
Overview
Background
Yunxia Zhu is an award-winning researcher and educator and has an international reputation in cross-cultural management and business negotiation. Yunxia’s PhD is from the Australian National University in the area of international business communication. She is a negotiation expert trained in Advanced Harvard negotiation programme and Oxford Programme on negotiation at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. She has taught Undergraduate, MBA, Doctoral and Executive Development programs at universities in Australia and abroad. She was a visiting academic to Imperial College London, University of Michigan and Lund University Sweden.
Yunxia has been a recipient of numerous prestigious awards. She is the winner of 2015 UQ Teaching and Learning Fellowship, 2014 Australian National Teaching Citation Awards, UQ Vice Chancellor’s 2013 Internationalisation award, UQ 2013 Outstanding Teaching Citation award, 2011 Best Researcher Award and 2006 Best Publication by Association for Business Communication, and 2008 UQ Business School Research Excellence award, just to name a few.
As an active researcher, Yunxia has written two scholarly books and has published extensively in prestigious international journals (e.g., top-tier of A* or A journals ABDC ranking). She serves on a number of editorial boards for prestigious journals including Academy of Management Discovery, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of World Business, Discourse and Communication, and Public Relations Review. She also serves as an intercultural expert for the prestigious Pragmatics & Beyond New Series (PBNS), John Benjamins.
Yunxia serves as the Vice President of Association for Business Communication in the Asia Pacific Region and is holding adjunct and honorary professorial positions with a number of major Chinese universities with the most recent being awarded by the Top 500 Chinese Enterprises Research Centre, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She has served on expert advisory board and panels for publicly listed companies, providing professional consulting and training in relation to internationalization and market development in the global business contexts.
Availability
- Associate Professor Yunxia Zhu is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Research interests
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Cross-cultural and international management
Cross-cultural investigation of business relationship and networking patterns based on both universal and culture-specifics dimensions; examining of the interaction of culture and institutional dynamics of internationalization in Chinese and developed countries; developing Chinese management theories (e.g., based on Confucian wisdom and guanxi (networking) and applying to the global contexts.
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International Business Communication
Applying situated discourse and communication theory to international organisational settings including technological, corporate, and ideological sites especially during international organisational restructuring, joint ventures, etc. The spin-off of research findings from this research area is organisational learning and education for international business organisations and firms.
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Moral Emotions and Business Ethics in Global Contexts
Applying moral psychology and practical classical wisdom (e.g., from Aristotle and Confucius) to studying business ethics (e.g., ethical guanxi) in international organisations and responsible global leadership.
Works
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2009
Journal Article
Managing business relationships in New Zealand and China: A semantic perspective
Zhu, Y. (2009). Managing business relationships in New Zealand and China: A semantic perspective. Management International Review, 49 (2), 225-248. doi: 10.1007/s11575-008-0137-2
2009
Journal Article
Enterprise networking web sites and organizational communication in Australia
Zhang, A. M., Zhu, Y. and Hildebrandt, H. (2009). Enterprise networking web sites and organizational communication in Australia. Business Communication Quarterly, 72 (1), 114-119. doi: 10.1177/1080569908330381
2009
Journal Article
Market signals about investment decisions: Do managers listen?
Zhu, Yunxia (2009). Market signals about investment decisions: Do managers listen?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 23 (1), 84-85. doi: 10.5465/AMP.2009.37008010
2009
Book Chapter
Localised perspectives: China
Zhu, Yunxia and Li, Lan (2009). Localised perspectives: China. The handbook of business discourse. (pp. 345-355) edited by Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini. Edinburgh U.K.: Edinburgh University Press.
2009
Conference Publication
Media Discourse Study About Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in Australian Mining Industry
Zhu, Yunxia and McKenna, Bernard (2009). Media Discourse Study About Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in Australian Mining Industry. Symposium on English as the Language of Asian Business and Professions (ELABP), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 5-6 November 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
Philosophical underpinnings for equilibrium of values and implications for management education: A response to Harold Leavitt
Zhu, Y. (2009). Philosophical underpinnings for equilibrium of values and implications for management education: A response to Harold Leavitt. Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMLE.2009.41788852
2009
Conference Publication
A review of practical Confucian wisdom and learning organizations
Zhu, Y. (2009). A review of practical Confucian wisdom and learning organizations. ANZAM 2009 Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 1-4 December 2009. Melbourne, Victoria: ANZAM Secretariat.
2008
Journal Article
New technology ventures: What factors lead to success?
Zhu, Yunxia and Allee, M. Zhang (2008). New technology ventures: What factors lead to success?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 22 (2), 108-109. doi: 10.5465/AMP.2008.32739767
2008
Journal Article
Effective signals: How can firms communicate their strategic intent in IPO communications?
Zhu, Yunxia (2008). Effective signals: How can firms communicate their strategic intent in IPO communications?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 22 (2), 106-108. doi: 10.5465/AMP.2008.32739766
2008
Journal Article
Revisiting relevant approaches for the study of language and intercultural communication
Zhu, Y. (2008). Revisiting relevant approaches for the study of language and intercultural communication. International Journal of English Studies, 8 (2), 25-42.
2008
Journal Article
From cultural adaptation to cross-cultural discursive competence
Zhu, Y. (2008). From cultural adaptation to cross-cultural discursive competence. Discourse & Communication, 2 (2), 185-204. doi: 10.1177/1750481307088483
2008
Conference Publication
Cross-cultural discursive competence for international management
Zhu, Y. (2008). Cross-cultural discursive competence for international management. 22nd ANZAM Conference 2008: Managing in the Pacific Century, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 December, 2008. Lindfield, NSW: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
2008
Journal Article
New Zealand and Chinese managers' reflections on language use in business settings: Implications for intercultural communication
Zhu, Y. (2008). New Zealand and Chinese managers' reflections on language use in business settings: Implications for intercultural communication. Language and Intercultural Communication, 8 (1), 50-68. doi: 10.2167/laic178.0
2008
Journal Article
The impact of communication and ethnicity on entrepreneurial success and education
Zhu, Y. and Wang, B. (2008). The impact of communication and ethnicity on entrepreneurial success and education. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2 (3), 265-274. doi: 10.1504/IJBG.2008.017680
2007
Journal Article
Understanding guanxi (connections) through business leaders' perspectives
Zhu, Y. and Zhang, A. M. (2007). Understanding guanxi (connections) through business leaders' perspectives. Business Communication Quarterly, 70 (3), 385-389. doi: 10.1177/10805699070700030506
2007
Journal Article
What drives differences in reward allocation principles across countries and organizations?
Zhu, Yunxia (2007). What drives differences in reward allocation principles across countries and organizations?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 21 (3), 90-92. doi: 10.5465/amp.2007.26421245
2007
Journal Article
Do cultural values shape employee receptivity to leadership styles?
Zhu, Yunxia (2007). Do cultural values shape employee receptivity to leadership styles?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 21 (3), 89-90. doi: 10.5465/amp.2007.26421244
2007
Journal Article
Using authentic cross cultural dialogues to encourage international students' participation in tutorial activities
Zhu, Y. (2007). Using authentic cross cultural dialogues to encourage international students' participation in tutorial activities. Business Communication Quarterly, 70 (1), 43-47. doi: 10.1177/108056990707000106
2007
Journal Article
Beyond language: Workplace communication and the L2 worker
Cooke, D., Brown, T. P. and Zhu, Y. (2007). Beyond language: Workplace communication and the L2 worker. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 17 (1), 83-103. doi: 10.1075/japc.17.1.06coo
2007
Book Chapter
Exploring the relationship between culture, communication and entrepreneurship in New Zealand
Yunxia, Zhu (2007). Exploring the relationship between culture, communication and entrepreneurship in New Zealand. Handbook of research on ethnic minority entrepreneurship: A co-evolutionary view on resource management. (pp. 720-728) edited by Leo Paul Dana. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
How do emerging-market multinational enterprises utilize local non-market activities to navigate institutional complexity across countries?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tao Bai
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Doctor Philosophy
Multinational enterprises' information disclosure: tailoring the information to audience based on different languages
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tao Bai
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION IN A DISTINCT SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT: THE CASE OF CHINESE HIGH-SPEED-RAIL
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Liesch, Dr Alexandra Kriz
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Internationalization, Innovation and State Ownership in Emerging Market Enterprises
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Through the lens of Activity Theory: understanding intercultural competence from the Persian-speaking business managers' perspectives in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Renshaw
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Framing in Strategic Communications: The Construction of 'National Unity' through Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in Malaysia
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Humour in customer engagement on Chinese social media - A rhetorical perspective
Joint Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
An institutional approach to understanding public relations in Chinese cultural contexts: Field and institutional work
Joint Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Teacher attribute and student motivation: The exploration of specific attributes of English teachers teaching English as a foreign language in high schools of China
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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