Dr. Fei Song

Refereed Journal Articles

1. “Inside Out and Upside Down? Labour Market Signals in the Time of COVID-19 - An Experimental Exploration of Perceptions of Nonstandard Employment Histories Prior to and During the Global Pandemic (external link, opens in new window) ”, (2023), with Danielle Lamb, in press at Personnel Review.
2. "On the Role of Institutional Logics in Legitimacy Evaluations: The Effects of Pricing and CSR Signals on Organizational Legitimacy (external link, opens in new window) ”, (2023), with Alex Bitektine, Journal of Management, 49: 1070-1105.
3. “You Cannot Judge a Book by Its Cover: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment on Recognizing Generosity from Facial Information (external link, opens in new window) ”, (2022), with Ninghua Du and Bram Cadsby, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 100:101909.
4. “High Compensation and Unethical Reciprocity (external link, opens in new window) ”, (2022), with Long Wang and Chenbo Zhong, Journal of Management, 48(8): 2223-2254.
5. “Working More for More and More for Less: Labour Supply in the Gain and Loss Domains”, (2023), with Nikolay Zubanov, revise-and-resubmit at Labour Economics (external link, opens in new window) .
6. "(Un)Willing to lead? Men, Women and the Leadership Gap”, (2023), with Sherry Li, Erwann Sbai, and Ananish Chaudhuri, revise-and-resubmit at The Leadership Quarterly (external link, opens in new window) .
7. “Do Left-Behind Children Trust Others More? Evidence from Experimental Economics (external link) ”, (2020), with Xiaolan Yang and C. Bram Cadsby, South China Journal of Economics, 4: 29-39.
8. “Paying It Forward or Paying Me Back? An Experimental Investigation of Mixed Generalized and Direct Reciprocity in Organizations”, (2020), with Long Wang and Chenbo Zhong, revise-and-resubmit at Organization Science.
9. “Are ‘Left-Behind’ Children Really Left Behind? A Lab-In-Field Experiment On The Impact Of Rural/Urban Status And Parental Migration On Children's Social Preferences (external link) ”, (2020), with Bram Cadsby and Xiaolan Yang, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179:715-728.
10. “Organizational Legitimacy, Reputation And Status: Insights From Micro-Level Measurement (external link) ” (external link) , (2020) with Alex Bitektine, Christian Vandenberghe and Kevin Hill, Academy of Management Discoveries, Vol 6, page 107-136.
11. “The “Sales Agent” Problem: Effort Choice under Performance Pay as Behavior Towards Risk (external link) ”, (2019), with Bram Cadsby and Nikolay Zubanov, Economic Inquiry, Vol 57, page 1997-2016.
12. “Invoking Social Comparison to Improve Performance by Ranking Employees: The Moderating Effects of Rank Transparency, Rank Pay, and Individual Risk Attitude (external link) ”, (2019), with Bram Cadsby, Jim Engle-Warnick, and Tony Fang, Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol 72, page 64-79.
13. “Dishonesty among children: Rural/urban status and parental migration (external link) ”, (2019), with Bram Cadsby and Xiaolan Yang, in press in A. Bucciol and N. Montinari (eds.), Dishonesty in Behavioral Economics, page 31-50, Elsevier.
14. “Future Orientation, Construal Level and Ethical Decision and Judgment”, (2019), with Jin Yan, under review.
15. “A moral middle ground between honesty and money: How an incentivized opt-out option can increase honesty”, (2019), with Long Wang, under review.
16. "The Measure-Centric Model of Method Variance Explains Why Mono- and Hereto-Method Correlations Differ”, (2019), with Yongheng (Angus) Yao and Paul Spector, under review.
17. “Refine molar fit research: Concepts and implications” (2018), with Yongheng Yao and Zhenzhong Ma, under review.
18. “Firm Status And Evaluators’ Trust: The Many Ways To Trust A Firm (external link) ”, (2018), with Alex Bitektine, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol 153, page 503-518.
19. “Ingroup Favoritism and Moral Decision Making (external link) ”, (2016), with Bram Cadsby and Ninghua Du, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 128, page 59-71.
20. “The Impact Of Risk Aversion And Stress On The Incentive Effect Of Performance Pay (external link) ”, (2016), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, Research in Experimental Economics, Vol 19, page 191-229.
21. “Promise Keeping, Guanxi And Mianzi: An Experimental Investigation (external link) ”, (2015), with Bram Cadsby, Ninghua Du and Lan Yao, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol 57, page 120-133.
22. “You Scratch His Back, He Scratches Mine, And I’ll Scratch Yours: Moral Hazard In Direct And Indirect Reciprocal Agency (external link) ”, (2015), with Chenbo Zhong, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 112, page 98-111.
23. “Specialization Choice In An Undergraduate Business Management Program: The Role Of Gender (external link) ”, (2013), with Gerry Hunt. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Vol 43, Issue 1, page 129-145.
24. “Group Size, Coordination, And The Effectiveness Of The Punishment Mechanism In The VCM: An Experimental Investigation (external link) ”, (2013), with Bram Cadsby, Liangcong Fan and Bin Xu, Games, Vol 4, page 89-105.
25. “How Competitive Are Female Professionals: A Tale Of Identity Conflict (external link) ”, (2013), with Bram Cadsby and Maros Servatka. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 92, page 284-303.
26. “A Cross-cultural Real-Effort Experiment on Wage-Inequality Information and Performance (external link) ”, (2013), with Bram Cadsby, Hong Liu-Kiel, Heike Schenk-Mathesy, and Xiaolan Yang, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol 13, page 1095-112.
27. “Trust, Reciprocity, And  (external link) Guanxi (external link)  In China: An Experimental Investigation (external link) ”,(2012), with Yunyun Bi and Bram Cadsby. Management and Organization Review, Vol 8, Issue 2, page 389-413.
28. “Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation (external link) ”, (2010), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol 10, Issue 1.
29. "Bringing It All Together: A Model For Managing Successful Student Project Teams", (2010), with Gerry Hunt and Neil Rothenberg. European Journal of Management, Vol 10, page 62-71.
30. “Gender and Generosity: Does Degree of Anonymity or Group Gender Composition Matter? (external link) ”, (2010), with Bram Cadsby and Maros Servatka. Experimental Economics, Vol. 13, p. 299-308.
31. “Are You Paying Your Employees To Cheat: The Effects Of Compensation Schemes (external link) ”, (2009), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
32. “Intergroup Trust and Reciprocity in Strategic Interactions: Effects of Group Decision-Making Mechanisms (external link) ”, (2009). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 108, p. 164-173.
33. “Trust and Reciprocity Behavior and Behavioral Forecasts: Individuals versus Group-Representatives (external link) ”, (2008). Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 62, p. 675-696.
34. “The Influence Of The Consensus Decision-Making On Intergroup Trust And Reciprocity (external link) ”, (2007). Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
35. “The Effects Of Compensation Schemes On Self-Selection And Productivity: An Experimental Investigation (external link) ”, (2007), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 50, p. 387-405.
36. “Trust And Reciprocity In Intergroup Relations: Differing Perspectives And Behaviors (external link) ”, (2007). In S. Oda (Ed.), Experiments in Economic Sciences: New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems. Publisher: Springer Verlag.
37. “Cross-Cultural Gender Differences In Behavior In A Threshold Public Goods Game: Japan Versus Canada (external link) ”, (2007), with Bram Cadsby, Yasuyo Hamaguchi, Toshiji Kawagoe, and Elizabeth Maynes. Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 28, p. 242-260.
38. “Trust And Reciprocity In Inter-Individual Versus Inter-Group Interactions: The Effects Of Social Influence, Group Dynamics, And Perspective Biases (external link) ”, (2006). Experimental Economics, Vol. 9, No. 2.
39. “Sorting And Incentive Effects Of Pay-For-Performance: Summary Of An Experimental Study (external link) ”, (2006), with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceeding.
40. “Emotions In The Conflict Process: An Application Of The Cognitive Appraisal Model Of Emotions To Conflict Management (external link) ”, (2005), with Chris Bell. International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 16, p. 30-54.
41. “Other-Regarding Behavior And Behavioral Forecasts: Female Versus Males As Individuals And As Group Representatives (external link) ”, (2004), with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris. International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 15, p. 34-363.

Other Refereed Contributions (equal contributions from all co-authors)

1. “Conditional Cooperation and Reciprocity”, presented at the Private vs. Public Solutions to Collective Action Problems Conference, 2023, Venice, Italy.
2. “Private or public solutions to collective problems: An experimental investigation”, presented at the Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Conference, 2023, Winnipeg, MB.
   
3. “Working More for More and More for Less: Labour Supply in the Gain and Loss Domains”, with Bram Cadsby and Nikolay Zubanov, presented at the Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Conference, 2021, Vancouver, BC.
4. “Institutional logics in social evaluation process: The effects of firms’ signals on legitimacy, reputation and status”, with with Alex Bitektine, presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 2020.
5. “Working more for more and working more for less: The effects of wage gains versus wage losses on labor supply”, with Bram Cadsby and Nick Zubanov, presented at the 16^th Xiangzhang Economic Conference, 2019, Shenzhen, China.
6. “Dishonesty among children: A lab-in field experiment on the impact of rural/urban status and parental migration”, with Bram Cadsby and Xiaolan Yang, presented at the Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Conference, 2018, Montreal, QC.
7. “Are you paying your employees to be creative? An experimental investigation”, presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, 2018, Toronto, ON.
8. “Are left-behind children really left-behind: A field experiment on decision-making and social preferences”, with Bram Cadsby and Xiaolan Yang, presented at the Economics Science Association (ESA) Conference, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan.
9. “Ethical decision-making and ingroup bias”, with Bram Cadsby and Ninghua Du, presented at the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Conference, 2016, Hangzhou, China.
10. “Ingroup favoritism and moral decision making”, with Bram Cadsby and Ninghua Du, presented at the South Ontario Behavioral Decision Research (SOBDR) Conference, 2015, Toronto, ON.
11. “Risk attitudes and effort choices under performance pay”, with Bram Cadsby and Nick Zubanov, presented at Economic Science Association Conference, 2014, Honolulu, HA.
12. “You scratch his back, he scratches mine, and I’ll scratch yours: Moral hazard in direct and indirect reciprocal agency”, with Chenbo Zhong, presented at the Canadian Economic Association Conference, 2013, Montreal, QC.
13. “Agency decision-making: A licence to cheat?”, with Chenbo Zhong, presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 2012, Boston, MA.
14. “How competitive are female professionals? A tale of identity conflict”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Servatka, presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 2012, Boston, MA.
15. “Agency decision-making: A licence to cheat?”, with Chenbo Zhong, presented at Economic Science Association Conference, 2011, Xiamen, China.
16. “Guanxi, Mianzi and promise-keeping: An experimental Investigation”, with Bram Cadsby, Ninghua Du and Lan Yao, presented at the China Economist Society Conference, 2011, Beijing, China.
17. “How competitive are female professionals? A tale of identity conflict”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Servatka, presented at the Canadian Economic Association, 2011, Ottawa, Canada
18. “Other-regarding preferences: The effects of gender and decision privacy”, with Bram Cadsby and Maros Servatka, presented at China Economist Society Conference, 2010, Xiamen, China.
19. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect: Choking under Pressure”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
20. “Specialization choice in an undergraduate business management program: The role of gender”, with Gerry Hunt, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
21. “Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
22. “Psychological and Financial Incentives in Tournament Pay: An Artefactual Field Experiment”, with Cadsby Jim Engel-Warnick and Tony Fang, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
23. “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect of Performance Pay”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Canadian Economic Association Meeting, 2009, Toronto, Ontario.
24. “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Yunyun Bi, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario.
25. “The effect of the consensus-making on intergroup trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions”, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
26. “The effect of overconfidence on the sorting efficiency of Pay-for-Performance”, with Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
27. “Bringing it all together: A model for managing successful student project teams”, with Gerry Hunt and Neil Rothenberg, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
28. “Trust, reciprocity, and social distance: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Yunyun Bi, presented at Society of Judgment and Decision Making Meeting, 2005, Toronto, Canada.
29. “Sorting and incentive effects of pay-for-performance: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at SET-FEEM Workshop, 2005, Milan, Italy.
30. “The social context of conflict resolution: The effects of status and conflict issue on thoughts, emotions and behaviors”, with Chris Bell, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2005, Toronto, Ontario.
31. “Trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions: The effects of cognitive biases, inter- and intra-group dynamics”, presented at Experiments in Economic Sciences: New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems” Conference, 2004, Kyoto, Japan.
32. “The effects of compensation schemes on self-selection and work productivity: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Francis Tapon, presented at Economic Science Association Annual Conference, 2004, Tucson, Arizona.
33. “Other-regarding behavior and behavioral forecasts: Females versus males as individuals and as group representatives”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana.
34. “Trust and reciprocity: Individuals versus groups and behavior versus perceptions”, presented at Canadian Experimental & Behavioral Science Conference, 2004, Calgary, Canada.
35. “Trust and reciprocity: The differing norms of individuals and group representatives”, presented at International Association of Conflict Management Conference, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
36. “Norms of fairness in inter-individual versus inter-team interactions: The effects of egocentric biases and gender”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at International Association of Conflict Management Conference, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
37. “Predicting fair behavior and behaving fairly when acting for oneself and acting on behalf of a group: An experimental investigation”, with Bram Cadsby and Tristan Morris, presented at Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2004, Toronto, Ontario.
38. “Cross-cultural gender differences in behavior: Japan versus Canada”, presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
39. “Realizing one’s self through organizational goals: A group-value model of self-socialization, community benevolence, and performance”, with Chris Bell, presented at Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, 2003, Halifax, Nova Scotia
40. “Opening the black box: A preliminary model of individual motivation in a social dilemma context”, presented at The Public Choice Society and Economic Science Association Annual Meeting, 2002, San Diego, California.

Other Research Contributions

1. Invited speaker at the Centre of Labor and Management Relations, Toronto Metropolitan University, “Working more for more and working more for less: Labor supply in the gain and loss domains”, 2021, Toronto, ON.
2. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Management, Zhejiang University, “Working more for more and working more for less: The effects of wage gains versus wage losses on labor supply”, 2019, Hangzhou, China.
3. Invited speaker at the Department of Economics Speaker Series, Carlton University, “Are ‘left-behind’ children really left behind? A lab-in-field experiment on the impact of rural/urban status and parental migration on children's social preferences”, 2018, Ottawa, Ontario.
4. Invited speaker at the Business Ethics Speaker Series at the Ted Rogers Leadership Centre, Ryerson University, “The good and bad of generosity: A new way of understanding efficiency wages”, 2018, Toronto, Ontario
5. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Management, Zhejiang University, “Invoking social comparison to improve performance by ranking employees: The moderating effects of rank transparency, rank pay, and individual risk attitude”, 2017, Hangzhou, China.
6. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Management, Fudan University, “The impact of risk aversion and stress on the incentive effect of performance pay”, 2016, Shanghai, China.
7. Invited speaker at the Fourth Annual International Symposium, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, “The ‘dark-side’ of organizational behavior”, 2016, Shanghai, China.
8. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Economics and Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, “Ingroup favoritism and moral decision making”, 2016, Beijing, China
9. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Economics and Management, Henan University, “Gender and Competitive Preferences”, 2016, Kaifeng, China.
10. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, “Ingroup favoritism and moral decision making”, 2015, Beijing, China
11. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Management, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, “Gender and Professional Identities: Preference for competition”, 2015, Guangzhou, China.
12. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, “You scratch his back, he scratches mine, and I’ll scratch yours: Moral hazard in direct and indirect reciprocal agency”, 2014, Shanghai, China.
13. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the Sogang Experimental Economics Lab, Sogang University, “Risk attitudes and effort choices under performance pay”, 2014, Seoul, Korea.
14. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at the School of Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, “Promise keeping, Guanxi and Mianzi: An experimental investigation”, 2014, Chengdu, China.
15. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at HSBC Business School, Peking University, “Agency, delegation and deception”, 2014, Shenzhen, China.
16. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at College of Business, University of Auckland, “Gender, identity and competitiveness”, 2012, Auckland, New Zealand.
17. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at China Europe International Business School, “Gender, Sex Roles, Organizational Culture and Leadership Effectiveness: The cases of Mary Kay and Pfizer”, 2012, Shanghai, China.
18. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at College of Management and Economics, University of Guelph, “Gender, identity and competitiveness”, 2012, Guelph, Canada.
19. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at China Europe International Business School, “Are masculine women leaders more effective? The case of Mary Kay”, 2011, Shanghai, China
20. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at University of Guelph, “How Competitive are Professional Women: A Tale of Identity Conflict”, 2010, Guelph, Canada.
21. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, “Trust and Reciprocity in China and Canada”, 2010, Chengdu, China.
22. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, “Trust and Reciprocity in China and Canada”, 2010, Hangzhou, China.
23. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Zhejiang Gongshang University, “Pay-for-Performance and Cheating”, 2010, Hangzhou, China.
24. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at China Europe International Business School, “Pay-for-Performance and Cheating”, 2009, Shanghai, China.
25. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Fudan University, “Target-based Compensation Scheme and Productivity Misrepresentation: An Experimental Investigation”, 2009, Shanghai, China.
26. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, “Risk Aversion, Stress and the Incentive Effect of Pay-for-Performance”, 2009, Shanghai, China.
27. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Xiamen University, “Trust, Reciprocity and Guanxi in China”, 2009, Xiamen, China.
28. Invited speaker at the Research Seminar Series at College of Arts, University of Waterloo, “The Impact of Risk Aversion and Stress on the Incentive Effect of Performance Pay”, 2009, Canada.
29. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at University of Auckland, “Are You Paying Your Employees to Cheat: An Experimental Investigation”, 2008, Auckland, New Zealand.
30. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at University of Canterbury, “Social comparison, financial incentives and risk attitudes in tournament-based compensation schemes: An artefactual field experiment”, 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand.
31. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, 2007, Shanghai, China.
32. Invited participant at the Junior OB Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
33. Invited participant at the Trust Manuscript Development Workshop, Academy of Management Conference, “Trust, reciprocity, and guanxi in China: An experimental investigation”, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
34. Invited participant at the SIM Manuscript Development Workshop, Academy of Management Conference, “Does your Compensation Scheme Induce Your Employees to Cheat? An experimental investigation”, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
35. Invited speaker at the International Conference on Trust, Reciprocity, and Cooperation, University of Hokkaido, “Trust and reciprocity in strategic interactions: The effects of cognitive biases, inter- and intra-group dynamics”, 2006, Japan.
36. Invited speaker at the research seminar series at College of Commerce, Waseda University, “The effects of compensation schemes on self-selection and productivity: An experimental investigation”, 2006, Japan.
37. Invited speaker at research seminar series at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, “Trust, reciprocity, and intergroup relations”, 2005, China.
38. Invited participant in the Doctorial Consortium of the Conflict Management Division, Academy of Management Conference, 2004, New Orleans.
39. Invited participant in the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics Workshop, 2004, George Mason University.
40. Invited speaker at research seminar series at Zhejiang Gongshang University, “Trust, reciprocity, and group decision-making”, 2004, China.
41. Invited speaker at research seminar series at Queensland University of Technology, “The interaction effect of compensation schemes and self-selection on work performance”, 2004, Australia.
42. Invited speaker at research seminar series at China European International Business School on Cross-Cultural Management and Experimental Business Research: “Cross-cultural gender differences in behavior: Japan versus Canada”, 2002, China.

PhD Schulich School of Business, York University

MBA University of Guelph

BA Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China