About the author

Dr. Yongqiang LIU Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, First Chinese Director of Confucius Institute for Business at the State University of New York （2011—2013）. Since 1989, the author had taught Business English in Nanjing Agriculture University. During 1992—1993, the author had worked as an English interpreter and a licensed customs clearer with a Sino-US joint venture company, and a foreign sales clerk with a light industrial products import and export company. During 1993—2003, the author had worked as an assistant professor teaching Business English reading and writing to seniors of Business English undergraduates from School of Foreign Language and Communication, Cambridge Business Certificate （intermediate and advanced level） to undergraduates of International Trade from School of Economics & Management, and College English to students of other schools from Nanjing University of Technology. Concurrently, since 2001 up to 2009, the author had been appointed as a guest professor to lecture on MBA English and business communication at MBA Education Center, Nanjing University. Since 2004 up to 2009, the author has been appointed as a guest professor to teach International MBAs in English a course on A Comparative Management Study from Sino-US Language and Culture Perspective. During 2004—2006, the author had been appointed as a guest professor to teach MBAs business communication at School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology. In 2006, the author was invited to lecture in English on Business Culture and Strategy by Scotland High Education Authority to students under Sino-British high education program at Nanjing University. Since 2006 up to now, the author has been working with Nanjing University of Finance & Economics teaching undergraduates Advertising Management and Advertising Media Research, teaching MBA Human Resource Management. In fall semester 2008, the author, as a visiting professor, taught Global Marketing Management to Masters of International Marketing at Saint Joseph's University, US.The author made presentations on the Chinese Management and Culture to faculty and students from University of Missouri, Saint Louis and Saint Joseph's University in the 2008.

The author was granted with BA in English language and literature by Yangzhou University in1989. During 2003—2006, the author had undertaken a full-time Ph.D. Program in Management, and was granted with Ph.D.degrees by Nanjing University in June, 2006. The author was granted with Second Place of Scholarship by The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund （SYLFF） Program in 2005, Second Place of XU Jilian Scholarship granted by Nanjing University in 2004, and Second Place of Award on Teaching granted by Nanjing University of Finance and Economics in 2007. Second Place of Award on Academic Research granted by Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. Third Price of 7th Awards on Outstanding Academic Research Achievement on Philosophies and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Universities in 2010. The author had been sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China for“An Empirical Study on Performance of Managing Institutions of Enterprises in Work-Family Borderless Context”（71572072） in 2015.