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Zhi Huang

Assistant Professor

Email:huangzb@ust.hk

 

Ph.D.

Boston College, Organizational Studies

M.S.

Boston College, Organizational Studies.

B.A.

Chongqing University, China, Economics.

 

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Assistant Professor, August 2007 - present

 

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

 

Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)

 

  • He, J. & Huang, Z.* 2011. The informal hierarchy of the board of directors and firm financial performance: Exploring a tacit structure guiding boardroom interactions. Academy of Management Journal, 54: 1119-1139. (*equal contribution)

  • Marquis, C. & Huang, Z. 2010. Acquisitions as exaptation: The legacy of founding institutions in the U.S. commercial banking industry. Academy of Management Journal, 53: 1441-1473.

  • Marquis, C. & Huang, Z. 2009. The contingent nature of public policy and the growth of U.S. commercial banking. Academy of Management Journal, 52:1222-1246.

    • Runner Up of OMT Best Published Paper Award, Academy of Management

  • Bartunek, J., Huang, Z., & Walsh, I. 2008. The development of a process model of collective turnover. Human Relations, 61: 5-38.

    • Winner of Best paper in the last volume, Human Relations

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • Huang, Z. 2006. From chaos to order: The emergence of the status structure and its organizational consequences. The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. [OMT Division]

  • Huang, Z. & Borgatti, S. 2006. Organizational initial categorization: Imprinting and the mitigation of imprinting. The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. [OMT Division]

 

 

SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • He, J. & Huang, Z. 2009. CEO social status and firm risk taking. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.

  • Huang, Z. 2008. Relational coherence, relational continuity and identity clarity. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim.

  • Huang, Z. & Borgatti, S. 2007. The status-contingency value of interorganizational relations: An identity-based explanation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City; and at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia.

  • Marquis, C., & Huang, Z.  2007. External Environments and Bank Growth in the Twentieth Century United States. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City.

  • Huang, Z. 2006. From chaos to order: The emergence of the status structure and its organizational consequences. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

  • Huang, Z. & Borgatti, S. 2006.  Initial organizational categorization: Imprinting and the mitigation of imprinting. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

  • Huang, Z. 2005.  The dynamics of the multi-level status structure and patters of organizational mobility. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu.

  • Huang, Z. 2005.  The status structure and competing in the domain of institutions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu.

 

 

REVIEW ACTIVITIES

  • Ad Hoc Reviewer:

    • Organization Science

    • Academy of Management Annual Meeting

     

     

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Organizational theory and organizational sociology

  • Status stratification in market contexts

  • Relational networks and identity

  • The emergence and evolution of organizational fields, markets, and industries

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2010. Runner up of Best Published Paper Award at the Academy of Management (Montreal, 2010), the Organization and Management Theory Division (OMT):

    • Marquis, C. & Huang, Z. 2009. The contingent nature of public policy and the growth of U.S. commercial banking. Academy of Management Journal, 52:1222-1246.

  • 2008. Winner of Best Paper Award in Human Relations:

    • Bartunek, J., Huang, Z., & Walsh, I. 2008. The development of a process model of collective turnover. Human Relations, 61: 5-38.