Associate Professor Jing (Annie) Zhang

Zhang, J. A., & O'Kane, C. (2024). More money, more innovation? The role of government connectedness. In J. A. Cunningham, M. Menter, C. O'Kane & M. Romano (Eds.), Research handbook on entrepreneurial ecosystems. (pp. 446-467). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800378988.00032 Chapter in Book - Research

Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2024). Competitive strategy delivery in the service sector: A study of the behavioural model. Personnel Review, 53(8), 2233-2254. doi: 10.1108/PR-11-2023-0934 Journal - Research Article

Sarfo, C., Zhang, J. A., O'Kane, C., & O'Kane, P. (2024). Perceived value of microfinance and SME performance: The role of exploratory innovation. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 8, 172-185. doi: 10.1016/j.ijis.2024.02.003 Journal - Research Article

Sarfo, C., Zhang, J. A., O'Kane, P., & O'Kane, C. (2024). Crowdfunding's impact on small business performance through exploitative and exploratory search strategies: An entrepreneurial resourcefulness perspective. Strategic Change, 33, 355-369. doi: 10.1002/jsc.2584 Journal - Research Article

Edgar, F., Zhang, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2025). Exploring the impact of egalitarianism on employee proactivity: Unpacking the mediating role of relational social capital. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness, 12(1), 145-167. doi: 10.1108/JOEPP-10-2023-0480 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., Bai, T., & O'Kane, C. (2023). How political connections affect entrepreneurial risk-taking in SMEs: A symmetric assessment and a configurational approach. International Small Business Journal, 41(7), 685-713. doi: 10.1177/02662426221122845 Journal - Research Article

O'Kane, C., Zhang, J. A., Haar, J., & Cunningham, J. A. (2023). How scientists interpret and address funding criteria: Value creation and undesirable side effects. Small Business Economics, 61, 799-826. doi: 10.1007/s11187-022-00697-4 Journal - Research Article

Chen, S. J., Gao, H., & Zhang, J. A. (2023). Consumers' responses to corporate normalised misconduct during an industry-wide crisis: An investigation in the Chinese dairy industry. Australasian Marketing Journal, 31(2), 152-163. doi: 10.1177/18393349211065193 Journal - Research Article

Chen, S. J., Tran, K. T., Xia, Z. R., Waseem, D., Zhang, J. A., & Potdar, B. (2023). The double-edged effects of data privacy practices on customer responses. International Journal of Information Management, 69, 102600. doi: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102600 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., Chen, G., O'Kane, C., Xiang, S., & Wang, J. (2022). How employee exploration and exploitation affect task performance: The influence of organizational competitive orientation. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(5), 930-964. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2020.1745866 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., Bai, T., Tang, R. W., Edgar, F., Grover, S., & Chen, G. (2022). The development of individual ambidexterity across institutional environments: Symmetric and configurational analyses. Management International Review, 62, 517-540. doi: 10.1007/s11575-022-00477-y Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., Chen, S., Walton, S., & Carr, S. (2022). Green brand ambidexterity and consumer satisfaction: The symmetric and asymmetric approach. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 39(5), 488-504. doi: 10.1108/JCM-02-2021-4483 Journal - Research Article

O'Kane, C., Haar, J., & Zhang, J. A. (2022). Examining the micro-level challenges experienced by publicly funded university principal investigators. R & D Management, 52(4), 650-669. doi: 10.1111/radm.12511 Journal - Research Article

Sarfo, C. A., Zhang, J. A., O'Kane, P., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Osei-Fosu, K. K. (2022). Perceived corporate social responsibility and employee ethical behaviour: Do employee commitment and co-worker ethicality matter? Journal of Management & Organization, 28, 184-201. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2021.42 Journal - Research Article

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., & Zhang, J. A. (2022). Does organizational readiness matter in lean thinking practices? An agency perspective. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 42(11), 1760-1792. doi: 10.1108/IJOPM-05-2021-0331 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., & Edgar, F. (2021). HRM systems, employee proactivity and capability in the SME context. International Journal of Human Resource Management. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2021.1905682 Journal - Research Article

Edgar, F. J., Zhang, J. A., & Geare, A. J. (2021). Situation, personality and performance: An exploration of moderators and mediators. Economic & Industrial Democracy, 42(3), 426-449. doi: 10.1177/0143831X18771493 Journal - Research Article

Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., & Blaker, N. M. (2021). The HPWS and AMO: A dynamic study of system- and individual-level effects. International Journal of Manpower, 42(5), 794-809. doi: 10.1108/IJM-12-2019-0541 Journal - Research Article

Ryan, N., Ruan, X., Zhang, J. E., & Zhang, J. A. (2021). Choosing factors for the Vietnamese stock market. Journal of Risk & Financial Management, 14, 96. doi: 10.3390/jrfm14030096 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., O'Kane, C., & Chen, G. (2020). Business ties, political ties, and innovation performance in Chinese industrial firms: The role of entrepreneurial orientation and environmental dynamism. Journal of Business Research, 121, 254-267. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.08.055 Journal - Research Article

O'Kane, C., Mangematin, V., Zhang, J. A., & Cunningham, J. A. (2020). How university-based principal investigators shape a hybrid role identity. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 159, 120179. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120179 Journal - Research Article

Walton, S., Zhang, A., & O'Kane, C. (2020). Energy eco-innovations for sustainable development: Exploring organizational strategic capabilities through an energy cultures framework. Business Strategy & the Environment, 29, 812-826. doi: 10.1002/bse.2399 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., Wang, Z., & O'Kane, C. (2019). Realized absorptive capacity and entrepreneurial universities' organizational change: The role of process innovation practices. R & D Management, 49(5), 716-733. doi: 10.1111/radm.12366 Journal - Research Article

Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Zhang, J. A. (2018). Accentuating the positive: The mediating role of positive emotions in the HRM–contextual performance relationship. International Journal of Manpower, 39(7), 954-970. doi: 10.1108/IJM-05-2017-0112 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., & Walton, S. (2017). Eco-innovation and business performance: The moderating effects of environmental orientation and resource commitment in green-oriented SMEs. R & D Management, 47(5), E26-E39. doi: 10.1111/radm.12241 Journal - Research Article

Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Zhang, J. A. (2017). A comprehensive concomitant analysis of service employees’ well-being and performance. Personnel Review, 46(8), 1870-1889. doi: 10.1108/PR-05-2016-0108 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., & Cui, X. (2017). In search of the effects of business and political ties on innovation ambidexterity. International Journal of Innovation Management, 21(2), 1750019. doi: 10.1142/S1363919617500190 Journal - Research Article

O'Kane, C., Zhang, J. A., Cunningham, J. A., & O'Reilly, P. (2017). What factors inhibit publicly funded principal investigators’ commercialization activities? Small Enterprise Research, 24(3), 215-232. doi: 10.1080/13215906.2017.1396558 Journal - Research Article

Edgar, F., Geare, A., Zhang, J. A., & McAndrew, I. (2015). Mutual gains or conflicting outcomes? How HRM benefits professionals. International Journal of Manpower, 36(8), 1248-1265. doi: 10.1108/IJM-12-2014-0254 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, J. A., Garrett-Jones, S., & Szeto, R. (2013). Innovation capability and market performance: The moderating effect of industry dynamism. International Journal of Innovation Management, 17(2), 1350004. doi: 10.1142/S1363919613500047 Journal - Research Article