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Personal profile
Personal Statement
I am a Lecturer in International Management and Organisation. Before taking up the lectureship, I worked as a Teaching Fellow at Strathclyde Business School. My research interests lie in the areas of processes and practice of international collaborations with particular attention to individual and organizational identity and trust building among collaborating partners. My broad research interests in identity and trust building also extend to other organizational contexts such as emerging market multinational corporations, public sectors, and small and medium sized enterprises.
Expertise & Capabilities
- Process and practice of international collaborations (joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and partnerships)
- Individual and organizational identity
- Trust
- Cross cultural management
Teaching Interests
I teach across the areas of international business, management, and professional skills development. My current teaching includes: Managing Inter-Organisational Partnerships and Alliances (MBA – Open Learning); Professional Management Practice (MIM & MFM); Managing Across Cultures (MIM); Managing Across Cultures and Frontiers (UG – 3rd year); International Business Analysis (UG – 2nd year). I am experienced in supervising postgraduate and PhD students.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- international collaboration
- identity work
- collective identity
- trust
- joint venture
- strategic alliance
- cross cultural management
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Investigating Smartphone App SMEs
Harker, M. J. (Principal Investigator) & Zhang, Y. (Co-investigator)
15/06/23 → 13/06/24
Project: Research
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A Study of the Inter-organisational Networking Practices of Scottish SMEs in their Internationalisation into China
Zhang, Y. (Principal Investigator)
9/01/23 → 31/07/23
Project: Internally funded project
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How stories make strategy: top management and middle managers' storytelling performances
Enang, E. S., Zhang, Y. & Sminia, H., 1 Aug 2024, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2024, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract › peer-review
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Unpacking researchers' embodied sensemaking: a diffractive reading-writing of Mann Gulch disaster
Enang, E., Sminia, H., Gherardi, S. & Zhang, Y., 31 Dec 2023, In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. 39, 4, 10 p., 101299.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)38 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Best Paper Award at 2013 Academy of Management Meeting, Entrepreneurship Division, Orlando, USA.
Zhang, Y. (Recipient), 9 Aug 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Honourable mention for the 2009 Douglas McGregor Memorial Board - paper published in Journal of Applied Behavioural Science
Zhang, Y. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Other distinction