STAFF PROFILE
Dr Shea Fan
Dr Shea Fan is a senior lecturer in RMIT's School of Management.
Shea's key research interests include identity, cross-cultural management, diversity, immigrant, multinational corporation management, and expatriate management. She is also interested in research related to work-integrated learning, international students and international education.In the Media
2020: Interviewed by the Age on sister city related issues
2020: Delivered a national wide webinar on “Effective Sister-city relations” organized by Australia China Business Council
2020: Fan, S., Huang, C; Walker, M., Bartram, T. (2020). After 40 years of Australian-Chinese sister cities, how are they faring? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/after-40-years-of-australian-chinese-sister-cities-how-are-they-faring-128549#comment_2133321
2019: Chan,C, Fan, S.(2019) What’s behind burnout? Confusing long hours and face time for work performance. Channel News Asia. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/behind-burnout-long-hours-face-time-work-performance-fatigue-11579678
2013: Fan, S. Understanding identity is the key to succeeding in China. The Conversation. April. 1. https://theconversation.com/understanding-identity-is-the-key-to-succeeding-in-china-11830
2013: Fan, S. Employing expatriate Chinese in China-culture is one thing, identity another. Australia China Quarterly, Vol.1
2012: Identity challenge in China, The Voice. Melbourne University
Teaching
- Cross-cultural Management
- International Business
- WIL course coordinator
- PhD (Management), The University of Melbourne, Australia
- MA (Organization Studies), Boston College, USA
- MS (International Business), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- Fan, S.,Harzing, A.,Kohler, T. (2020). How you see me, how you don't: ethnic identity self-verification in interactions between local subsidiary employees and ethnically similar expatriates In: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31, 2407 - 2433
- Fan, X.,Harzing, A. (2020). Moving beyond the baseline: Exploring the potential of experiments in language research In: Managing Multilingual Workplaces: Methodological, Empirical and Pedagogic Perspectives, Routledge, United States
- Lapointe, E.,Vandenberghe, C.,Fan, X. (2020). (In Press) Psychological contract breach and organizational cynicism and commitment among self-initiated expatriates vs. host country nationals in the Chinese and Malaysian transnational education sector In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management, , 1 - 24
- Chan, X.,Fan, X.,Snell, D. (2020). Managing intense work demands: how child protection workers navigate their professional and personal lives In: Community, Work & Family, 1, 1 - 18
- Fan, X.,Harzing, A. (2020). (In Press) The double-edged sword of ethnic similarity for expatriates In: Organizational Dynamics, 1, 1 - 18
- Fan, S.,Huang, C.,Walker, M.,Bartram, T. (2019). Australia-China Sister Cities: Seizing Opportunities Together In: Australia China Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Melbourne, Australia
- Zhu, F.,Fan, X.,Zhao, L. (2019). Having Entrepreneurial Friends and Following Them? The Role of Friends� Displayed Emotions in Students� Career Choice Intentions In: Journal of Enterprising Culture, 27, 445 - 470
- Fan, S.,Cregan, C.,Harzing, A.,Kohler, T. (2018). The benefits of being understood: The role of ethnic identity confirmation in� knowledge acquisition by expatriates In: Human Resource Management, 57, 327 - 339
- Zhang, L.,Harzing, A.,Fan, S. (2018). Managing expatriates in China: a language and identity perspective, Palgrave, London, United Kingdom
- Zhu, F.,Hsu, D.,Burmeister-Lamp, K.,Fan, S. (2018). An investigation of entrepreneurs' venture persistence decision: the contingency effect of psychological ownership and adversity In: Applied Psychology: An International Review, 67, 136 - 170
5 PhD Current Supervisions