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Personal profile
Personal profile
Dr. Liang Wen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic Management and Organisations (SMO) at International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). He completed his Ph.D. in the Discipline of International Business at the University of Sydney. His current research interests include 1) Media influence and firms’ strategies: examining both outcomes and antecedents of media (dis)approval, including how media (dis)approval influences strategic changes and financial performance, and why and how firm wrongdoings or social activities cause heterogeneous media (dis)approval. 2) Time influence and firms’ strategies: investigating why and how temporal closeness between multinational enterprise (MNE) parent and subsidiary locations may affect MNEs’ employment of expatriates in their foreign subsidiaries.His research has appeared in the Journal of World Business, and the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceeding. Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_workshl=enhl=enuser=4nItLaUAAAAJ
Research interests
Strategic Management
International Business
Australian Investment in China
Business and Management in Emerging Economies
Experience
Assistant Professor, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2021-Present
Tutorial Instructor, The University of Sydney, 2017-2021
Teaching
IOM 121 Statistics for Business
SMO 109TC Managing Across Borders
SMO 302 Organisational Change and Development
BUS 303 Final Year Project
SMO 405 Management Dissertation
Awards and honours
2022, The 12th Asia Academy of Management (AAOM) Best Paper Award, Asia Academy of Management
2018-2020, Business School Research Scholarship (BSRS), The University of Sydney, AUS
2019-2020, Postgraduate Research Support Scheme (PRSS), The University of Sydney, AUS
2019-2020, Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), HK
2019, Dean’s Citations for Tutoring Award, The University of Sydney, AUS
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., The University of Sydney, Australia, 2021
M.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), USA, 2012
B.S., Central South University (CSU), China, 2010
Person Types
- Staff
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Active
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Asymmetric Media Influence and Time Horizons of Strategic Change
1/05/23 → 1/05/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Temporal Boundaries and Subsidiary Staffing in Multinational Enterprises: Effects of Parent–Subsidiary Work-Time Overlap
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Out of Sync, Out of Sight: How Temporal Boundary Influences MNEs’ Subsidiary Ownership Structure
Wen, L., Yang, J. Y. & Volk, S., Jul 2024, AIB 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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The Mediating Effect of Media Approval Between Corporate Social and Financial Performance
Wen, L., Yang, J. Y. & Li, W. H., Aug 2024, AOM 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Asymmetric Media Influence and Time Horizons of Strategic Change
Wen, L. & Yang, J., Jun 2023, 2023 IACMR Conference.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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How Top Managers’ Temporal Orientations Impact the Relationship between Negative Media Coverage and Strategic Change
Wen, L., Yang, J. & Xue, F., Jul 2023, AIB 2023.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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The Enabling Role of Media Approval in the Relationship between Corporate Social and Financial Performance
Wen, L. & Yang, J., Jun 2023, 2023 IACMR Conference.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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The Mediating Effect of Media Approval Between Corporate Social and Financial Performance
Liang Wen (Speaker), Jing Yu Yang (Speaker) & Wen Helena Li (Speaker)
9 Aug 2024 → 13 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Out of Sync, Out of Sight: How Temporal Boundary Influences MNEs’ Subsidiary Ownership Structure
Liang Wen (Speaker), Jing Yu Yang (Speaker) & Stefan Volk (Speaker)
1 Jul 2024 → 6 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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New Strategic Shift, a Decoupled Future? Australian Investment in China in Focus-2024
Liang Wen (Supervisor)
1 Jun 2024 → 1 Sept 2024Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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Watching the Sun, Not Only the Clock — How Temporal Boundary Influences MNEs’ Ownership Structure
Liang Wen (Speaker) & Jingyu Yang (Speaker)
5 Jul 2023 → 9 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar