Associate Professor  Andrew Yu

Andrew Yu (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management & Marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He received his doctorate in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (OB/HRM) from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University, United States.

Professor Yu studies how people interact across hierarchical organizational systems (and most of the time ... why it doesn't work out that well) and the consequences for employees, teams, and leaders. His research spans three interconnected areas: (a) the social structures constrain action; (b) the support systems that help employees navigate work and personal demands; and (c) the working relationships (leader -> employee, employee -> leader, and between coworkers) that influence change within the organisational system. Diversity, across gender, age, and cross-cultural factors, runs as a theme that spans across these areas, shaping when and for whom these dynamics unfold differently. His research leverages multi-method designs including interviews, lab and field experiments, organisational surveys, wearable sensor technology, meta-analyses, and other secondary sources.

Professor Yu publishes in and serves as an Associate Editor and Editorial Board member for premier journals in the disciplines of management, applied psychology, and human resource management, as ranked by the Financial Times Top 50 (FT50), the Chartered Association for Business Schools (ABS/AJG), and the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC).

At the University of Melbourne, Professor Yu teaches graduate-level subjects in managerial psychology, leadership and team dynamics, organisational behaviour, and human resource management. He also teaches research design, advanced organisational behaviour, and quantitative methods in the specialised doctoral program. His research and teaching have been recognised with excellence awards in both Australia and the United States.

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