Author

Dr. Chen Ji is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research (INAR). Her primary research focuses are nonprofit management and philanthropy. Her research encompasses various areas including social entrepreneurship, strategic management, and gender issues. It aims to understand strategic paradoxes in the context of sectors with blurring boundaries, with a strong focus on organizations’ sustainable development. Dr. Ji’s work employs a practical implication-driven approach. Her research covers a range of topics that offer actionable suggestions for the resource development and communication strategy of nonprofit organizations. These include nonprofit resource acquisition, signaling strategy, impact investing, as well as people’s perceptions of hybrid organizations.