Prof Fang Lee Cooke - Researcher Profile

Fang Lee Cooke

Address

Department of Management
Monash University, Caulfield

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 34666

Email: Fang.Cooke@monash.edu


Biography

Dr Fang Lee Cooke is a chaired professor of Human Resource Management and Asia Studies in the Department of Management.

Prior to joining Monash University, Dr Cooke was a chaired professor at Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester (since 2005) in the United Kingdom. She has also held positions at RMIT (Deputy Head of School of Management), Melbourne and Zhongshan University, China.

Fang is the author of HRM, Work and Employment in China (Routledge, 2005), Competition, Strategy and Management in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), and Human Resource Management in China: New Trends and Practices (Routledge, 2012). She is a co-author (with Nankervis, Chatterjee and Warner) of New Horizons of Human Resource Management: Models from China and India (Routledge, 2013), and is also the author/co-author of more than 100 academic journal articles and book chapters.

Fang was one of the two Inaugural Australian National Business School Fellows (2008), and a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study (2008) at La Trobe University. She received the 2011 Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University.

Fang's research interests include employment relations, gender studies, strategic HRM, knowledge management and innovation, outsourcing, Chinese outward FDI and employment of Chinese migrants.

Fang is interested in recruiting international PhD candidates who are interested in researching on HR outsourcing, HR shared services, Chinese multinational firms in Asia, Middle East and/or Africa.

Keywords

Asia studies, HR outsourcing, diversity management, Chinese HRM, international HRM

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: UMIST
Year awarded: 2000

Publications

Books

Rowley, C., Cooke, F. (eds), 2010, The Changing Face of Management in China, Routledge, United Kingdom.

Book Chapters

Cooke, F.L., 2011, Employment relations in China, in International and Comparative Employment Relations: Globalisation and Change, eds Greg J Bamber, Russell D Lansbury and Nick Wailes, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia, pp. 307-327.

Cooke, F., 2011, Employment relations in China and India, in Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations, eds Michael Barry and Adrian Wilkinson, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 184-213.

Cooke, F., 2011, Entrepreneurship, humanistic management and business turnaround: The case of a small Chinese private firm, in Humanistic Management in Practice, eds Ernst von Kimakowitz, Michael Pirson, Heiko Spitzeck, Claus Dierksmeier and Wolfgang Amann, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 119-130.

Cooke, F., 2011, Labour market disparities and inequalities, in China's Changing Workplace: Dynamism, Diversity and Disparity, eds Peter Sheldon, Sunghoon Kim, Yiqiong Li and Malcolm Warner, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 259-276.

Cooke, F., 2011, Talent management in China, in Global Talent Management, eds Hugh Scullion and David G Collings, Routledge, New York USA, pp. 303-352.

Cooke, F., 2011, The enactment of three new labour laws in China: Unintended consequences and the emergence of 'new' actors in employment relations, in Regulating for Decent Work: New Directions in Labour Market Regulation, eds Sangheon Lee and Deirdre McCann, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 180-205.

Cooke, F., 2010, The changing face of human resource management in China, in The Changing Face of Management in China, eds Chris Rowley and Fang Lee Cooke, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 28-51.

Huang, K., Cooke, F., 2010, The changing face of mergers and acquisitions management in China, in The Changing Face of Management in China, eds Chris Rowley and Fang Lee Cooke, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 175-201.

Cooke, F., Budhwar, P., 2009, HR offshoring and outsourcing: Research issues for IHRM, in Handbook of International Human Resource Management: Integrating People, Process, and Context, eds Paul R Sparrow, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester UK, pp. 341-361.

Cooke, F., 2009, HRM in China, in The Routledge Companion to Strategic Human Resource Management, eds John Storey, Patrick M Wright and Dave Ulrich, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 447-461.

Cooke, F., 2008, China: Labour organizations representing women, in Women and Labour Organizing in Asia, eds Kaye Broadbent and Michele Ford, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 34-49.

Journal Articles

Cooke, F.L., Lin, Z., 2012, Chinese firms in Vietnam: Investment motives, institutional environment and human resource challenges, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources [E], vol 50, issue 2, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 205-226.

Cooke, F.L., Saini, D.S., 2012, Managing diversity in Chinese and Indian organizations: A qualitative study, Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management [P], vol 3, issue 1, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bingley UK, pp. 16-32.

Cooke, F.L., 2012, The globalization of Chinese telecom corporations: strategy, challenges and HR implications for the MNCs and host countries, International Journal Of Human Resource Management [P], vol 23, issue 9, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 1832-1852.

Xiao, Y., Cooke, F.L., 2012, Work-life balance in China? Social policy, employer strategy and individual coping mechanisms, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources [E], vol 50, issue 1, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 6-22.

Cooke, F., 2011, Gender organizing in China: A study of female workers' representation needs and their perceptions of union efficacy, International Journal Of Human Resource Management [P], vol 22, issue 12, Routledge, Oxon UK, pp. 2558-2574.

Cooke, F., 2011, Labour market regulations and informal employment in China: To what extent are workers protected?, Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management [P], vol 2, issue 2, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bingley UK, pp. 100-116.

Akorsu, A., Cooke, F., 2011, Labour standards application among Chinese and Indian firms in Ghana: Typical or atypical?, International Journal Of Human Resource Management [P], vol 22, issue 13, Routledge, Oxon UK, pp. 2730-2748.

Cooke, F., Huang, K., 2011, Postacquisition evolution of the appraisal and reward systems: A study of Chinese IT firms acquired by US firms, Human Resource Management [P], vol 50, issue 6, John Wiley and Sons Inc, Hoboken NJ USA, pp. 839-858.

Cooke, F., 2011, The role of the state and emergent actors in the development of human resource management in China, International Journal Of Human Resource Management [P], vol 22, issue 18, Routledge, Oxon UK, pp. 3830-3848.

Cooke, F., Saini, D., 2010, (How) Does the HR strategy support an innovation oriented business strategy? An investigation of institutional context and organizational practices in Indian firms, Human Resource Management [P], vol 49, issue 3, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken USA, pp. 377-400.

Cooke, F., He, Q., 2010, Corporate social responsibility and HRM in China: A study of textile and apparel enterprises, Asia Pacific Business Review [P], vol 16, issue 3, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 355-376.

Cooke, F., Saini, D., 2010, Diversity management in India: A study of organizations in different ownership forms and industrial sectors, Human Resource Management [P], vol 49, issue 3, John Wiley and Sons Inc, Hoboken USA, pp. 477-500.

Cooke, F., 2010, Women's participation in employment in Asia: A comparative analysis of China, India, Japan and South Korea, International Journal Of Human Resource Management [P], vol 21, issue 12, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 2249-2270.

Cooke, F., 2009, A decade of transformation of HRM in China: A review of literature and suggestions for future studies, Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources [P], vol 47, issue 1, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 6-40.

Cooke, F., 2008, Competition and strategy of Chinese firms: An analysis of top performing Chinese private enterprises, Global Competitiveness [P], vol 18, issue 1/2, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bingley UK, pp. 29-56.

Cooke, F., 2008, Enterprise culture management in China: Insiders' perspective, Management and Organization Review [P], vol 4, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 291-314.

Cooke, F., 2008, The Changing dynamics of employment relations in China: An evaluation of the rising level of labour disputes, Journal of Industrial Relations [P], vol 50, issue 1, Sage Publications Ltd, London UK, pp. 111-138.

Yilmaz, N., Cooke, F., Dellios, R., 2008, Turkey's FDI policy and Chinese foreign direct investments in Turkey: Some economic and management implications, Global Business Review [P], vol 9, issue 1, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi India, pp. 19-44.

Cooke, F., 2007, Chinese MNCs abroad: Internationalization strategies and implications for HRM, Management Online REview [P], vol December, Oxford Management Publishing Ltd, London UK, pp. 1-9.

Cooke, F., Beh, K., 2007, Continuous innovations in production technology in the manufacturing industry in Britain: A networked approach?, Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective [P], vol 11, issue 1, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi India, pp. 1-13.

Cooke, F., 2007, 'Husband's career first': Renegotiating career and family commitment among migrant Chinese academic couples in Britain, Work, Employment and Society [P], vol 21, issue 1, Sage Publications Ltd, London UK, pp. 47-65.

Cooke, F., 2007, Migrant labour and trade union's response and strategy in China, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations [P], vol 42, issue 4, Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, New Delhi India, pp. 558-588.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
An integrative analysis of individual differences and team process antecedents of creativity.
Supervisors:
Allen, B (Main), Cooke, F (Associate).