Dr. Xiaoyan (Christiana) Liang is an Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University (XJTLU). She completed her PhD at Monash University in 2017, and has extensive teaching experiences in subjects ranging from business ethics, leadership practices and principles, managerial communication, human resource management (HRM), innovation, critical thinking and managerial decision-making and international HRM.

Dr. Liang is a management scholar with research interests in the ethicality and sustainability issues of people management in different types of organizations across the globe. The core question that underpins her research projects is: How can we manage people and organizations more sustainably and ethically? Her work has been published in journals such as Human Resource Management Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Personnel Review, Journal of Global Information Management, Nonprofit Management and Leadership and others.

Apart from her academic life, Dr. Liang has extensive experience in consultancy and executive education, having worked as Session Chair of international conferences such as the Australia China Youth Dialogue, the Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, and a frequent invited speaker for programs such as the International Scholar Laureate Program (ISLP), and the Australia China Entrepreneur Dialogue (ACED). She was also the invited keynote speaker for the 2021 HR Excellence Conference: The Future of Work and HR organized by the European Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=enuser=D7yrtU4AAAAJ

CSR and ethics

Leadership

Sustainable HRM

Volunteer and nonprofit management

Lecturer, Central Queensland University (2018-2020) Melbourne, Australia

Teaching Associate and lecturer, Monash University （2016-2018）

Keynote speaker on the topic of Reimagining the Post-Pandemic HRM in Shanghai, 2021 HR Excellence Conference: The Future of Work and HR

Session Chair on Cultural Exchange in the We-media Era, the Australia China Youth Dialogue, 2018

Co-facilitator on Business Fundamentals for the National Native Title Council, the Native Title Operations and Management Training (NTOMT)

Invited Presenter on Business Education in Australia, for the International Scholar Laureate Program (ISLP) 2019

Invited Presenter on Adaptive Leadership for the Australia China Entrepreneur Dialogue (ACED) 2019

SMO206 International Employment Relations

BUS422 Doing Business with Chinese Companies and Consumers

SMO301 Employee Rewards

Innovation and Sustainable Business Development (CQUniversity, Australia)

Management and Business Context (CQUniversity, Australia)

International Human Resource Management (CQUniversity, Australia)

Managing Human Resources (CQUniversity, Australia)

Critical Thinking and Managerial Decision Making (CQUniversity, Australia)

Leadership Principles and Practices (Monash Australia)

Business Ethics in a Global Environment (Monash Australia)

Introduction to Management (Monash, Australia)

Winner Of 2014 ANZ Future Leader Award

Best Oral Presenter for the 8th Victorian Chinese PhD Students and Young Scholars Research Symposium 2014

Third prize for 2014 Monash University “Rant against racism” competition