Staff Profile

Yin Liang is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Newcastle University Business School. She did her PhD in Management at Durham University Business School (with Durham Doctoral Scholarship, funded by Durham University Business School). Yin is interested in work and employment in the context of the digital economy, the job quality of workers involved in those work configurations, and the impact of new technologies on these workers. Her research has been published in New Technology, Work and Employment.

Research Interests:

New Technology (e.g., AI) and Work

Algorithmic Management

Content Creators (Using the Lens of Work and Employment)

Digital Economy (Gig Economy, Sharing Economy, Platform Economy, Crowdsourcing, etc.)

Work and Employment in the digital economy

Job Quality in the Digital Economy

PGT Module (NBS8287): Global Employment Relations

PGT Module (NBS8387): HRM in Cross-national Contexts

PGT Module (NBS8295): Data Analytics for Managers

• Article

  • Liang Y, Aroles J, Brandl B. Charting platform capitalism: Definitions, concepts and ideologies. New Technology, Work and Employment 2022, 37(2), 308-327.