Professor Ya-Ru Chen earned her PhD in psychology from Columbia University. She is Academic Dean for China Initiatives at SC Johnson College of Business of Cornell University. She co-founded the Emerging Markets Institute at Johnson School of Management in 2010. In 2015, she initiated and launched the Cornell-Tsinghua FMBA dual degree program — the first of its kind in China. Prior to joining Cornell, she was on the faculty at the Stern School of New York University and Rutgers Business School. Professor Chen also has extensive experience in senior executive education.

Professor Chen's research focuses on cross-cultural differences and similarities in employees' behaviors and attitudes. She has compared the ways in which employees in different cultures react to performance feedback, relate to their own groups and other groups, and negotiate with their business counter parts. Her recent work examines how employees obtain, maintain, and experience status and power in their different cultural environments and in globally diverse settings. She also looks at how power and status concerns affect leadership effectiveness and influence business interactions across cultures. Professor Chen has published extensively in leading psychology and management journals, including Psychological Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Organization Science.

Professor Chen has received multiple teaching awards, including the Star Teacher Award in 2017-2018, and the Gravitas Teacher Award in 2019. Professor Chen’s research received the Best Paper Award from the Organization Behavior Division of the Academy of Management in 2002 and the Best Micro Best Paper Award at the International Association of Chinese Management Research in 2008. She was the recipient of the 2011 faculty Research award by the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University, and the recipient of the Thousand Talent Award in management by the Central Organization Department in China in 2014. She has been on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, and Administrative Science Quarterly. 

 

师者说 | Ya-Ru Chen（陈雅如）

Cornell is fully committed to the mission of any person, any study.
康奈尔大学完全遵循其“任何人、任何学科”的校训。

This program was designed to develop leaders of the next generation
这个项目是为培养打造新一代的领军人物，

whose career focus is on the China market with global perspectives.
他们的职业生涯以中国为主场同时具有全球视野。

It’s unique because this program not only focuses on China,
这个项目非常独特不仅是因为其关注中国，

but also wants to help professionals in the China market to develop global perspectives.
而且还在于其希望帮助中国的专业人才发展并具备全球视野。

There are a few unique qualities of our students.
我们的学生有一些不同寻常的特质。

Number one, I think our students not only have high caliber.
首先，我认为我们的学生不仅具备高能力。

Second, they have the eagerness to learn.
第二，他们还有很强的求知欲。

And I think the third thing is that our students show appreciation
for what they have gained from the faculties and two universities.
第三点是我们的学生对他们所获得的学识而对我们的老师和这两所大学心存感恩。

The third quality I think is a great quality of lots of Chinese students.
我认为第三个特质是很多中国学生都具备的美好品格。

And I think that sets us apart from the rest of the programs,
正是这一点让我们与其他项目有所不同，

at least those at the Johnson School.
至少在约翰逊管理学院是这样的。

Most students come to the MBA program want to upgrade their career,
很多报读 MBA 的学生希望其职业生涯能够进一步发展，

but we actually have higher expectation than that.
但我们对我们的学生有更高的期望。

We want them to have great impact
我们希望我们的学生未来有强的影响力，

in their communities and future development of the China market.
能够影响他们所在的组织社群以及未来中国市场的发展。

So it’s not just about getting a better job
所以不只是找到更好的工作，

or getting a higher salary.
更高的薪水。

Those are important.
这两点也很重要。

But I think these are short-term goals we certainly hope that they can achieve easily,
我们当然希望他们可以轻易地实现这些短期目标，

but the most important thing is that
但我认为最重要的是

I want them to not only do well,
我希望他们在未来不仅有好的发展，

but also do good in the future.
同时还要做正确的事，对社会有良好的贡献影响。