Xina Li
PhD candidate in Management (Strategy), INSEAD
Hi! I'm Xina (李曦纳, pronounced as "cinna" in "cinnamon"), PhD candidate in Management (Strategy) at INSEAD and a research affiliate at Wharton ESG Initiative.
My research focuses on how firms navigate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues with formal and informal corporate governance mechanisms such as incentive design, corporate culture, and leadership. My work has been published in Organization Science and Strategy Science.
I was a visiting scholar at Wharton in 2023. Before pursuing doctoral studies, I completed my master's and bachelor's degrees at Peking University.
Trained as a semi-professional table tennis player (second-level national athlete in China), I now enjoy various racket sports, mostly tennis, and occasionally golf, squash, and badminton.
Publications
Li, Xina, Guoli Chen, and Rui Shen (2024). Steering the Intangible Wheel: Chief Executive Officer Effect on Corporate Cultural Change. Organization Science. 35(5):1770-1794. [Paper] [Podcast]
Runner-up for Edgar Schein Best Student Paper Prize, 2022 Berkeley Culture Conference.
Ou, Amy Y., Qian Lu, Xina Li, Chi-Nien Chung, and Guoli Chen (2024). CEO Humility and Corporate Social Irresponsibility: Evidence Based on a New Unobtrusive Measure. Organization Science. 35(6):2016-2039. [Paper]
Li, Xina & Phebo Wibbens* (2023). Broken Effects? How to Reduce False Positives in Panel Regressions. Strategy Science 8(1):103-116. (*equal contributions) [Paper] [Code]
Working Papers
Li, Xina. Navigating Turbulent, Murky Water: Reactive Integration of ESG Goals in CEO Pay.
Nominated for Best Paper Prize, 2024 SMS Annual Conference.
Finalist for Best Paper in Strategic Leadership & Governance IG, 2024 SMS.
Li, Xina, Dong Liu, and Guoli Chen. When Autonomy Fails but Love Avails: The Impact of Terrorist Attacks on Employee-Related CSR.
Finalist for Edgar Schein Best Student Paper Prize, 2023 Berkeley Culture Conference under previous title "Love amid Terror: Terrorist Attacks and Firms' Employee Treatment".
Chen, Guoli, Xina Li, Bingyi Qin, Stephen Teng Sun, and Zheng Wang.* Does the Rise of Robots Lead to More Dominant Human Leaders? (*equal contribution). Under Review.
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Wesley Wu-Yi Koo, and Xina Li.* Work-from-Home and Workers’ Contributions to Digital Public Goods. (*equal contribution) [Paper]
Also at: INSEAD KNOWLEDGE, Forbes India.