Staff profile

Dr Xueer Ma


Lecturer

Xueer Ma

Subject

Business

College

College of Business, Law and Social Sciences

Department

Derby Business School

Research centre

Innovation Centre

Campus

Kedleston Road, Derby Campus

Email

X.MA@derby.ac.uk

About

I am a lecturer in Business and management, in the College of Business, Law and Social Science. My research area focuses on strategic transformation and cross-cultural studies. I am also focusing on entrepreneurship and strategic human resource management (SHRM). I have abroad experience in the field of empirical studies. I am a Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy) in 2019 with HE teaching experience.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach PG and UG modules, I am the module leader of the MBA Transformational program. I am also supervising PhD and DBA students.

7HR527 - Transforming Personal Skills
7HR528 - Career Coaching and Mentoring
7IM992 - Independent Study-Research Methods

7IM996 - Dissertation

6HR510 - Developing Leadership and Management

4HR503 - Understanding People in Organisations

Professional interests

My major research topic is developing the Organisational Receptivity for Change (ORC) framework and using Chinese State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a research context, applied Organisational Receptivity for Change (ORC) to investigate changes in Chinese SOEs.

I am also interested in cross-culture research, especially focusing on the different perspectives between Western and Eastern contexts when explaining or applying management theories.

Research interests

I am good at research methods, especially the quantitative method. I have plenty of experience in empirical studies in a cross-cultural context.

My research area focuses on strategic transformation and cross-culture studies. I am also focusing on entrepreneurship and strategic human resource management (SHRM).

Membership of professional bodies

Qualifications

  • Aston University- PhD Management
  • University of Manchester- MSc in Human Resource Management
  • Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (China)- BSc in Administrative Management