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Associate Professor Weiting Zheng

Associate Professor Weiting Zheng

Associate Professor

PhD (Strategic Management), National University of Singapore Business School

Business School
School of Management and Governance

Dr. Weiting Zheng is a tenured faculty member at the School of Management and Governance, UNSW Business School. Her research focuses on the business-government-civil society nexus, examining how organizations navigate and influence socio-political environments to address complex societal challenges. With a focus on non-market strategy and stakeholder governance, Weiting's work spans three interconnected research streams:

  1. Business-Government Relationships and Organizational Outcomes:...
E-mail
weiting.zheng@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 506, UNSW Business School

  • Dean’s Research Fellowship, UNSW Business School (2025-2026)
  • Dean’s Research Fellowship, UNSW Business School (2019-2021)
  • Research Grant, School of Management, UNSW Business School (2018-2020)
  • The Fund for Philosophy and Social Science of Shenzhen Municipality (2017-2020)
  • Guangdong Science Foundation, Guangdong Province, China (2017-2019)
  • Faculty Research Grant, Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington (2017-2018)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (2017-2019) 
  • Research Establishment Fund, Victoria University of Wellington (2016 – 2017)
  • Department Research Fund, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2013 – 2014)
  • Hong Kong Competitive Earmarked RGC Grant (2010 - 2011) 
  • Competitive Research Grants for Junior Academic Staff, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2009 - 2010)
  • Department Research Fund, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2008 – 2009)

  • UNSW Business School Research Excellence Award (2024)
  • Supervisor Nominee Award, UNSW Postgraduate Council (2021)
  • Commendation for Teaching Excellence, UNSW School of Management and Governance (2020)
  • Research Excellence Commendation, UNSW Business School (2019)
  • Dean’s Research Fellowship (2019-2021), UNSW Business School
  • Teaching Excellence Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2010)

Publications:

  • Zheng W., Ni N., Luo R.X., You J., & Wu X. Competition Behind Competition: State-sponsored Awards, Political Tournaments, and Corporate Participation in Poverty Alleviation in China, accepted, Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241238704

  • Chung C-N., Luo X.R. & Zheng W *. 2023. Institutional Divide, Political Ties, and Corporate Governance Reform in Taiwan, forthcoming, Journal of Management Studies. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12921  [*Three authors contribute equally. Names are listed in alphabetical order.]
  • Zheng W; Ni N; Crilly D, 2023, 'Channeling and dampening: The role of political ties in information disclosure and concealment.', PLoS One, 18, pp. e0289016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289016 [Three authors contribute equally.]
  • Zheng W., Ang S.H., & Singh K, 2022. The Interface of Market and Nonmarket Strategies: Political Ties and Strategic Competitive Actions', Journal of World Business, vol. 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101345
  • Zheng, W., Ni, N. & Crilly D. 2019. Non-Profit Organizations as a Nexus between Government and Business: Evidence from Chinese Charities, Strategic Management Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2958.
  • Zheng, W., Singh, K., & Chung, C-N. 2017. Ties to unbind: Political ties and firm sell-offs during institutional transition, Journal of Management 43(7): 2005–2036, https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206315575553.
  • Zheng, W., Singh, K., & Mitchell, W. 2015. Buffering and enabling: The relationship of interlocking political ties with firm survival and sales growth, Strategic Management Journal 36(11): 1615-1636, https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2301 (read a summary of this paper at the Harvard Business Review).
  • Mahmood, I. & Zheng, W. 2009. Whether and How: Effects of international joint ventures on local innovation, Research Policy 38(9): 1489–1503, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2009.07.003, opens in a new window.
  • Zheng, W. 2008. The Contingent Value of Political Ties in Transition: Exit of Domestic Firms Following Competitive Foreign Entry. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
  • Mahmood, I. & Zheng, W. 2005. Do International Joint Ventures Foster or Inhibit Innovative Activities in Emerging Economies? Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

Senior Editor: Management and Organization Review (2024 - present)

Associate Editor: Journal of Business Research (2025 - present)

Associate Editor: Australian Journal of Management (2019 – 2024)

 

Editorial board membership

  • Strategic Management Journal (2013 – present)
  • Journal of Management (2019 - present)
  • Management and Organization Review (2013 – 2024)
  • Journal of Business Research (2017 – 2025)

 

Professional service

  • Global Representative, Strategic Management Division (STR), the Academy of Management (AoM) (2020-2022)
  • Rep-at-Large, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Research Methods Community (2022-2023)

 

Managerial and Popular Media Citation

My Research Supervision

Qiao Wei (July 2018 – 2021): placed as an Assistant Professor at Nankai University

My Teaching

MGMT 5603 Global Business Strategy and Management

COMM 1150 Global Business Environments

COMM1900 Organisations in Their Environment