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Winner of Emerald/IACMR Chinese Management Research Fund Award
Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for the social good in China
UNITED KINGDOM, April 2009 – Emerald Group Publishing Limited, is pleased to announce the results of the 2008 Emerald/IACMR Chinese Management Research Fund Award. Applications were to address the dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific focus towards the benefit of China.
The winning paper is entitled “Crisis Leadership - Lessons from the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake" and was written by Dr. Min Wu, Department of Public Administration, Sichuan University, China;
Dr. Wei Zheng, Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education, Northern Illinois University, USA and Dr. Xu Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
The Winner will receive a prize fund of £3,000 (approximately US $4,000 equivalent) to go towards their research project. Both Emerald and the IACMR are exceedingly proud to support and reward such high-quality research.
Dr. Min Wu said "It is a great honor for me and my collaborators, Dr. Wei Zheng and Dr. Xu Huang, to receive the 2008 Emerald/IACMR Chinese Management Research Fund Award. Our project addresses the needs for public leadership during times of crisis, drawing lessons from the Sichuan earthquake in 2008 in particular. This award will enable us to carry out the full-scale design of the project in a timely manner. With the encouragement and support of the award, we expect that our research findings will benefit public leaders in dealing with crisis."
A great number of high-quality submissions were received, making the decision of the judging panel an extremely difficult one. In addition to the winner being chosen, one submission was deemed worthy of a Highly Commended Award.
This paper was entitled "When the city gate catches fire, the fishes in the moat suffer? Research on corporate social responsibility spillover effect" by Dr. Xianzheng Fei, Department of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China and Dr. Shuhua Zhou, Communication School, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), Alabama, USA.
For further details contact Kieran Booluck, Author Relations Administrative Assistant at: kbooluck@emeraldinsight.com
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