Zhi Cao (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently published an article, "Performance Shortfalls, Response Directions, and Belief in the Effectiveness of Responses," in Academy of Management Journal (AMJ). The paper is co-authored with Feifei Jiang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China) and Donghan Wang (Communication University of China). In the paper, they have addressed the question on which type of strategic actions firms adopt when they encounter negative performance feedback relative to their aspiration by developing a new construct "dominant shared belief" in the effectiveness of different responses. AMJ is a top-tier (A+) journal in the business research. It's one of the 24 journals used to rank business school research productivity.
