Joe Jiang

Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang is Head of Department (Business Administration) at Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University, Australia. Prior to joining RMIT University in Feburary 2022, 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 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. 

Professor Jiang is currently an Associate Editor for Human Resource Management (US) (2023 – ; ABDC ranking – A*; a Financial Times 50 Journal), Applied Psychology: An International Review (ABDC ranking – A), and The International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC ranking – A). He also sits on the editorial boards of Journal of Organizational Behavior (A*), Journal of Vocational Behavior (A*), Human Resource Management Journal (A), and Australian Journal of Management (A). He co-chaired the Organizational Behavior Stream (2017-2023) at Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) and was on the ANZAM Board of Directors (2020-2021) as the Research Committee Chair. He has served as a lead or co-editor for journal special issues, including “Enabling a Thriving Workforce: Human Resource Management Perspectives” (Human Resource Management), “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).

Professor Jiang is a researcher ranked in the Top 2% of scientists globally by the Stanford University (single year impact: 2021, 2022, and 2023). He was a recipient of the ANZAM Early Career Researcher Award (2016), which is to foster and recognize the research and scholarly achievements of emerging researchers who are at an early stage in an academic career. He also received Best Paper Awards from the US Southern Management Association (Careers/Social Issues/Diversity Issues/Ethics Track) (2022) and the ANZAM Gender, Diversity, and Indigeneity Stream (2015) for a paper focussed on LGB individuals’ work-related wellbeing.

In addition to serving as an editorial review board member for multiple journals, he is also a regular ad hoc reviewer for other journals such as Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, 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.