Jiaying Zhang

Dr. Jiaying Zhang

Lecturer

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Research Projects

Current:
A comparison of TRA, TPB and TIB in predicting host residents’ behaviour towards international tourists
Migrant professional workers in Australia: nature of work, career prospect and implications for organisational and government policy development

Completed:
A Socio-behavioural study of community attitudes towards tourism development and tourist-resident interaction in Melbourne’s Metropolitan fringe. This project was funded by Victorian local councils. Some outcomes of this project have been published in journal and conference proceedings.
A case study of sensible tourism in sensitive regions. The outcome of this study was published as refereed paper in conference proceedings.
Travel perspectives – a study of Chinese inbound toutirsts’ travel incentives to Australia. The outcome of this study was published as refereed paper in conference proceedings.
A psychological study of Australian outbound tourists’ travel motivation. The outcome of this study was published as refereed paper in conference proceedings.

Research fields

  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 3504 Commercial services
  • 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 3503 Business systems in context
  • 3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3802 Econometrics

Supervisor projects

  • The Relationship Between Spirit at Work, Job Satisfaction, Organisational Commitment and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour: An Investigation of Australian Higher Education
  • 16 Sep 2014

Teaching interests

Human resource management (employment relations, human capital management, immigrant employment, job satisfaction, and organisational commitment). Chinese study. International Management

Dr Jiaying Zhang has taught undergraduate courses in the areas of tourism management, event management, international business and organisation theory. Also coordinated offshore Work Integrated Learning courses in Singapore. Currently a lecturer in the School of Management.

Research interests

Human resource Management (culture, human capital)
International tourism management (culture tourism, cross-culture interactive behaviour)
Tourism
Business and Management
Psychology
Policy and Administration
Demography
Other studies in Human Society
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.