Research outputs
2025
Cultural Attuning: How the Big Four Manage State-Firm Relationships in China
Zhu, J., Wen, W., & Spence, C. (2025). Cultural Attuning: How the Big Four Manage State-Firm Relationships in China. In Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management.
2022
EXPRESS: The Management of Second-Generation Migrant Workers in China: A Case Study of Centrifugal Paternalism
Zhu, J., & Delbridge, R. (2021). EXPRESS: The Management of Second-Generation Migrant Workers in China: A Case Study of Centrifugal Paternalism. Human Relations, 001872672110329. doi:10.1177/00187267211032948
2021
Thinking like the state: Doxa and symbolic power in the accounting field in China
Zhu, J., Spence, C., & Ezzamel, M. (2021). Thinking like the state: Doxa and symbolic power in the accounting field in China. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 101235. doi:10.1016/j.aos.2021.101235
2020
Inside the ‘Red Circle’: the production of China’s corporate legal elite
Zhu, J., Zhao, Y., & Liu, S. (2020). Inside the ‘Red Circle’: the production of China’s corporate legal elite. Journal of Professions and Organization, 7(1), 87-100. doi:10.1093/jpo/joaa006
2018
Global supply chains, institutional constraints and firm level adaptations: A comparative study of Chinese service outsourcing firms
Zhu, J., & Morgan, G. (2018). Global supply chains, institutional constraints and firm level adaptations: A comparative study of Chinese service outsourcing firms. Human Relations, 71(4), 510-535. doi:10.1177/0018726717713830
2017
Money, honour and duty: Global professional service firms in comparative perspective
Spence, C., Zhu, J., Endo, T., & Matsubara, S. (2017). Money, honour and duty: Global professional service firms in comparative perspective. Accounting Organizations and Society, 62, 82-97. doi:10.1016/j.aos.2017.09.001
Infantilization and ‘tough love’ in the Chinese workplace: Towards a new form of paternalism?
Zhu, J., & Delbridge, R. (2017). Infantilization and ‘tough love’ in the Chinese workplace: Towards a new form of paternalism?. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings Vol. 2017-August. doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2017.175
The Big 4 in Bangladesh: caught between the global and the local
Belal, A., Spence, C., Carter, C., & Zhu, J. (2017). The Big 4 in Bangladesh: caught between the global and the local. Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal, 30(1), 145-163. doi:10.1108/AAAJ-10-2014-1840
2014
HR strategy and practices in Chinese multinational companies
Zhu, J., & Wei, W. (2014). HR strategy and practices in Chinese multinational companies. In Research Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms (pp. 162-182). doi:10.4337/9781782545743.00014
2012
Neo-colonialism in the academy? Anglo-American domination in management journals
Murphy, J., & Zhu, J. (2012). Neo-colonialism in the academy? Anglo-American domination in management journals. Organization, 19(6), 915-927. doi:10.1177/1350508412453097