Yi Ren

Biography

Isabelle Yi Ren is Assistant Professor of Management at the Feliciano School of Business, Montclair StateUniversity. Her research interests center around how actors make sense and make use of the various cultural, status, and professional resources in organizations and the broader society. She investigates topics such as leadership, change management, and knowledge transfer. She teaches Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Negotiation.

Education

• BS, Beijing Foreign Studies University
• MA, University of Maryland, College Park
• MS, Boston College
• PhD, Boston College

Publications

• Journal Article: I. Ren (2021). Beyond the tipping point: The role of status in organizations’ public narratives to mobilize support for change. Organization Studies
• Book Chapter: M. Liu, I. Ren, M. Olekalns, J. Kennedy (2020). Chapter 13: Gender, communication, and negotiation. Edward Elgar
• Book Chapter: I. Ren, J. Bartunek, O. Lassch, R. Suddaby, R. Freeman, D. Jamali (2020). Chapter 48: Creating standards for responsible translation of management research for practitioners. Edward Elgar
• Book Chapter: J. Bartunek, I. Ren, S. Cady, C. Gorelick, C. Forde-Stiegler (2020). Collaborative change: The missing link between scholars and practitioners. NEXUS4Change
• Journal Article: C. Chen, A. Rao, I. Ren (2013). Glass ceiling for the foreign born: Perspectives from Asian-born American R&D Scientists. Asian American Journal of Psychology
• Journal Article: Y. Zhang, H. Nguyen, Y. Jung, I. Ren (2024). The social media industry: Where is it heading?. Journal of Business Strategy
• Book Chapter: M. Liu, M. Chen, I. Ren, M. Hinner (2023). Emotional communication in negotiation and dispute resolution across cultures. Peter Lang
• Journal Article: T. Wu, H. Nguyen, Y. Jung, I. Ren (2024). Not the usual project management: A better way to prepare for major disruptions. Journal of Business Strategy
• Journal Article: J. Bartunek, I. Ren (2022). Curriculum isn’t enough: What relevant teaching means, how it feels, why it matters, and what it requires. Academy of Management Learning & Education
• Journal Article: D. Liu, M. Chen, I. Ren, X. Pang, Y. Zhao (2024). How and when leaders' perceptions of team politics influence justice rule adherence: A moral self-regulation perspective. Journal of Business Ethics
• Journal Article: G. Deng, M. Jin, I. Ren (2024). The effect of doctor-patient relationship on doctor’s altruistic purpose from pediatrician data in China. Current Psychology
• Journal Article: D. Liu, I. Ren, L. Wei, G. Cui, X. Pang, Y. Yang, Z. Liu (2025). Why leaders' daily affect fluctuation inhibits their justice adherence: The mechanism of ego-depletion and the moderating role of gender. Journal of Organizational Behavior
• Conference Proceedings: Z. Zhu, H. Nguyen, I. Ren (2025). Are She-E-Os more risk averse? Revisiting the impact of CEO gender on managerial risk-taking. Academy of Management Proceedings
• Journal Article: M. Rigolizzo, J. Harvey, I. Ren (). It takes two: How gender matching shapes coaching success. Human Resource Management Journal

Honors & Awards

• Best Doctoral Student Proposal Award , Cognition in the Rough Workshop, MOC Division, Academy of Management Meeting (August 2017)
• Kwok Leung Memorial Dissertation Fund Award, International Association of Chinese Management Research (May 2018)
• Finalist paper for the Max Boisot Award, European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium (July 2018)
• Best Student-Led Paper of MOC Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting-Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division (August 2019)
• Best paper designation for Zhu, Z., Nguyen, H. W., & Ren, I.Y. (2025). Are She-E-Os more risk averse? Revisiting the impact of CEO gender on managerial risk-taking. (Awarded to the top 10% of accepted papers at the conference), Academy of Management Annual Meeting (July 2025)