Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Yu Zheng is a Reader at the School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London. Educated in Peking University (BA Japanese Studies; BEco Economics) and the National University of Singapore (MA Japanese Studies), Yu Zheng received her PhD (London) in 2010.
Yu Zheng has published her research monograph Managing Human Resources in China: The View from Inside MNCs with theCambridge University Press. She has also written publications in Human Resource Managment, Human Resource Management Journal, Work, Employment and Society, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Asia Pacific Journal of Management Studies, and other peer-reviewed journals.
Yu Zheng currently serves as a committee member of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA) and a member of the Centre Digital Organisation and Society (DOS).
Research interests
- Trasnational mobility
- Comparative employment relations
- Employment impact of Chinese outward foreign direct investments (OFDI)
- AI-driven workplace transformations
- Ethics in the production of AI
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
- Cross-country management transfer
- MNCs in China
- Chinese MNCs
- Interantional HRM
- Actor-centred approach
- Political Economy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Political Economy Approach to Global Mobility in Crisis: Insights from Chinese Multinational Corporations
Zhang, L. E. & Zheng, Y., 28 Jul 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Employer-provided housing and upskilling: evidence from Japanese manufacturing plants in China
Zheng, Y., 12 Dec 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Work in the Global Economy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mobility Power and Society: Managing Migrant Workers among Chinese Multinational Companies in Europe
Zheng, Y. & Smith, C., Jun 2025, In: European Journal of Industrial Relations. 31, 2, p. 209-231 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Overcoming Institutional Immobility? Evaluating Employment Outcomes of Repatriated Chinese Migrants From Overseas Civil Engineering Projects
Zheng, Y., Xing, M., Smith, C. & Zhang, L. E., 13 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Human Resource Management Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial Intelligence and HR Analytics
Zheng, Y., 2022, (Accepted/In press) Where's the 'Human' in Human Resource Management?: Managing Work in the 21st Century . Bristol: Bristol University Press, p. 307-322Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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New Technology and Organisational Transparency
Zheng, Y. (PI) & Smith, C. (CoI)
25/10/21 → …
Project: Research
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An Ethical Data Work Procurement Framework
Zheng, Y. (PI) & Chan , C.K.-C. (CoI)
17/05/25 → 16/01/26
Project: Research
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Political economy of Chinese investment in Southeast Asia: Crisis and responses
Zheng, Y. (Researcher), Lafaye de Micheaux , E. (PI) & Chen, G. (CoPI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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China's Rise and the New Social Norms in ASEAN
Zheng, Y. (CoI) & Lafaye de Micheaux , E. (PI)
1/01/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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University of Padua
Zheng, Y. (Visiting researcher)
26 Oct 2023Activity: Visiting an external organisation › Visiting an external academic institution
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University of Hong Kong
Zheng, Y. (Visiting researcher)
15 Sept 2018 → 15 Oct 2018Activity: Visiting an external organisation › Visiting an external academic institution
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Advisory Committee of Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (External organisation)
Zheng, Y. (Participant)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of research network
Prizes
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The Palgrave Macmillan and Euro-Asia Managmenet Studies Association Best Paper Award
Zheng, Y. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)