan Peilan, Zhang Peng, Liou Xue Yuan
Human Resource's Present Situation and Countermeasure
of
the Private Enterprises in China
* Vivien K G Lim, Geok Leng Loo
Cyberloafing: The IT Way of Loafing on the Job
* Vivien K G Lim, Geok Leng Loo, Chow Kit Boey
Coming of Age during the Asian Economic Crisis: Effects on
Youths' Perceived Career Opportunities and their Work
Values and Attitudes