Xin "Eva" Yao

Assistant Professor
Management & Entrepreneurship

Biography

Xin “Eva” Yao is Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Eva’s research examines the psychological and sociological aspects of the startup process. Her recent work covers topics such as venture capital investment in the Cleantech sector, entrepreneurs’ networking cognition and strategies in different cultures, as well as entrepreneur identity and motivation. She has articles published or in-print at the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, Journal of the American Medical Association, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Journal of Business Research, and Managerial and Decision Economics.

Since 2006, Eva has served as the executive secretary/treasurer of the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) – a US-based professional, academic organization with over 2000 members world-wide that promotes research and knowledge sharing about managing organizations in the Chinese context.

Eva teaches entrepreneurship and research methods (PhD seminar) at Leeds. She also taught a variety of courses in organizational behavior and international management prior to her appointment at CU-Boulder.

Education

Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Washington
B. Econ., Accounting, Renmin University of China

Publications

Article

The Behavioral Impact of Entrepreneur Identity Aspiration and Prior Entrepreneurial Experience

February 2011

Authors: Steven M. Farmer, Xin Yao, Kate Kung-Mcintyre

Examines entrepreneurial motivation in three diverse samples from an identity-possible self-perspective. We propose a model describing antecedents and outcomes of entrepreneur identity aspirations.

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Forthcoming

From Autonomy to Creativity: A Multilevel Investigation of the Mediating role of harmonious passion.

Authors: Dong Liu, Xiao-Ping Chen, and Xin Yao

We theorized about and demonstrated, through 2 multilevel field studies, the pivotal role of harmonious passion in translating organizational autonomy support and individual autonomy orientation into job creativity.

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Article

Role of Domain-Specific Facets of Perceived Organizational Support During Expatriation and Implications for Performance

May 2009

Authors: Riki Takeuchi, Mo Wang, Sophia V. Marinova, Xin Yao

We integrated social exchange theory with a spillover perspective to examine the relationships between two facets of perceived organizational support (POS) among expatriated managers (at Time 1), their work and general adjustment (at Time 2), affective commitment (at Time 2), and job performance (at Time 3).

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Article

Unintended Consequences of Cooperation Inducing and Maintaining Mechanisms in Public Goods Dilemmas

March 2009

Authors: Xiao-Ping Chen, Madan M. Pillutla and Xin Yao

When groups use rewards and punishments to induce members to cooperate in a social dilemma, individuals' natural propensity to cooperate may be reduced.

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Full Publication

Article

Entrepreneur Passion And Preparedness in Business Plan Presentations

February 2009

Authors: Xiao-Ping Chen, Xin Yao, Suresh Kotha

We conducted a laboratory experiment and a field study that consistently showed that preparedness, not passion, positively impacted decisions to fund ventures.

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