Dr Cheng Chen

Dr Cheng Chen

Lecturer

Newcastle Business School

Career Summary

Biography

Cheng Chen is a Lecturer in Management at Newcastle Business School. She holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, as well as a Research Master’s degree in Business Research, both from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research examines how organizational teams share, elaborate on, and adopt external information, and how these processes shape outcomes such as creativity, innovation, and learning.

Qualifications

  • DEGREE OF DOCTOR, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • RESEARCH MASTER IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Keywords

  • Boundary spanning
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Knowledge management
  • Teams

Languages

  • Chinese, nec (Mother)
  • English (Fluent)

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
350710 Organisational behaviour 70
520104 Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) 20
350503 Human resources management 10

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title Organisation / Department
Lecturer University of Newcastle
Newcastle Business School
Australia

Awards

Award

Year Award
2024 Organizational Behavior Division AOM Annual Meeting Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award
Academy of Management
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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.


Conference (1 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2024 Chen C, Yuan Y, Berger S, Nijstad BA, 'THE BENEFITS OF REDUNDANCY: EXTERNAL CONTACT DUPLICATION, INFORMATION SHARING, AND TEAM CREATIVITY', Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2024 (2024)
DOI 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.2bp

Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2025 Chen C, 'Overcoming Challenges in Team Absorption of External Information'
DOI 10.33612/diss.1276911050
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Dr Cheng Chen

Position

Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
Newcastle Business School
College of Human and Social Futures

Contact Details

Email cheng.chen@newcastle.edu.au
Phone 0240551007
Mobile 0240551007
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