Thursday, November 20, 2025
7th Annual CEIBS OB/HR Symposium
Navigating New Frontiers: Work and Leadership in the Age of Technology
7th Annual CEIBS OB/HR Symposium
Navigating New Frontiers: Work and Leadership in the Age of Technology
The Organisational Behaviour/Human Resource Management Department of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) invites you to attend the 7th Annual CEIBS OB/HR Symposium in Shanghai on November 20. This symposium focuses on discovering new insights into leadership and human resource management amidst the rapid advancement of technology. The morning session will focus on the Human Factor in Modern Organisations: Employee Well-Being, Incentives, and Human-AI Collaboration, while the afternoon session will focus on Thriving Amid Uncertainty and Change: Beliefs and Cognitive Flexibility.
Agenda
| Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025 | |
| Location: Academic Centre 3-117, CEIBS Shanghai Campus - 699 Hongfeng Road, Shanghai | |
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome Remarks Frank Bournois, Vice President and Dean, CEIBS Sebastian Christian Schuh, Chair of OB/HR Department |
| Panel I: The Human Factor in Modern Organisations: Employee Well-Being, Incentives, and Human-AI Collaboration Chair: Byron Lee (CEIBS) |
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| 09:10-10:10 | Keynote Speech by Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro (The London School of Economics and Political Science) Who cares? The Employee-Organisation Relationship and Employee Health |
| 10:10-10:40 | Coffee break |
| 10:40-11:15 | Helen Zhao (The University of Hong Kong) Lost in the Maze: A Systems Intervention to Reduce Entropy in Pay for Performance Systems |
| 11:15-11:50 | Yeun Joon Kim (University of Cambridge) Augmented Learning for Joint Creativity in Human-GenAI Co-Creation |
| 11:50-12:25 | Ning Li (Tsinghua University) Generative AI and the Future of Organisational Research: Methods, Perceptions, and Human–AI Interaction |
| 12:25-14:00 | Lunch Break and Group Picture |
| Panel II: Thriving Amid Uncertainty and Change: Beliefs and Cognitive Flexibility Chair: Michelle Zheng (CEIBS) |
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| 14:00-14:35 | Trevor Spoelma (University of Iowa) When Shifts in Work Location Matter for Hybrid Teams: The Moderating Role of Location Predictability |
| 14:35-15:10 | Brian Lucas (Cornell University) How Creative Process Beliefs Influence Performance |
| 15:10-15:45 | Hong Deng (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) A Mind That Does Not Abide in Anything: How Leader Acceptance Coping when Facing Stressors Enhances Managerial Creativity and Consideration via Cognitive Flexibility |
| 15:45-16:10 | Coffee break |
| Panel Discussion Chair: Ke Mai (CEIBS) |
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| 16:10-16:50 | Panel Discussion |
| 16:50-17:00 | Closing and Concluding Remarks by Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro and Department Chair |
