Staff Profile

Dr. 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 the Journal of Management Studies and New Technology, Work and Employment. She reviews articles for high-quality journals such as the Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and New Technology, Work and Employment.

Research Interests:

New Technology (e.g., Artificial Intelligence) and Work

Algorithmic Management

Content Creators (Use the Lens of Work and Employment)

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

The Future of the Work

Dirty work

Yin is interested in supervising PhD students with the above research interests. Interested applicants please contact via email with your CV and research proposal attached.

YEAR 2024 - 2025

NBS8287 Global Employment Relations

NBS8387 HRM in Cross-national Contexts

NBS8295 Data Analytics for Managers

NBS8289 Research Methods

BUS2018 Research Methods

BUS3065 International Human Resource Management

YEAR 2023 - 2024

NBS8287 Global Employment Relations

NBS8387 HRM in Cross-national Contexts

NBS8295 Data Analytics for Managers

• Articles

  • Aroles J, Morrell K, Granter E, Liang Y. Representing, re-presenting, or producing the past? Memory work amongst museum employees. Journal of Management Studies 2024, Epub ahead of print.
  • Liang Y, Aroles J, Brandl B. Charting platform capitalism: Definitions, concepts and ideologies. New Technology, Work and Employment 2022, 37(2), 308-327.

• Online Publication

  • Liang Yin. Folk Theory: How do Content Creators Respond to Platform Algorithms?. Brussels: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2024. Available at: https://futureofwork.fes.de/news-list/e/content-creators-respond-to-platform-algorithms.html.