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Associate Professor Yunxia Zhu
Associate Professor

Yunxia Zhu

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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

Research interests

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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102 works between 1997 and 2024

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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

Managing business relationships in New Zealand and China: A semantic perspective

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

Enterprise networking web sites and organizational communication in Australia

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

Market signals about investment decisions: Do managers listen?

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.

Localised perspectives: China

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.

Media Discourse Study About Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in Australian Mining Industry

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

Philosophical underpinnings for equilibrium of values and implications for management education: A response to Harold Leavitt

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.

A review of practical Confucian wisdom and learning organizations

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

New technology ventures: What factors lead to success?

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

Effective signals: How can firms communicate their strategic intent in IPO communications?

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.

Revisiting relevant approaches for the study of language and intercultural communication

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

From cultural adaptation to cross-cultural discursive competence

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.

Cross-cultural discursive competence for international 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

New Zealand and Chinese managers' reflections on language use in business settings: Implications for intercultural communication

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

The impact of communication and ethnicity on entrepreneurial success and education

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

Understanding guanxi (connections) through business leaders' perspectives

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

What drives differences in reward allocation principles across countries and organizations?

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

Do cultural values shape employee receptivity to leadership styles?

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

Using authentic cross cultural dialogues to encourage international students' participation in tutorial activities

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

Beyond language: Workplace communication and the L2 worker

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.

Exploring the relationship between culture, communication and entrepreneurship in New Zealand

Funding

Past funding

  • 2022
    Australia-Indonesia Business Resilience Hub: Tourism Thriving and Capability Building
    Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Sociocognitive Space for Cross-Cultural Business Communication: Written Genres between Australian/NZ and Chinese Organisations.
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Discursive Competence and Genre Knowledge for Managerial Communication: Towards an Intercultural Reflective Model
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Yunxia Zhu is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

  • 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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