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style='width:688.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt'>Bing Ran</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span>(B.A., M.A., <span class=SpellE>M.A.Sc</span>., Ph.D.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:102.0pt'> <td width=401 style='width:301.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:102.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:16.6pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Assistant Professor of Public Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:16.6pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>School of Public Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:16.6pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Penn State Harrisburg<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:16.6pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>777 W. Harrisburg Pike<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:16.6pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Middletown, PA<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>17057<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=516 style='width:387.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:102.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Office: <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>  </span>W160 <span class=GramE>A</span> Olmsted Bldg.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>  </span>+1 717 948 6057<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Fax: <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>     </span>+1 717 948 6320<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Email:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>   </span><a href="mailto:bingran@psu.edu">bingran@psu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Webpage:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://harrisburg.psu.edu/faculty-and-staff/bing-ran-phd">http://harrisburg.psu.edu/faculty-and-staff/bing-ran-phd</a> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>          </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:59.05pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. Ran s research interests focus on the </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'>dynamic interactions between society's complex infrastructures and human behavior</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'> a domain generally understood as socio-technical systems.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:59.05pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in; mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'>Dr. Ran approach</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'>es</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'> the dynamic interactions in socio-technical systems through, for example, the study of how organizations construct and negotiate their identities within their social structures mediated by the technical and institutional constraints. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'>His</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'> study investigates the mechanisms used by organizations to influence its internal and external stakeholders for socio-economic or political purposes, and how identities are interpreted and used according to social intentions. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:59.05pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in; mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt'>Another line of his research focuses on knowledge representation and knowledge integration. Modern</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'> organizations </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'>are facing the challenges of </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: ‹[SO'>effectively managing their knowledge assets through dynamic interactions in its socio-technical systems; and employees need to continuously integrate new knowledge into their existing knowledge structure. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'>Dr. Ran studies</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'> the current organizational practices of knowledge management, knowledge representation in human cognition, how a person's existing knowledge influences</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'>how they make sense of the new knowledge, and how they creatively combine their existing knowledge to generate something new in their cognition (conceptual combinations).</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:59.05pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in; mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt'>The third line of the research by Dr. Ran and his colleagues </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'>investigates </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'>the behavioral effects of the socio-technical interactions in traditional and virtual organizations, including the public participation effectiveness in policy making, the leadership and ethics issues, employee task structure changes and the effectiveness of the socio-technical interactions in integrating different knowledge domains in an organization</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'>.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:59.05pt; margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:‹[SO'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:59.05pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dr. Ran is an active member of the Academy of Management (AOM) and the Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC). From 2001 to&nbsp;the present, he&nbsp;has been a frequent reviewer, presenter, session chair, and mentor for their annual conferences. He is currently serving as the editor of the book series <em>Contemporary Perspectives on Technological Innovation, Management and Policy</em> (Information Age), the associate editor of <em>Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division </em>(Academy of Management 2009, 2011, 2012), and the associate editor of <em>Social and Organizational Impacts of IS Track</em></span> <span style='font-size:14.0pt'>(<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>ICIS - International Conference on Information Systems 2012)</span>. He was elected to the membership committee, Public and Non-profit Division, Academy of Management (serving as the Committee Chair in 2012-2013). He also reviewed manuscripts for journals such as <i>Academy of Management Review, Administration &amp; Society, </i><span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>and<i> International Journal of Public Administration.</i></span> His research has won the Administrative Science Association of Canada 2010 Best Paper Award in Organizational Theory.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:58.85pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:58.85pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. Ran teaches graduate courses in organizational behavior, organizational theory, and human resource management and serves as the graduate faculty in MPA, MHA, and PhD programs. He just finished a term as the senator (2009  2011) at <a href="http://hbg.psu.edu/facultysenate/">Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Senate</a>, and currently serves as the Chairperson, the Strategic Planning Committee at Penn State Harrisburg Senate, and Co-Chair, Penn State Harrisburg Strategic Steering Committee. He also serves as the Program Coordinator,</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN'> <span lang=EN><a href="http://harrisburg.psu.edu/programs/certificate-program-public-sector-human-resource-management" jQuery1294006050671=30>Certificate Program in Public Sector Human Resource Management</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, School of Public Affairs, <span class=GramE>Penn</span> State Harrisburg.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Recent Publications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:52.0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt: 0pt'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Refereed Journal Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. (2012a). </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="index_files/Ran%202012%20a.pdf">Evaluating Public Participation in Environmental Policymaking</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of US-China Public Administration, 9 (4), </i>407-423.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. &amp; Golden, T.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2011). </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="index_files/Ran%202011.pdf"><span class=GramE>Who</span> are we? The<span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> social construction of organizational identity through sense-exchanging</span></a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Administration &amp; Society, 43 (4)</i>, 417 - 445. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Xu, X. &amp; Ran, B. (2010a). </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="index_files/Ran%202010%20b.pdf">Familiarity, abstractness, and the interpretive strategies of noun-noun combinations</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>. </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Cognitive Sciences,</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>5(2)</i>, 125-138.<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.0pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B., &amp; Duimering, P.R.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2010b). </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="index_files/Ran%202010%20a.pdf">Conceptual combination: Models, theories and controversies</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>International Journal of Cognitive Linguistics</i> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>(Inaugural Issue), 1(1)</i>, 65  90.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span>Cross-published in S. P. Weingarten &amp; H. O. <span class=SpellE>Penat</span>. (Eds.), <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Cognitive Psychology Research Developments</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>NY: Nova Science.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>39  64. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Plant, J., &amp; Ran, B.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2009). </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Education for ethics and human resource management: A necessary synergy</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Public Integrity</i>, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>11</i>, 221<span lang=ZH-CN> </span>238.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.7pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .75in left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Safayeni, F., Duimering, R., <span class=SpellE>Zheng</span>, K., <span class=SpellE>Derbentseva</span>, N., <span class=SpellE>Poile</span>, C., &amp; Ran, B. (2008).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><a href="index_files/CACM%202008.pdf">Requirements engineering in new product development: How effective are the necessary interactions?</a></span></span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Communications of ACM</i>, 51(3), 77  82.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.7pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .75in left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Ran, B., &amp; Duimering, P.R. (2007). <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="index_files/JBTC.pdf">Imaging the organization: Language use in organizational identity claims</a>.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Business and Technical Communication,</i> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>21</i>, 155  187.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.7pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .75in 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Duimering, P.R., Ran, B., <span class=SpellE>Derbentseva</span>, N., &amp; <span class=SpellE>Poile</span>, C. (2006).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="index_files/KPM.pdf">The effects of ambiguity on project task structure in new product development</a>.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Knowledge &amp; Process Management</i>, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>13</i>, 239  251. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:52.0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt: 0pt'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:52.0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt: 0pt'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:52.0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt: 0pt'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Refereed Books and Parts of Book <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. (Ed.) (2012).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Contemporary Perspectives on Technological Innovation, Management and Policy</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Volume 1 &amp; Volume 2. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B., &amp; Duimering, P.R.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2009)<span class=GramE>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="index_files/C%20C.pdf">Conceptual combination: Models, theories and controversies</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>. In S. P. Weingarten &amp; H. O. <span class=SpellE>Penat</span>. (Eds.), <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Cognitive psychology research developments</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>NY: Nova Science.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>39 -64.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span>Cross-published in <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>International Journal of Cognitive Linguistics. (2010). 1(1)</i>, 65  90.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(1997).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Natural Semantic <span class=SpellE>Metalanguage</span> -- the Linguistic Tool for the Research of Cross-Cultural Communication.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span>In <span class=SpellE>Yue'e</span> Li (Ed.), <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Foreign Language Learning &amp; Teaching</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Beijing: Xinhua Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:52.0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt: 0pt'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Refereed Book Reviews<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>(2008). </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="index_files/RanATP314.pdf">Book Review: Organizing Doubt - Grounded Theory, Army Units and Dealing with Dynamic Complexity</a><span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>.</span></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Administrative Theory &amp; Praxis.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>30</i>, 377-382.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:52.0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt: 0pt'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Refereed Conference Presentations &amp; Proceedings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. &amp; Golden, T.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2012). Who Are We and How Do We Get There? An Integrative Framework on Organizational Identity Construction.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Academy of Management Annual Conference</i>. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Kellis, D. S. &amp; Ran, B. (2011).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Modern leadership principles for public administration: time to move forward.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Academy of Management Annual Conference</i>, San Antonio, Texas, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. &amp; Golden, T.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2010)<span class=GramE>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Negotiating</span> organizational identity: a case study on how a university responds to identity threats.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Academy of Management </i></span></a><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Annual Conference</i>. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. (2009).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>An evaluative model on public participation.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Academy of Management Annual Conference</i>. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Duimering, P.R. &amp; Ran, B.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2006)<span class=GramE>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The</span> effects of requirements ambiguity on task structure in new product development projects.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Academy of Management Annual Conference</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Atlanta, Georgia, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. &amp; Duimering, P.R.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2005)<span class=GramE>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Linguistic</span> construction of organizational identity.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Administrative Science Association of Canada Annual Conference</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Toronto, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. <a name="OLE_LINK1">&amp; Duimering, P.R.</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2004).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><span class=GramE>Imaging</span> the organization: Language use in organizational identity claims.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>6th International Conference on Organizational Discourse</i>. Amsterdam, Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B., <span class=SpellE>Derbentseva</span>, N., <span class=SpellE>Poile</span>, C., &amp; Duimering, P.R.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2004).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Patterns of task change due to ambiguity in new product development.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Administrative Science Association of Canada Annual Conference</i>. Quebec, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. &amp; Duimering, P.R.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2002).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span>Organizational identity construction.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Academy of Management Annual Conference</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Denver, Colorado, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B. &amp; Duimering, P.R.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2001).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Language mechanisms in the construction of organizational images.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Academy of Management Annual Conference</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Washington, D.C.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>USA. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ran, B.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(1996).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Pragmatic failures in cross-cultural communication &amp; second language learning.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>International Conference on Culture Distortion and Transformation</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=SpellE>Nanjin</span>, China.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:52.0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt: 0pt'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; 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(2010).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Political Theories and Models.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In <span class=SpellE>Ciment</span>, J. (Ed<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>.), Booms and busts: An encyclopedia of economic history from <span class=SpellE>Tulipmania</span> of the 1630 to the current global financial crisis</i> (pp. 629  632)<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>.</i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>NY: M.E. 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Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:73.5pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:85.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 49.5pt 85.5pt left 859.5pt'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list: Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>Ran, B.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(2009)<span class=GramE>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Motivation</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In C. <span class=SpellE>Wankel</span> (Ed.), <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Encyclopedia of business in today's world</i> (pp. 1160  1161). 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