Professor Ying Zhu

Director: Australian Centre for Asian Business School of Management

City West Campus (WL5-50)
tel +61 8 830 29975
fax +61 8 830 20709

email Ying.Zhu@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Professor Ying Zhu is the Director of the Australia Centre for Asian Business at the University of South Australia - which aims to broaden the Australian understanding of the diverse Asian business environment - and views the study of Asian business and management as an issue of international importance given the significance of these economies to international trading relations and economic prosperity.

School of Management

Offering a wide range of programs in the management discipline, combining theory and practice, designed with industry.

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About me

Professor Zhu holds a Bachelor of International Economics from Peking University and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. He has worked as an economist at Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China, been the Director of the Master of Human Resource Management program at the University of Melbourne and held visiting scholar positions at the University of Cambridge, the World Bank, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. He is a member of the Academy of Management (AoM), the Academy of International Business (AIB), and the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA).

In 2001 Professor Zhu received the Award for Excellent Foreign Scholar from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). In 2010 he received the Award for Excellent Post Graduate Teaching from the University of Melbourne, and in 2013 received the Achievement in Research Excellence Award (Established Career Researcher) from UniSA. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the Asia Pacific Business Review and a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of General Management.

Professor Zhu draws on his business expertise, bilingual language capabilities and strong industry links to assist organisations to develop business synergies with their Asian counterparts. Currently, Professor Zhu leads a range of projects, including an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project on labour market segmentation and inequality in China, a Group Mission Project funded by the Australia-China Science Research Fund (ACSRF) on community development in Australia and China, and an Australia-Malaysia Institute funded project on the impacts of information communication technology (ICT) on community development in Australia and Malaysia.

Career History:

Research Fellow, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Development Company, China

PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne

Lecturer, The University of Melbourne

Senior Lecturer, Victoria University

Visiting Scholar, International Labour Organization, Geneva

Visiting Scholar, The University of Cambridge

Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne

Director, Master of Human Resource Management, The University of Melbourne

Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne

Visiting Scholar, the World Bank

Current: Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Asian Business, UniSA

Research

Research themes

An age friendly world
Transforming industries
Transforming societies

Highlights

Human Resource Management
International HRM
International Business Management
Asian Management (China, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam)
Political Economy of Globalization/Asian Capitalism
Economic Development in Asia
Labour Law and Regulation in Asia
Australia-China Bilateral Economic Relationships

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Books

Year	Output
2018	Lee, CJ, Lee, Y-i, Benson, J, Zhu, Y & Jang, Y-J 2018, The political economy of new regionalism in Northeast Asia: dynamics and contradictions, Routledge, London, UK.
2017	Benson, J, Zhu Ying, & Gospel, H 2017, Employers' association in Asia: employer collective action, Routledge, UK.
2017	Min, M, Bambacas, M & Zhu, Y 2017, Strategic human resource management in China: a multiple perspective, Routledge, US.
2017	Sardana, D & Zhu, Y 2017, Conducting business in China and India: a comparative and contextual analysis, Palgrave Macmillan, UK.
2017	Zhu, Y, Ren, S, Collins, N & Warner, M 2017, Business leaders and leadership in Asia, Routledge, UK.
2016	Huang, E, Benson, J & Zhu, Y 2016, Teacher management in China: the transformation of educational systems, Routledge, UK.
2016	Huang, X & Zhu, Y 2016, Managing Chinese outward foreign direct investment: from entry strategy to sustainable development in Australia, Palgrave Macmillan, UK. 1
2015	Ren, S, Wood, R & Zhu, Y 2015, Business leadership development in China, Routledge, London and New York.
2015	Zhu, Y, Lan, H, Ness, DA, Xing, K, Schneider, K, Lee, S & Ge, J 2015, Transforming rural communities in China and beyond : community entrepreneurship and enterprises, infrastructure development and investment modes, Springer, New York. 4
2013	Cooney, S, Bidduloph, S & Zhu, Y 2013, Law and fair work in China, Routledge, UK. 20
2011	Benson, JW & Zhu, Y 2011, The dynamics of Asian labour markets, Routledge, London & New York. Open access
2008	Benson, JW & Zhu, Y 2008, Trade Unions in Asia: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, Routledge, Abingdon, UK.

Chapters

Year	Output
2017	Benson, J, Zhu Ying, & Gospel, H 2017, 'Employer collective action and employers' associations in Asia', Employers’ associations in Asia: employer collective action, Routledge, UK, ch. 1, pp. 1-12.
2017	Qijun, J & Zhu, Y 2017, 'Employers' associations in China: promoting interactions among the key stakeholders', Employers’ associations in Asia: employer collective action, Routledge, UK, ch. 7, pp. 125-143.
2017	Zhu Ying, Benson, J & Gospel, H 2017, 'Employers' associations in Asia: membership, structure and governance', Employers’ associations in Asia: employer collective action, Routledge, UK, ch. 12, pp. 229-241.
2017	Zhu, Y & Webber, M 2017, 'The impact of Western economics on China's reforms from the late 1970s to the present: an overview', in M Warner (ed.), The diffusion of Western economic ideas in East Asia, Routledge, United Kingdom, ch. 19, pp. 348-359.
2017	Zhu, Y 2017, 'Challenging issues in China's mining industry: human resources and others', in X Jia & R Tomasic (eds), Resource security and governance: globalisation and China’s natural resources companies, CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Australia, ch. 5, pp. 105-121.
2016	Bretag, T, Saddiqui, S, van der Veen, R & Zhu, Y 2016, 'Critical components in preparing students for short-term study tours to Asia', in DM Velliaris, & D Coleman-George (eds), Handbook of research on study abroad programs and outbound mobility, IGI Global, US, ch. 8, pp. 188-214.
2015	Lee, Y-I, Benson, J & Zhu, Y 2015, 'Economic clustering in Northeast Asia: China, Japan, and Korea integration', in AP D'Costa (ed.), After-development dynamics : South Korea's contemporary engagement with Asia, Oxford University Press, US, ch. 2 , pp. 29-44.
2013	Benson, J, Gospel, H & Zhu, Y 2013, 'Workforce development in Asia: skill formation and economic growth', in J Benson, H Gospel & Y Zhu (eds), Workforce development and skill formation in Asia, Routledge, New York, ch. 1, pp. 1-11.
2013	Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2013, 'Workforce development and skill formation in China: a new 'Long March'', in J Benson, H Gospel & Y Zhu (eds), Workforce development and skill formation in Asia, Routledge, New York, US, ch. 7, pp. 142-158. 4
2013	Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2013, 'Workforce development and skill formation in Taiwan: social cohesion and nation building in a developmental state', in J Benson, H Gospel & Y Zhu (eds), Workforce development and skill formation in Asia, Routledge, New York, US, ch. 8, pp. 159-177.
2013	Zhu, Y, Benson, J & Gospel, H 2013, 'Workforce development and skill formation in Asia: achieving national development and improving company performance', in J Benson, H Gospel & Y Zhu (eds), Workforce development and skill formation in Asia, Routledge, US, ch. 11, pp. 238-252.
2012	Collins, N, Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2012, 'HRM and Asian socialist economies in transition: China, Vietnam and North Korea', in Chris Brewster & Wolfgang Mayrhofer (eds), Handbook of research on comparative human resource management, Edward Elgar, UK, ch. 26, pp. 598-619. 13
2011	Benson, JW & Zhu, Y 2011, 'Labour markets in Asia: globalization and transition', in J Benson & Y Zhu (eds), The dynamics of Asian labour markets: balancing control and flexibility, Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom, ch.1, pp. 1-10.
2011	Zhu, Y & Benson, J 2011, 'Labour markets in Asia: a comparative analysis', in J Benson & Y Zhu (eds), The dynamics of Asian labour markets : balancing control and flexibility, Taylor and Francis, UK, ch. 11, pp. 224-242. 3
2011	Zhu, Y 2011, 'Labour markets in Vietnam: developments under the economic reform and globalization', in J Benson (ed.), The dynamics of Asian labour markets: balancing control and flexibility, Routledge, Abingdon, England, ch. 8, pp. 148-164. 3
2010	Rowley, C, Poon, I, Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2010, 'Organizations - Approaches to IHRM', in Anne-Wil Harzing, International Human Resource Management,, 3, Sage, Los Angeles ; London, ch.5, pp. 153 - 181.
2010	Zhu, Y, Rowley, C & Warner, M 2010, 'Global and Local Resourcing', in Anne-Wil Harzing, International Human Resource Management,, 3, SAGE, London, pp. 415-439.
2009	Zhu, Y, Chen, I & Mito, T 2009, 'Implications of Integration between International Business Strategies and International HRM: Case Studies of Japanese and Taiwanese Companies Operating in China', in HV Baines & James R Ursah, Globalization: Understanding, Management, and Effects, Nova Science Publishers, US, ch. 1, pp. 1 - 29.
2009	Zhu, Y, Warner, M & Rowley, C 2009, 'Human Resource Management in Asia', in Hossein Bidqoli, The Handbook of Technology Management, Volume 2: Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Advertising, and Global Management, Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., pp. 814-827.
2008	Benson, JW & Zhu, Y 2008, 'Trade Unions in Asia: Organization, Strategy and Issues', in John Benson & Ying Zhu, Trade Unions in Asia: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, pp. 1-10.
2008	Zhu, Y & Benson, JW 2008, 'Trade Unions in Asia: A Comparative Analysis', in John Benson & Ying Zhu, Trade Unions in Asia: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, ch. 15, pp. 256-266.
2008	Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2008, 'Organizational Literature, Asian', in S Clegg & J Bailey, International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies , Sage, US, pp. 1109-1113.
2008	Zhu, Y 2008, 'Trade Unions in Taiwan: Confronting the Challenge of Globalization and Economic Restructuring', in J Benson & Y Zhu, Trade Unions in Asia An Economic and Sociological Analysis , Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, ch. 5, pp. 63-80.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2018	Ren, S, Zhu, Y, Warner, M & Xie, Y 2018, 'New generation employees' preferences towards leadership style in China', Asia Pacific business review, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 437-458.
2018	Warner, M & Zhu, Y 2018, 'The challenges of managing 'new generation' employees in contemporary China: setting the scene', Asia Pacific business review, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 429-436.
2018	Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2018, 'Managing 'new generation' employees in China and beyond: summing-up', Asia Pacific business review, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 578-584.
2018	Zhu, Y, Freeman, S & Cavusgil, ST 2018, 'Service quality delivery in a cross-national context', International business review, online, pp. 1-11.
2017	Guo, Y, Rammal, HG, Benson, J, Zhu, Y & Dowling, PJ 2017, 'Interpersonal relations in China: expatriates' perspective on the development and use of guanxi', International business review, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 455-464. 3
2017	Jiang, Q & Zhu, Y 2017, 'Challenges for enforcing food safety law and regulations in China: case studies of government agencies in the Shanghai region', Asian-Pacific law & policy journal, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 36-62. Open access
2017	Mapunda, G, Wang, X, O'Malley, T, Benson, J & Zhu Ying, 2017, 'Building closer economic ties between China and Africa: small traders operating in China', Rutgers business review, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 105-127. Open access
2017	Ren, S & Zhu Ying, 2017, 'Candle in the wind: arts and cultural leadership within the process of market-oriented economic reform in China', Journal of general management, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 80-89.
2017	Ren, S & Zhu Ying, 2017, 'Context, self-regulation and developmental foci: a mixed-method study analyzing self-development of leadership competencies in China', Personnel review, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 1977-1996.
2016	Ren, S & Zhu, Y 2016, 'Developing family businesses through ongoing learning: Case studies of Chinese urban and rural family businesses under market-oriented reforms', Journal of general management, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 51-70. Open access
2016	Sardana, D & Zhu, Y 2016, 'Cross-country business engagement between China and India', Journal of General Management, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 3-34. Open access
2016	Sardana, D, Zhu, Y & van der Veen, R 2016, 'Unlocking the talents-in-waiting: Case study analysis of Chinese and Indian high-skilled migrants in South Australia', International migration, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 74-93. 2 2
2016	Xie, Y & Zhu, Y 2016, 'Holding up half of the sky: women managers' view on promotion opportunities at enterprise level in China', Journal of Chinese human resources management, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 45-60. Open access 1
2015	Ren, S & Zhu, Y 2015, 'Making sense of business leadership vis-à-vis China's reform and transition', Leadership and organization development journal, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 867-884. 1
2015	Ren, S, Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2015, 'Dilemmas concerning the employment of university graduates in China', Studies in higher education, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 551-571. Open access
2015	Zhu, Y, Xie, Y, Warner, M & Guo, Y 2015, 'Employee participation and the influence on job satisfaction of the 'new generation' of Chinese employees', International journal of human resource management, vol. 26, no. 19, pp. 2395-2411. Open access 8 9
2014	Lan, H, Zhu, Y, Ness, D, Xing, K & Schneider, K 2014, 'The role and characteristics of social entrepreneurs in contemporary rural cooperative development in China: case studies of rural social entrepreneurship', Asia Pacific business review, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 379-400. 6 9
2014	Ren, S, Wood, R & Zhu, Y 2014, 'Do-it-yourself leadership training in China', MIT Sloan Management Review, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 19-23.
2014	Shuang, R, Collins, N & Zhu, Y 2014, 'Leadership self-development in China and Vietnam', Asia pacific journal of human resources, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 42-59. Open access 3 2
2014	Zhu, Y, Chen, PY & Zhao, W 2014, 'Injured workers in China: Injustice, conflict and social unrest', International labour review, vol. 153, no. 4, pp. 635-647. 3 1
2013	Jiang, Q & Zhu, Y 2013, 'Confronting the crisis of food safety and revitalizing companies social responsibility in the People's Republic of China', Asia Pacific business review, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 600-616. 7 5
2013	Xie, Y, Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2013, 'Exploring the reality of educated middle managers' capability and involvement in human resource management in China', International journal of human resource management, vol. 24, no. 18, pp. 3478-3495. 5 2 1
2013	Zhu, Y & Verstraeten, M 2013, 'Human resource management practices with Vietnamese characteristics: a study of managers' responses', Asia Pacific journal of human resources, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 152-174 1038-4111. 6 3
2012	Biddulph, S, Cooney, S & Zhu, Y 2012, 'Rule of law with Chinese characteristics: the role of campaigns in lawmaking', Law and policy, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 373-401. 10 7
2011	Ren, S, Zhu, Y & Warner, M 2011, 'Human resources, higher education reform and employment opportunities for university graduates in the People's Republic of China', International journal of human resource management, vol. 22, no. 16, pp. 3429-3446. Open access 15 12
2011	Zhu, Y, Warner, M & Feng, T 2011, 'Employment relations "with Chinese characteristics": the role of trade unions in China', International labour review, vol. 150, no. 1-2, pp. 127-143. 24 16
2011	Zhu, Y, Warner, M & Zhao, W 2011, 'Economic reform, ownership change and human resource management in formerly state-owned enterprises in the People's Republic of China: a case-study approach', Human systems management, vol. 30, no. 1-2, pp. 11-22. 9
2010	Sitalaksmi, S & Zhu, Y 2010, 'The transformation of human resource management in Indonesian state-owned enterprises since the Asian Crisis ', Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 16, no. 1-2, pp. 37-57. 3 3
2010	Warner, M & Zhu, Y 2010, 'Labour and management in the People's Republic of China: Seeking the 'harmonious society'', Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 285-298. 29 20
2010	Zhu, Y, Webber, M & Benson, JW 2010, 'Intangible management and enterprise success in the Chinese transitional economy', Asia Pacific Business Review.
2009	Zhu, Y, Chen, I & Mito, T 2009, 'The Changing Face of International HRM and Business: Case Studies of Japanese and Taiwanese Companies Operating in China', Journal of Current Issues in Finance, Business and Economics, vol. 2, no. 2-3, pp. 159-185.
2008	Zhu, Y, Collins, N, Webber, M & Benson, JW 2008, 'New Forms of Ownership and Human Resource Management in Vietnam', Human Resource Management, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 157-175. 25 23 3

Conferences

Year	Output
2013	Lee, Y-i, Benson, J & Zhu, Y 2013, 'Economic clustering in Northeast Asia (China, Japan and Korea): strategic implications for Australia', DKTA - Dynamic Korea in a Transforming Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for South Korean Development, Copenhagen Business School, pp. 1-10. Open access
2013	Sardana, D & Zhu, Y 2013, 'Institutional voids and the process of entrepreneurship in transitional economies : the case of India and China', 27th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM2013), British Academy of Management, pp. 1-19.
2012	Zalan, T, Rammal, HG & Zhu, Y 2012, 'The phenomenon of early internationalising firms: what are we still missing from scientific inquiry?', in H Rammal (ed.), 2012 Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Annual Conference, Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy, paper no. 106, pp. 1-20.
2012	Zhu, Y, Rammal, HG & Zhu, Y 2012, 'Antecedents and outcomes of expatriate managers' social network building in MNCs' subsidiaries in China', in (eds), 2012 Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Annual Conference, Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy, paper no. 90, pp. 1-25.
2011	Warner, M, Zhu, Y & Feng, T 2011, 'People management and organized labour in China's harmonious society: "top-down" versus "bottom-up" strategies', in J Glassman (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Multinational Business Management 2011, Nanjing University Press, pp. 402-412.
2010	Ren, S & Zhu, Y 2010, 'Employment of University Graduates under China's Economic Reform Process', in Shir-Tau Tsai & Jane Yi-Chun Li, 2010 International Conference on Human Resource Development, National Taiwan Normal University.
2009	Zhu, Y, Warner, M & Feng, T 2009, 'The Recent Transformation of Chinese Trade Unions under the New Political Slogan of Creating Social Harmony', 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, International Industrial Relations Association. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2016	Andrew, J, Beer, A, Deng, X, Feo, M, Lacey, W, Lowies, B, Parker, D, Rofe, M & Zhu, Y 2016, Ageing in South Australia 2016: insights from the aged care sector, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access 7

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Auburn University	UNITED STATES
China Institute of Industrial Relations	CHINA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Gadjah Mada University	INDONESIA
George Brown College	CANADA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Hunan University	CHINA
Hunan University Business School	CHINA
Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation	CHINA
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Lanzhou General Hospital	CHINA
Melbourne Business School	AUSTRALIA
Monash University Malaysia	MALAYSIA
Nia Energy	UNITED STATES
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Renmin University of China	CHINA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Shanghai Ocean University	CHINA
University Libre Bruxelles	BELGIUM
University of Cambridge	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of New England	AUSTRALIA
University of Oxford	UNITED KINGDOM
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Vienna	AUSTRIA
University of Warwick	UNITED KINGDOM
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University	CHINA

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
An integrated collaborative framework for quality assessment of sustainable sugar supply chains	Current
Role of Social Intelligence and Informal networking in career success and communication satisfaction of employees	Current
Developing effective networks by embedding the local social and cultural norms: a study of Western expatriates' relationship building in China	Completed
The transformation of HRM in the Chinese school system: impacts on teachers and students	Completed
Underlying strategic human resource management and high performance work system in China	Completed

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