Bin Ma
Dr. Bin Ma is a behavioral scientist specializing in leadership, organizational behavior, and innovation within the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at IE Business School. He also serves as the Academic Director of IE China Center, a research center at IE that focuses on generating knowledge related to Chinese business management and economic growth. His work is featured in esteemed academic journals, with recognition through several prestigious research grants and awards. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor of Applied Psychology and is an editorial board member of several other academic journals. His work has also been featured in public media outlets such as Forbes, Bloomberg, Yahoo, etc.
As a business school educator, he has teaching experiences in both undergraduate and graduate programs in China, the United States, and Europe, honored with multiple teaching excellence awards. Beyond academia, he regularly offers business consulting to multinational corporations. He was also an entrepreneur before his academic career.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
• Ph.D. in Management, M.Phil., City University of New York, USA
• M.S. in Organizational Behavior, New York University, USA
• M.S. in Corporate Management, Bachelor in Economics, Bachelor in Law, South China University of Technology, China
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• Assistant Professor, IE Business School, IE University, Spain, 2018 - Present
• Lecturer, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, 2018
• Lecturer, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA, 2013 - 2017
• Lecturer/Student Advisor, South China University of Technology, China, 2006 - 2009
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
• Ma, B., Zhu, S., & Jain, K. (2023). “The “sense” behind proactive behaviors: Feedback seeking, meaningfulness, and personal initiative”. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 144: 103896
• Lu, F., Kwan, H.K., Ma, B. (2022). “Carry the Past into the Future: The Effects of CEO Temporal Focus on Succession Planning in Family Firms”. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 39: 763–804
• Pan, J., Liu,S., Ma, B., Qu, Z. (2018). “How Does Proactive Personality Promote Creativity? A Multilevel Examination of the Interplay between Formal and Informal Leadership”. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 91(4): 852-874
• Ma, B., Tillman, C. J., Pan, J. (2017). “Third Party Judgment and Reaction to Abusive Supervision of Coworkers”. Best Paper Proceedings of the Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. 2017(1): 14539
