The master's thesis on Dong Mingzhu's narcissism "disappeared" from CNKI

According to media reports, the author of the thesis has now graduated and was hired by a hospital, and his advisor is an independent director of a listed company on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. The author of this paper is reported to be the same as the peers

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"Gree Electric CEO Dong Mingzhu tends to take risky decision-making and stubborn'narcissistic personality' performance, leading to Gree Electric's failure to diversify. As a result, the company has not yet found a new growth point."

Recently, a master's thesis titled "Research on CEO Narcissism and Its Economic Consequences-Taking Gree Electric Appliances as an Example" aroused heated discussion on the Internet, and master's thesis research The topic of Dong Mingzhu's narcissism hit the hot search on Weibo.

Currently, neither party involved has responded to this matter, but the relevant papers have "disappeared" from CNKI. According to media reports, the author of the paper has now graduated and was hired by a hospital, and his supervisor is an independent director of a listed company on the Science and Technology Innovation Board.

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Dong Mingzhu became the research object of the thesis

Zhongxin Jingwei reporter noted that the above thesis is a master's degree thesis of Zhejiang Gongshang University accounting graduate student Chen Shuxin. The submission date is January 2020. The supervisor is Xie Shilei.

On November 19, reporters from China-Singapore Jingwei searched CNKI and other websites, but were unable to find the above-mentioned papers. After entering the paper name on CNKI and clicking search, the relevant page displays "Sorry, there is no data yet, you can try to change the search term".

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However, by searching for "Research on CEO Narcissism and Its Economic Consequences-Taking Gree Electric as an Example" on Baidu, you can enter the CNKI space through the web and see the abstract of this paper. According to Tianyan's investigation, HowNet Space is owned by Tongfang HowNet Digital Publishing Technology Co., Ltd., and CNKI is owned by Tongfang HowNet (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. Both companies are subsidiaries of Tongfang Co., Ltd.

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Abstract shows that the paper selects Gree Electric as the research object. Based on the measurement of Dong Mingzhu’s narcissism, it summarizes the three major behaviors of narcissism, namely, desire to dominate sexual power and adopt Risky decision-making and stubborn opinion. At the same time, the paper pointed out that Dong Mingzhu’s narcissistic personality led to Gree Electric’s insider control, which was mainly manifested in the imbalance of power of the board of directors and the transfer of benefits to related parties.

The paper also analyzed the impact of Dong Mingzhu’s narcissistic personality on Gree Electric’s performance. It is believed that in the early days of Gree’s development, Dong Mingzhu led Gree Electric from the fierce competition with his outstanding sales ability and bold and innovative decision-making ability. Stand out in the air-conditioning market. However, Dong Mingzhu's tendency to take risky decisions and stubborn narcissistic personality performance led to Gree Electric's failure to diversify, making Gree Electric still unable to find new growth points. Is

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the independent director of a listed company on the Science and Technology Innovation Board?

Does the above paper really exist? On the afternoon of November 19, a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei asked the Accounting School of Zhejiang Gongshang University for verification. A teacher said that he was “unclear and would not accept media interviews”.

According to media reports, the student concerned has graduated and was hired to the Finance Department of a hospital in Wenzhou in May 2020. The instructor of this paper is an independent director of Huaguang New Materials, a listed company on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. According to public information of

, Xie Shilei, female, was born in October 1980 and holds a doctoral degree. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics majoring in accounting, associate professor, master tutor. Since 2006, he has been teaching in the School of Finance and Accounting of Zhejiang Gongshang University, successively serving as lecturer, director of international project department, and director of international accounting department. He is currently the deputy dean of the School of Finance and Accounting of Zhejiang Gongshang University, and is also an independent director of Huaguang New Materials and other companies.

According to Wind data, Huaguang New Materials is a scientific and technological private enterprise specializing in the research and development, manufacturing and sales of a series of brazing materials. The main products are brazing materials, which mainly include silver brazing materials and copper-based brazing materials. After years of development, the companyIt has formed a relatively complete independent intellectual property system and product series in the field of brazing materials, and has become one of the major companies leading the development and application of materials in the brazing material manufacturing industry in my country. The company has a high market reputation in the industry and has a long-term A stable customer base. On August 19 this year, the company was officially listed on the A-share science and technology innovation board. The

prospectus shows that Gree Electric has been the second largest customer of Huaguang New Materials in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

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Netizen: If I were Miss Dong, I would be more "narcissistic"

China-Singapore Jingwei reporters noticed that netizens talked about the above-mentioned papers, and the topic of master's thesis research Dong Mingzhu's narcissism came up Hot search on Weibo, as of the morning of November 20, the number of readings has exceeded 200 million. Some netizens at

think, “No matter whether you are narcissistic or not, business ability is nothing to say.” “Sister Dong is very happy: hopes that your paper has more citations. After all, free advertising has broken the circle deeply. ”” If I reach the height of Miss Dong, I will be more overconfident than her."

However, some netizens said, "Is this a paper in social psychology?" "It is the level of the finance department of private enterprises."

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even some netizens questioned that the author's aforementioned statement may involve personal attacks.

In this regard, Xing Xin, a senior partner and lawyer of Hunan Jinzhou Law Firm, pointed out in an interview with The Paper that the academic research on Dong Mingzhu in the aforementioned paper did not exceed reasonable limits and did not involve personal attacks. Xing Xin believes that as long as the opinions of the paper have a certain factual basis and there is no evidence to prove that they are deliberately fabricated or distorted facts for deliberate insults and slanders, then the existence of the opinions should be allowed. Academic disputes should be resolved by academic discussion and debate. For the purpose of protecting freedom of speech and academic freedom, it should not be regarded as personal attack and reputation infringement.

On November 19, a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei called Gree Electric for many times to try to understand the views of "Eldest Dong" and Gree Electric on the matter. However, no one answered the question as of press time. The cover and leading text of

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