College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Ph.D., Accounting, University of Southern California, 2006
Masters of Accounting, University of Southern California, 2000
B.A., English, Peking University, 1997

Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 2006 - Present
Accountant, Los Angeles Center Studios, 2000-2001

Chen, X. Forthcoming. Who Really Matters? Revenue Implications of Stakeholder Satisfaction in a Health Insurance Company. Accounting Review

Chen, X., Young, S., Van der Stede, W. 2007. Doing Management Accounting Survey Research . In C. S. Chapman, A. G. Hopwood, and M. D. Shields (Ed.), Handbook of Management Accounting Research (Vol. 1), 445-478. London: Elsevier.

Chen, X., Van der Stede, W., Young, S. 2005. Assessing the Quality of Evidence in Empirical Management Accounting Research: The Case of Survey Studies. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 30: 655-684

Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Accounting Association - Management Accounting Section, 2007

Management accounting and control. Specifically, performance measurement and evaluation; motivation and incentive issues in collaborative environments; strategic cost management; corporate governance.