About Me
Dr Zhou (Joe) Jiang is Head of Department and Professor (MBA) at Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University, Australia. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Applied Psychology: An International Review (ABDC ranking - A) and International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC ranking - A). He also seats on the editorial boards of Journal of Organizational Behavior (A*), Journal of Vocational Behavior (A*), Human Resource Management (A*), Human Resource Management Journal (A), and Australian Journal of Management (A). He is also co-chairing the Organizational Behavior Stream at Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) and is an ANZAM board member as Research Committee Chair. He has served as a lead or co-editor for journal special issues, including "The Effects of Childhood Experiences in Adulthood: Implications for Business Activity and Research" (Journal of Business Research), "Vocational Experiences and Quality of Life of Migrants" (Social Indicators Research), and "Thrive in Future of Work through Knowledge Management" (Knowledge Management Research & Practice).
Joe is a recipient of the ANZAM Early Career Researcher Award (2016). This award is to foster and recognize the research and scholarly achievements of emerging researchers who are at an early stage in an academic career. He was also a recipient of the ANZAM Best Paper Award of the Gender, Diversity, and Indigeneity Stream (2015) for a paper focussed on LGB individuals' work-related wellbeing.
Prior to taking up his appointment at RMIT, he was an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Flinders University where he worked in roles of Head of Research and ERA Discipline Leader. Before that, he was a Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor at Deakin University where he also occupied the positions of Director of Master of Business Administration (MBA) (International), Director of Executive MBA (International), and Deputy Director of China Business and Economics Research Center. He also worked as a Lecturer/Assistant Professor and sat on the steering committee of Center for Work, Organization and Wellbeing in Griffith University and a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Management at Central Queensland University.
Joe received his PhD (October 2014) from Macquarie University where he spent 2 years and 9 months completing a thesis concerning fairness management and employee attitudes in a cross cultural context. Prior to moving to Australia, he was also educated in South Korea for an MBA in human resource management and organizational studies, and in China for a bachelor of boiengineering.
Joe has published 45 journal articles, among which over 90% (n = 41) are in A*/A/Q1 journals (as per ABDC ranking or JCR journal quartile) . His work has appeared in Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management Journal, Applied Psychology: An International Review, International Journal of Hospitality Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Safety Research, Journal of Career Assessment, Personnel Review, Personality and Individual Differences, International Migration, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Employment Counseling, Social Indicators Research, Cross Cultural Management, among others.
He has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for journals such as Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, Human Resource Management Journal, Applied Psychology: An International Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Australian Journal of Management, Personality and Individual Differences, International Journal of Manpower, Social Indicators Research, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Career Development International, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, Journal of Management & Organization, Australian Journal of Career Development, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of Happiness Studies. His work has also been featured in Harvard Business Review, and cited in media such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and Brisbane Times.
Joe has supervised six PhD students (two completed). He teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The courses he has taught include leadership and governance, human resource management, employment relations, organizational behavior, performance management, reward management, strategic staffing (recruitment and selection), and business research methods for PhD students.
Joe is a recipient of the ANZAM Early Career Researcher Award (2016). This award is to foster and recognize the research and scholarly achievements of emerging researchers who are at an early stage in an academic career. He was also a recipient of the ANZAM Best Paper Award of the Gender, Diversity, and Indigeneity Stream (2015) for a paper focussed on LGB individuals' work-related wellbeing.
Prior to taking up his appointment at RMIT, he was an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Flinders University where he worked in roles of Head of Research and ERA Discipline Leader. Before that, he was a Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor at Deakin University where he also occupied the positions of Director of Master of Business Administration (MBA) (International), Director of Executive MBA (International), and Deputy Director of China Business and Economics Research Center. He also worked as a Lecturer/Assistant Professor and sat on the steering committee of Center for Work, Organization and Wellbeing in Griffith University and a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Management at Central Queensland University.
Joe received his PhD (October 2014) from Macquarie University where he spent 2 years and 9 months completing a thesis concerning fairness management and employee attitudes in a cross cultural context. Prior to moving to Australia, he was also educated in South Korea for an MBA in human resource management and organizational studies, and in China for a bachelor of boiengineering.
Joe has published 45 journal articles, among which over 90% (n = 41) are in A*/A/Q1 journals (as per ABDC ranking or JCR journal quartile) . His work has appeared in Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management Journal, Applied Psychology: An International Review, International Journal of Hospitality Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Safety Research, Journal of Career Assessment, Personnel Review, Personality and Individual Differences, International Migration, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Employment Counseling, Social Indicators Research, Cross Cultural Management, among others.
He has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for journals such as Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, Human Resource Management Journal, Applied Psychology: An International Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Australian Journal of Management, Personality and Individual Differences, International Journal of Manpower, Social Indicators Research, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Career Development International, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, Journal of Management & Organization, Australian Journal of Career Development, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of Happiness Studies. His work has also been featured in Harvard Business Review, and cited in media such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and Brisbane Times.
Joe has supervised six PhD students (two completed). He teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The courses he has taught include leadership and governance, human resource management, employment relations, organizational behavior, performance management, reward management, strategic staffing (recruitment and selection), and business research methods for PhD students.
Media Citations/Work
- 2020: Would you ever give staff 100 per cent autonomy? (The Sydney Morning Herald; The Age; Brisbane Times)
- 2020: Inclusion and affective wellbeing (Personnel Review) (Reported/cited by 16 news outlets across the world, including Business Insider, MNS, Fast Company, The Conversation, Government Executive, to name a few)
- 2019: When to stay and when to go: Getting ahead at work (this Deakin)
- 2019: Why withholding information won’t give you an advantage. Harvard Business Review.
- 2018: Two keys to migrants' success at work - Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times
- 2017: What makes people happy includes not only bicycle sharing but knowledge sharing
Relevant Links
Research Interests
Joe has broad research interest in human resource management, organizational behavior, and applied and vocational psychology. His research is broadly related to career, work, social, and community issues. Specifically, his research interests include:
- Career development, management, and counseling
- Work and non-work related wellbeing
- The interplay between social, community, and vocational issues
- Career- and work-related wellbeing of minority groups (e.g., migrants, refugees, and LGBTQIA+ individuals)
- Workplace justice, leadership, and employee attitudes/behaviors
- 2020: Dr Vishal Rana - Griffith University (Placement: Australian Institute of Business)
- 2018: Dr. Joowon (Janice) Ban - Central Queensland University (Placement: Central Queensland University)
- 2018: Dr. Rongbin Yang - Central Queensland University (Placement: Kaplan Business School)
Education Background
- 2011-2014 Doctor of Philosophy (Awarded October 2014), Management, Macquarie University, Australia
- 2008-2010 Master of Business Administration, Human Resource Management and Organizational Studies, Yeungnam University, South Korea
- 2014-2015 Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, Central Queensland University, Australia
- 2004-2008 Bachelor of Engineering, Bioengineering, Northwest A & F University, China
Academic Appointments
- Feb 2022 - present: Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- Oct 2019 - Jan 2022: College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Feb 2021 - Jan 2022: Discipline Leader (ERA - FoR 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services)
Feb 2020 - May 2021: Head of Research (Research Liaison), Flinders Business (School), College of Business, Government and Law
- Feb 2017 - Oct 2019: Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Mar 2019 - Sep 2019: Director, MBA (International), Faculty of Business and Law
Jul 2017 - Feb 2019: Director, Executive MBA (International), Faculty of Business and Law
Feb 2017 - Feb 2018: Deputy Director, China Business and Economics Research Center, Faculty of Business and Law
- Feb 2016 - Dec 2016: Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Mar 2016 - Dec 2016: Early Career Researcher Representative, Steering Committee, Cennter for Work, Organization and Wellbeing
- Feb 2014 - Feb 2016: School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia
Feb 2014 - Jul 2014: Associate Lecturer in Management
