Kejia Zhu
Research Interests
Organization Theory
Organizational Learning
Organizational Change
Organizational Rules and Rule Networks
Dynamics of Networks
Management of Organizational Knowledge
Management of Innovation
Education
2014, Doctorate, Business Administrative, Organizational Behaviour, University of British Columbia, Canada
Teaching*
- MSCI 211 - Organizational Behaviour
- Taught in 2020, 2024
- MSCI 311 - Organizational Design and Technology
- Taught in 2024
- MSCI 411 - Leadership and Influence
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- MSCI 601 - Research Methods in the Management Sciences
- Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
- MSCI 602 - Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
- Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- MSE 211 - Organizational Behaviour
- Taught in 2025
- MSE 311 - Organizational Design and Technology
- Taught in 2025
- MSE 602 - Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
- Taught in 2025
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
Zhu, K., & Schulz, M. 2023. Internal versus external knowledge sourcing of organizational rules: an exploratory study of CPGs in a healthcare organization. Industrial and Corporate Change, 32(6), 1352-1371.
Zhu, K., Malhotra, S. & Li, Y. 2022. Technological diversity of patent applications and decision pendency. Research Policy, 51.
Schulz, M. & Zhu, K. 2021. Learning by connecting: How rule networks evolve through discovery of relevance. Organization Science, 33(5), 2018-2040.
Zhu, K. & Schulz, M. 2019. The dynamics of embedded rules: How do rule networks affect knowledge uptake of rules in healthcare. Journal of Management Studies, 56(8): 1683-1712.
Hou, B., Hong, J., Zhu, K., Zhou, Y. 2019. Paternalistic leadership and innovation: The moderating effect of environmental dynamism. European Journal of Innovation Management, 22(3): 562-582.
Hong, J., Hou, B., Zhu, K., Marinova, D. 2018. Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation and employee creativity: The moderation of collectivism in Chinese context. Chinese Management Studies, 12(2): 268-286.
Zhou, Y., Hong, J., Zhu, K., Yang, Y., Zhao, D. 2018. Dynamic capability matters: Uncovering its fundamental role in decision making of environmental innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 177: 516-526.
Zhu, K. 2008. Pay dispersion-performance relationship in high-tech firms: A holistic view of the compensation system. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceeding.
Graduate studies
I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.