Dr. Ling Eleanor Zhang is an Associate Professor of Work and Human Relations. She served as the Academic Director of the BSc in Management programme at the London Campus from 2022 to 2025. Her research and teaching interests cover several topics in international business and human resource management, such as global mobility, the impact of geopolitics on organizations, multiculturalism, leadership and workplace diversity. 

Ling has published her research in top academic journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Gender, Work & Organization, and International Business Review. She also disseminates her research findings through both academic and commercial book format to enhance their social impact. She is the lead-author for a book published in the Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management Series, which was reviewed positively in International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Journal of International Management and Asia Pacific Business Review. Her commercial book Spouses of the World: Bullet Dodging Behind Diplomatic Glamour has been widely endorsed by influential politicians globally. 

Ling co-founded CYGNA Supporting Women in Academia Network in June 2014. The main objective of the group is to promote interaction among female academics based in the London area and to provide a forum for learning, support, and networking.

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Academic Articles

2025

ZHENG, Y., M. XING, C. SMITH, L. E. ZHANG

Overcoming Institutional Immobility? Evaluating Employment Outcomes of Repatriated Chinese Migrants From Overseas Civil Engineering Projects

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL

Academic Articles

2025

EDWARDS, T., K. KIM, P. ALMOND, P. KERN, O. TREGASKIS, L. E. ZHANG

Forgotten Globalizing Actors: Towards an understanding of the range of individuals involved in global norm formation in multinational companies

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES, 56 (2), 273 - 299

Academic Articles

2024

SAKA-HELMHOUT, A., P. ALAMOS-CONCHA, M. MACHADO-LOPEZ, J. HAGAN, G. MURRAY, T. EDWARDS, P. KERN, I. MARTIN, L. E. ZHANG

Stakeholder engagement strategies for impactful corporate social innovation initiatives by multinational enterprises

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, 30 (4), 101159

Academic Articles

2024

SAI, L., G. GAO, E. MANDALAKI, L. E. ZHANG, J. WILLIAMS

Co-constructing new ways of working: relationality and care in post-pandemic academia

CULTURE AND ORGANIZATION, 30 (5), 523-538

Academic Articles

2024

HUG, K., L. E. ZHANG

When and how to engage with employee environmental activism: Lessons learned from a global service firm

EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, 42 (3), 288-294

Academic Articles

2024

KAASILA-PAKANEN, A. -L., P. JÄÄSKELÄINEN, G. GAO, E. MANDALAKI, L. E. ZHANG, K. EINOLA , J. JOHANSSON, A. PULLEN

Writing touch, writing (epistemic) vulnerability

GENDER, WORK & ORGANIZATION, 31 (1), 264-283

Academic Articles

2023

ZHANG, L. E., S. ZHAO, P. KERN, T. EDWARDS, Z. -X. ZHANG

The pursuit of indigenous innovation amid the Tech Cold War: The case of a Chinese high-tech firm

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW, 32 (6), 102079

Academic Articles

2022

PELTOKORPI, V., L. E. ZHANG

Host country culture and language identification, and their workplace manifestations: A study on corporate expatriates in China and Japan

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, 28 (3), 100926

Chapters

2022

VESA, M., L. E. ZHANG, Y. X. SHEN

Re-emergence of geopolitics and façades of responsibility

In: Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes, Maria Sandberg, Janne Tienari (eds) Routledge, 38-42

Chapters

2022

KERN, P., L. E. ZHANG, T. EDWARDS, L. SVYSTUNOVA

The transfer of employment practices across borders in multinational companies: From context to actors.

In: International Human Resource Management, Reich, S., Harzing, A-W. & Tenzer, H. (eds) Sage