Guorong Zhu

• Dr. Guorong Zhu is a full professor in the Management Department at Bertolon School of Business.
• At Salem State University, she teaches at the Bertolon School of Business and conducts research on leadership development and career management. She has regularly published in scholarly journals. 
• She received her Doctorate in Business Administration from Boston University and worked as a Management Consultant at the Hay Group's Boston Office for 9 years before joining Salem State University.
• Her areas of consulting expertise include leadership development, executive assessment, talent management, and international human resource management. Using the understanding of both behavior and work, Dr. Zhu helped clients develop stronger leaders and improve performance by conducting leadership development programs, executive assessments, and executive coaching. Her client work at the Hay Group had been with leading global organizations, such as British Petroleum, Huawei Technologies, IBM, Microsoft, Standard and Poor's, Toyota, Unilever, and United Nations.

Executive Development; Career Pathing; Human Resources Management; Management Consulting; Chinese CEOs.

Here at Bertolon School of Business, I have been teaching undergraduate  and MBA courses including:

Introduction to Business,

Organizational Behavior,

Human Resource Management,

Management of Diversity,

International Business,

Career Management.

Hitt, D. H., Meyers, C. V., Woodruff, D., & Zhu, G. (2019). Investigating the Relationship Between Turnaround Principal Competencies and Student Achievement. NASSP Bulletin, 103(3), 189–208. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192636519871618

Hitt, D. H., Woodruff, D., Meyers, C. V., & Zhu, G. (2018). Principal Competencies that Make a Difference: Identifying a Model for Leaders of School Turnaround. Journal of School Leadership, 28(1), 56–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/105268461802800103

GUORONG ZHU, LAN WANG. Timing Is Everything: An Exploration of Executive Careers Pre and Post-General Manager Positions. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2017;2017(1):1-6. doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2017.303.

Gubler M, Zhu G, Gunz HP. Applying Sequence Analysis in Careers & HRM Research - Taking It to the Next Level. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2015;2015(1):1. doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2015.10638symposium.

Zhu, G. (2015), "No crying for training", The CASE Journal, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 203-207. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-02-2014-0018

Zhu, G., Wolff, S., Hall, D.T., Las Heras, M., Gutierrez, B., & Kram, K. (2013). Too much or too little? A study of the impact of career complexity on executive adaptability. Career Development International, 18(5), pp.457 – 483.

Doucet, L., Jehn, K., and Zhu, G. (2012). Intra and Inter-Cultural Conflicts in China: An Exploratory Study. Frontier of Business Research in China, 6(4), pp 169–186.

Gutierrez, B., Spencer, S., and Zhu, G.(2012) Thinking globally, leading locally: Chinese, Indian, and Western leadership. Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 19(1), pp.67 – 89.

Yan, A., Zhu, G., & Hall, D. T. (2002). International Assignments for Career Building: Agency Relationships and Psychological Contracts. Academy of Management Review, 27(3), 373-392.

Hall, D. T., Zhu, G., & Yan, A. (2002). Career Creativity as Protean Identity Transformation. In M. Peiperl, M. B. Arthur, R. Goffee, & N. Anand (Eds.), Career Creativity: Explorations in the Remaking of Work. London: Oxford University Press.

Hall, D. T., Zhu, G., & Yan, A. (2001). Developing Global Leadership: To Hold on to Them, Let Them Go! In W. H. Mobley, & M. McCall (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. 2: 327-349: JAI Press.

Foulkes, F., & Zhu, G. (2000). Recruiting in China: The Battle Moves to Colleague Campus. HRMagazine: International Update, Issue 2: 1-6.

Zhu, G., Wang, L., & Hall, T. (2021) Climbing the Ladder to Jump Ship? A Sequence Analysis of Executive Development and Mobility. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting. 

Emlinger, A., Pangallo, K., Poitevin, K., & Zhu, G. (2019). Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice. Pearls and Perils Conference, Salem, Massachusetts.

Zhu, G. (2018) Bridging Cultures: A Case of International Assignment, Expatriation and Executive Coaching. North American Case Research Association (NACRA) annual conference. Orlando, Florida.

Zhu, G. & Wang, L (2017) Timing is Everything: An Exploration of Executive Careers Pre- and Post- General Manager Positions. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Zhu, G. (2017). Critical Thinking for Business Case Analysis. Pearls and Perils Conference, Salem, Massachusetts.

Blood, B., Dietrich, S., Kiernan, J., Valens,, K., & Zhu, G. (2016). Intercultural Competence: Teaching Strategies and Assessments. Pearls and Perils Conference, Salem, Massachusetts.

Zhu, G. & Wang, L. (2015). Applying Sequence Analysis in Career & HRM Research –Taking It to the Next Level, Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Career Division Symposium, Vancouver, Canada.

Zhu, G. Kadier, N. & Gu, J. (2015). Uncovering Entrepreneurship in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Paper presented at the Frontiers of Business Research in China International Symposium, Beijing, China.

Wang, L., Zhu, G., & Hall, D. T. (2015). Misfit and Shortcut: Sequence Analysis of Executive Careers. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.

Zhu, G. & Wang, L. (2014). Too Early or Too Late: A Sequence Analysis of Executive Career Timing. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wang, L., Zhu, G., & Hall, D. T. (2014). Misfit and Shortcut: A Sequence Analysis of Executive Career Paths. Paper presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Zhu, G. & Sharaai, R. A. (2013). Bridging Cultures: A Case of Global Executive Coaching.  Case presented at the East Academy of Management and CASE Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

Zhu, G. (2012). Let It Unfold: Teaching Live Cases. Pearls and Perils Conference, Salem, Massachusetts.

Zhu, G., (2011)  No Crying for Training. Case accepted and to be presented at the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas.

Doucet, L., Jehn, K. E., & Zhu, G. (2010) Inter and Intra-culture Conflicts of Chinese and American Managers in Mainland China. Paper presented at the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Shanghai, China.

Wolff, S., Zhu, G., Hall, D. T., Heras, M. L., & Gutierrez, B. (2009). Impact of Career Complexity on Leadership Competencies: A Longitudinal Study of Senior Executives. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.

Gutierrez, B., Spencer, S., & Zhu, G. (2008). Thinking Globally, Leading Locally: A Comparison of Chinese, Indian, and Western Leadership. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.

Zhu, G., & Wolff, S. B. (2006). Executive Competencies: Unraveling the Myth of the Generic Leader. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.

Craig, E., Las Heras, M., Kram, K. E., Hall, D. T., & Zhu, G. (2006). Career Complexity as a Lens for Understanding Careers. Paper presented at the symposium "Learning from Career Histories" at the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.

Zhu, G. (2003). Psychological Contract Alignment and Repatriation Success. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.

Zhu, G., Doucet, L. & Jehn, K. (2001). Intercultural and Intracultural Conflict in Sino-American Joint Ventures. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Cergy (Paris), France.

Zhu, G., & Foulkes, F. (2000). HyperTech (China), Ltd.: College Recruiting by a Foreign-owned Enterprise in China. Proceedings of the Western Case writers Association. Wailoaka, Hawaii.

Zhu, G., (1999). International Assignments for Executive Development: A Psychological Contract Analysis. Presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, Annapolis, Maryland.

Yan, A., Zhu, G., & Hall, D. T., (1999). International Assignments for Career Building: Agency Relationships and Psychological Contracts. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.

Travel, dance, and raising my two kids.