Yumei Yang

Dr Yumei Yang

  • u_yyang at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Principal Academic in HR and Organisational Behaviour
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Biography

Yumei Yang holds the position of Principal Academic in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour within the Faculty of Management at Bournemouth University. Concurrently, she serves as the Director for the MBA program.

Her primary research focus encompasses organizational routines, organizational learning, and technostress. Notably, her interest lies in examining the impact of organizational defensive routines on various aspects of organizational life, including organizational performance, knowledge management, and technology acceptance. During her doctoral studies, she successfully developed a widely utilized scale for measuring organizational defensive routines, contributing significantly to the field.

In addition to her expertise in defensive routines, Yumei Yang collaborates on research projects exploring diverse areas within Human Resource Management (HRM) and Organizational Behaviour (OB). These areas include big data, knowledge-oriented leadership, and work-life balance...

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Favourites

  • Aina, W., Takeda, S., Yang, Y., 2026. Green Human Resource Management in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: Context and Implementation. Business Strategy and the Environment.
  • Yang, Y., Shamim, S., De Massis, A., Gao, D., 2025. Defensive routines as coping mechanisms against technostress: roles of digital leadership and employee goal orientation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 216.
  • Hapi, J., Yang, Y., Akudjedu, T.N., 2025. Towards defining the competencies and leadership attributes for radiographer-led management in clinical practice: A scoping review. Radiography, 31 (4).
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2025. Measuring Defensive Routines: A tool for identifying Dysfunctions in Public Organizations. International Journal of Public Sector Management.
  • Yang, Y., Thu Hue, H.M., Takeda, S., 2024. Turnover intention among Vietnamese millennials in the workplace. Evidence Based Hrm, 12 (3).
  • Shamim, S., Yang, Y., Ul Zia, N., Khan, Z., Shariq, S.M., 2023. Mechanisms of cognitive trust development in artificial intelligence among front line employees: An empirical examination from a developing economy. Journal of Business Research, 167.
  • Gao, D., Yang, Y., 2023. Identifying the impact of artifacts-based exploration and exploitation on routines’ formation dynamics: An agent-based model. JASSS.
  • Yang, Y., Shamim, S., Herath, D., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2023. The evolution of HRM practices: big data, data analytics, and new forms of work. Review of Managerial Science.
  • ul zia, N., Burita, L., Yang, Y., 2023. Inter-organizational social capital of firms in developing economies and industry 4.0 readiness: the role of innovative capability and absorptive capacity. Review of Managerial Science, 17 (2), 661-682.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2022. Organizational structure and organizational learning: The moderating role of organizational defensive routines. Journal of General Management, 47 (4), 259-270.
  • Shamim, S., Yang, Y., Zia, N.U., Shah, M.H., 2021. Big data management capabilities in the hospitality sector: Service innovation and customer generated online quality ratings. Computers in Human Behavior, 121.
  • Yang, Y., Islam, D.M.T., 2021. Work-life Balance and Organizational Commitment: a Study of Field Level Administration in Bangladesh. International Journal of Public Administration, 44 (14), 1286-1296.
  • Takeda, S., Disegna, M., Yang, Y., 2019. Changes in Chinese work values: A comparison between the one-child, social reform and cultural revolution generations. Evidence Based Hrm, 7 (1), 24-41.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2019. Triggers and damages of organizational defensive routines. problemy zarządzania - management issues, 16 (6).
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2018. Are organisational defensive routines harmful to the relationship between personality and organisational learning? Journal of Business Research, 85, 155-164.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Decent work and economic growth

"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"

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Industry, innovation and infrastructure

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"

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Journal Articles

  • Aina, W., Takeda, S., Yang, Y., 2026. Green Human Resource Management in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: Context and Implementation. Business Strategy and the Environment.
  • Yang, Y., Shamim, S., De Massis, A., Gao, D., 2025. Defensive routines as coping mechanisms against technostress: roles of digital leadership and employee goal orientation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 216.
  • Hapi, J., Yang, Y., Akudjedu, T.N., 2025. Towards defining the competencies and leadership attributes for radiographer-led management in clinical practice: A scoping review. Radiography, 31 (4).
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2025. Measuring Defensive Routines: A tool for identifying Dysfunctions in Public Organizations. International Journal of Public Sector Management.
  • Yang, Y., Thu Hue, H.M., Takeda, S., 2024. Turnover intention among Vietnamese millennials in the workplace. Evidence Based Hrm, 12 (3).
  • Shamim, S., Yang, Y., Ul Zia, N., Khan, Z., Shariq, S.M., 2023. Mechanisms of cognitive trust development in artificial intelligence among front line employees: An empirical examination from a developing economy. Journal of Business Research, 167.
  • Gao, D., Yang, Y., 2023. Identifying the impact of artifacts-based exploration and exploitation on routines’ formation dynamics: An agent-based model. JASSS.
  • Yang, Y., Shamim, S., Herath, D., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2023. The evolution of HRM practices: big data, data analytics, and new forms of work. Review of Managerial Science.
  • ul zia, N., Burita, L., Yang, Y., 2023. Inter-organizational social capital of firms in developing economies and industry 4.0 readiness: the role of innovative capability and absorptive capacity. Review of Managerial Science, 17 (2), 661-682.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2022. Organizational structure and organizational learning: The moderating role of organizational defensive routines. Journal of General Management, 47 (4), 259-270.
  • Shamim, S., Yang, Y., Zia, N.U., Shah, M.H., 2021. Big data management capabilities in the hospitality sector: Service innovation and customer generated online quality ratings. Computers in Human Behavior, 121.
  • Yang, Y., Islam, D.M.T., 2021. Work-life Balance and Organizational Commitment: a Study of Field Level Administration in Bangladesh. International Journal of Public Administration, 44 (14), 1286-1296.
  • Takeda, S., Disegna, M., Yang, Y., 2019. Changes in Chinese work values: A comparison between the one-child, social reform and cultural revolution generations. Evidence Based Hrm, 7 (1), 24-41.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2019. Triggers and damages of organizational defensive routines. problemy zarządzania - management issues, 16 (6).
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2018. Are organisational defensive routines harmful to the relationship between personality and organisational learning? Journal of Business Research, 85, 155-164.

Conferences

  • Aina, W., Takeda, S., Yang, Y., 2026. Green Human Resource Management in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: Context and Implementation. Business Strategy and the Environment.
  • Yang, Y., Shamim, S., Gao, D., 2024. Easing technostress through goal-orientation and digital leadership: defensive routines as a coping mechanism. In: European Academy of Management 13/06/2023 Dublin.
  • Liang, Y., Yang, Y., Shamim, S., 2024. Exploring the impact of Social Media Influencers on purchase intentions for luxury products through Human Brand Theory. In: European Marketing Academy Annual Conference 28/05/2024 Bucharest Romania.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2019. Investigating Organizational Defensive Routines and Organizational Learning. In: British Academy of Management 09/09/2014 Belfast.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2019. Investigating the Impact of Organisational Defensive Routines on Organisational Learning: An Empirical Study. In: Academy of Management 14/08/2016 Anaheim.
  • Yang, Y., 2019. Work-life balance: a study of field level administration in Bangladesh. In: European Academy of Management 18/06/2018 Iceland.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2019. " Developing a Measurement Scale for Organizational Defensive routines". In: Academy of Management 06/08/2017 Atlanta.
  • Yang, Y., Shamim, S., 2018. Can supervisory orientations mitigate or intensify organizational defensive routines, through employee goal orientation? In: Human Resource Management workshop 28/05/2018 Paris.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2018. Developing a Measurement Scale for Organizational Defensive Routines. In: Management (2015): “Developing a Measurement Scale for 17/06/2015 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2018. Developing a measurement scale for organisational defensive routines- Initial stage. In: Human Resource Management workshop 18/05/2015 Paris.
  • Yang, Y., Secchi, D., Homberg, F., 2018. Organisational Defensive Routines and Personality Traits: An Empirical Study. In: European Academy of Management 19/06/2016 Paris.
  • Zhang, M., Yang, Y., Li, X., Wang, H., Yang, S., Wang, S., Gong, M., Zou, Z., 2014. IMPROVEMENT ON THE THERMOSTABILITY AND ACTIVITY OF APX1 FROM ENERGY PLANT JATROPHA CURCAS L. BY HYPER-ACIDIC FUSION PARTNERS. PAPERS OF THE 22ND EUROPEAN BIOMASS CONFERENCE: SETTING THE COURSE FOR A BIOBASED ECONOMY, 308-314.

Theses

PhD Students

  • Princess Nana Yaa Tetteh-Cudjoe. An Assessment of The work-life balance of women employees in Ghanaian BPOS, (In progress)
  • Julianna Hapi. Towards the development of competency frameworks and attributes for Radiology Management, (In progress)
  • Winifred Aina. Appraisal of Green Human Resources Management and Employees’ Green Behaviour Nexus in Nigeria. Evidence from Selected Multinational Companies, (In progress)
  • Hahah Althobaiti. Enhancing and Managing Skills Gap of Employees to Improve Company Performance: A case of companies operating in the Petroleum industry of Saudi Arabia, (In progress)
  • Trang Vu, 2022. Academic Responses to Managerialism: The Exploration by Academic Identity Process, (Completed)
  • Ye Yuan, 2025. The consequences of technostress among employees working in Chinese commercial banks: The moderating effect of social support and locus of control, (Completed)

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Managing People
  • International Human Resource Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Shaping the future of work (MBA)

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Business Management

Grants

  • Neurodiverse Youth: Bridging Minds and Workplaces (ESRC, 07 Nov 2025). Awarded
  • Global Staff Mobility (Erasmus Funding, 20 May 2022). Completed
  • Global Staff Mobility (Erasmus Funding, 05 May 2019). Completed
  • The impact of organisational defensive routines on employee attitude (Bournemouth University ACORN funding, 11 Jul 2017). Completed
  • Public motivation and private governance in public service broadcasting (Bournemouth University QR funding, 07 Nov 2016). Completed
  • Public motivation and private governance in public service broadcasting (Bournemouth University QR funding, 07 Nov 2016). Completed

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

  • Programme Lead for Management Courses at L7, Programme Lead

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 17 Dec 2020
  • Information Technology and People, 12 Oct 2020
  • Big Data, 28 Mar 2020
  • International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 01 Mar 2020
  • International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Anonymous peer review, 12 Jan 2020
  • PLoS One, 08 Jan 2020
  • Tourism Review, 01 Jan 2020
  • Tourism Review, 01 Sep 2019
  • Competition and change, Anonymous peer review, 17 Oct 2017
  • Critical Quarterly, 01 Jun 2017
  • Empirical-based HRM: A Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship, Anonymous peer review, 10 Feb 2017
  • Evidence-Based HRM: a global forum for empirical scholarship, 04 Dec 2016

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Brown Bag Seminar in Lancaster University (08 Oct 2015)

Conference Presentations

  • European Group for Organisational Studies, Exploring the role of digital technology in routine dynamics, 08 Jul 2021, Amsterdam (online)
  • EGOS, Exploring the role of digital technology in routine dynamics, 08 Jul 2021, Vienna
  • EURAM Annual Conference, Interorganizational social capital of firms in developing economies and Industry 4.0 readiness: the role of innovative capacity and absorptive capacity, 16 Jun 2021, Montreal (online)
  • EURAM 2020, Organizational Defensive, Supervisory Orientation and Employee Learning Orientation, 04 Dec 2020, Irland
  • Academy of Management Annual conference, Developing a scale measuring organizational defensive routines: camouflage in organizations, 03 Aug 2017, Atlanta
  • Academy of Management, Investigating the Impact of Organisational Defensive Routines on Organisational Learning: An Empirical Study, 04 Aug 2016, Anaheim
  • European Academy of Management, Organisational Defensive Routines and Personality Traits: An Empirical Study, 01 Jun 2016, Paris
  • European Academy of Management, Developing a Measurement Scale for Organizational Defensive Routines: Exploring the components of organizational defensive routines, 10 Jun 2015, Warsaw
  • British Academy of Management Workshop at Université Paris-Dauphine, A Scale Development for Organisational Defensive Routines, 10 May 2015, Paris
  • British Academy of Management, Investigating Organizational Defensive Routines and Organizational Learning, 06 Sep 2014, Belfast

Attended Training

  • Doctoral Supervision workshop, 11 Oct 2017

Qualifications

  • PhD in Organizational Defensive Routines (Bournemouth Unviersity, 2017)
  • PGCE in Education (Bournemouth University, 2017)
  • MSc in MSc International Business Management (Bournemouth University, 2011)

Honours

  • Full scholarship for PhD (Bournemouth University, 2012)
  • Prestige Scholarship for MSc Internaitonal Business Management (Bournemouth University, 2010)

Memberships

  • Senior HEA fellowship, Senior Fellow (2021-),
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Associate (2017-), https://www.cipd.co.uk/
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