Professors

Yujie CAI

Professor

Ethics in management, Digital technology and AI in business, Knowledge Managment, Leadership and career management, Multidisciplinary research

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Yujie CAI

Academy

Globalization

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Suzhou

Discipline

Management & Organization

Dr. Yujie Cai is a Full Professor in Management at SKEMA Business School. He obtained his PhD degree in Management from Peking University (International PhD), jointly developed at Cornell University ILR School sponsored by the Fulbright Scholarship. Before joining SKEMA, Prof. Cai worked in British universities such as Swansea University and University of Liverpool. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK, a regional editor of Asia Pacific Business Review, a founding member of the Association of British Chinese Professors, and a research fellow at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. In addition, Prof. Cai used to work as a Media Manager in the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.

Prof. Cai's current research projects include ethics in management, digital technology and artificial intellengence's application in business, knowledge management, leadership and career management, and multidisciplinary research. His teaching interests include business innovation and entrepreneurship, organisational behaviour, international management, doing business in China, and so on. Prof. Cai welcomes potential collaboration with colleagues in these fields, and also welcomes potential research students to make inquiries of study at SKEMA. 

 

Education
2011
Ph.D. in Management, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China
2006
Bachelor in Information Management and Information System, Southeast University, China
2014
Certificate of Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Liverpool, Great Britain
2010
Fulbright Researcher/Joint PhD, Cornell University, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, United States of America
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2025
Full Professor in Management, SKEMA Business School, China
2021 - 2024
Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School, China
2014 - 2020
Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management and Leadership, Swansea University, Great Britain
2011 - 2014
Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2018
Visiting Faculty, University of Tübingen, Germany
Since 2015
Research fellow, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China
2013 - 2014
Visiting Faculty, University of Liverpool Management School, Great Britain
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2019
Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Fund
2018
AILR/LERA Best Paper, Labor and Employment Relations Association 70th Annual Meeting
2018
Santander Staff Mobility Fund
2009
Fulbright Scholarship
2008
IELTS 20 Years 20 People, British Council
Research Grants
2024
State Grid Corporation of China, China
2022
“Belt and Road” National Audit Research Fund, China
2022
Course Development Fund for People, Work and Society, International Joint Audit Institute, China
2013
XJTLU Research Development Fund (RDF 12-03-02)
2013
Jiangsu Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Funding Programme (Grant number 2013SJD880110)
Other research activities
Senior or Associate Editor
Since 2023
Asia Pacific Business Review
Reviewer for:
Human Resource Management Journal
PhD Supervision
2021
M. KUMAR, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
Other academic activities
Since 2022
Academy of Management
Since 2021
the Teaching and Research Committee at the IJAI
Since 2016
British Academy of Management
Since 2016
British Universities Industrial Relations Association
Since 2014
Mentor and Assessor for UK Higher Education Academy Fellowships
Since 2013
Labor and Employment Relations Association
Since 2010
International Association for Chinese Management Research

Peer-reviewed journal articles

WANG, X., CAI, Y., LIN, X. and DUAN, J. (2025). Be Cautious of Your Voice When Boss Is in Shame: How manager shame shapes defensive reactions toward employee voice. Journal of Managerial Psychology.
LIANG, F., CAI, Y. and DUAN, J. (2024). Understanding working mothers' difficulty: From need frustration to family-work-conflict. Journal of Management & Organization, 30(4), pp. 1138-1152.
WANG, X., GUO, J., CAI, Y., ZHU, Y. and DUAN, J. (2024). How does managerial consultation backfire pertaining to employee voice pressure? International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35(6), pp. 1164-1192.
HAN, S., CAI, Y., SUN, T., LIANG, X. and WEI, Z. (2024). The Impact of Public Health Emergency Perception on Psychological Crisis in the Chinese Context: The role of social support and psychological targeting. Asia Pacific Business Review.
LI, G., CAI, Y., LIN, H. and ZHENG, G. (2024). Seeking for better performance: A synergy effect of algorithmic and leader management transparency on employee knowledge seeking behaviour and performance in China. Asia Pacific Business Review.
CAI, Y., ROWLEY, C. and XU, M. (2023). Workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: insights from strategic human resource management in Mainland China. Asia Pacific Business Review, 29(4), pp. 1170-1191.
SUN, L., ZHENG, X., PENG, L. and CAI, Y. (2023). Consumer Knowledge and Intention-Behavior Consistency. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 41(7), pp. 992-1014.
JIA, J., WU, F., LIU, M., TANG, G., CAI, Y. and JIA, H. (2023). How Leader-Member Exchange Influences Person-Organization Fit: A social exchange perspective. Asian Business and Management, 22, pp. 792-827.
DUAN, J., XU, T. and CAI, Y. (2022). To act or not to act? How do pregnant employees perform based on family-supportive supervisor behavior. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 71(4), pp. 1493-1512.
CHEN, H., LIU, B., LI, Y. and CAI, Y. (2022). The relationship between negative life events and resilience among Chinese service employees: Nonlinearly moderated by lifestyle habits. Journal of Asian Economics, 80, pp. 101457.
CAI, Y. and ROWLEY, C. (2021). Pandemic lessons for management: COVID-19 could lead to high-performance work systems and a healthier employer-worker relationship. Perspectives on Work, pp. 54-56.
CAI, Y. (2020). High-Performance Work Systems in Mainland China: A review and research agenda. Asia Pacific Business Review, 26(5), pp. 563-587.
CAI, Y. (2019). Occupational Safety in China's Coal Mining Industry: The roles of regulations, human resources and labor relations. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, 25, pp. 119-152.
CAI, Y., HAN, J., PENG, S. and SUN, L. (2016). Volunteer High Performance Work Systems and Service Performance: An Empirical Study of Beijing Olympic Volunteers. Frontiers of Business Research in China, 10(4), pp. 605-635.
CAI, Y. and YU, M. (2014). Examining Cross-Cultural HR Practices in Family Firms. International Journal of Global Management Studies, 5(1), pp. 51-66.
CAI, Y. and KONG, F. (2013). The Effect of Firm Ownership on Occupational Safety Performance. Human Resource Management Review, 2(1), pp. 17-28.
CAI, Y. (2011). Human Resource Management and Occupational Safety in Coalmining Firms. Human Resources Development of China, pp. 63-66.
CAI, Y. (2005). Reflections of Online Commerce. Electronic Commerce Research, pp. 78-79.

Conference proceedings

CAI, Y., HAN, J., LI, L. and PAN, Y. (2016). Human Resource Management in the Chinese Context: A multi-level review of functional human resource practices. British Academy of Management.
CHU, C. and CAI, Y. (2015). Examining the Relationship Between Volunteerism and Public Relations Success: An empirical study of volunteers in the Expo 2010 Shanghai China. Asian Business Association, pp. 222-248.
KONG, F., CAI, Y. and ZHANG, L. (2011). Emerging Models of Employment Relationships. pp. 134-147.

Book chapters

CAI, Y., LIU, T. and XU, Y. (2024). The Development of Global Talent based on Job Competency Model. In: Research-led Teaching, Learning and Management. 1st ed. Beijing: China Time Economy Press, pp. 225-234.
ROWLEY, C., WEI, Q. and CAI, Y. (2022). Approaches to International Human Resource Management. In: Reiche, S., Harzing, A-W. and Tenzer, H. eds. International Human Resource Management. 1st ed. SAGE Publications.
LIU, J. and CAI, Y. (2018). What Caused the Shortage of Labour: Examining the Recruitment and Selection in the Internet Financial Industry in China. In: Dwivedi, Y. K., Rana., N., Slade, E., Shareef, M. A., Clement, M. Simintiras, A. and Lal, B. eds. Emerging Markets from a Multidisciplinary Perspective. 1st ed. Cham: Springer, pp. 339-357.

Conference presentations

XIAO, Q., GOH, Z. and CAI, Y. (2024). To build a thriving workforce: The influence of well-being-oriented human resource management on work outcomes. In: the Academy of Management 84th Annual Meeting. Chicago.
XU, M. and CAI, Y. (2022). The Double-edged Role of Informality in Work-life Balance Management: Evidence from Chinese State-Owned Enterprises. In: the British Academy of Management 2022 Annual Conference. Manchester.
ZHOU, X., GUAN, Y. and CAI, Y. (2022). Leader Attributes, Behavior, and Leadership Outcomes: An enrichment of implicit leadership theories. In: the Academy of Management 82nd Annual Meeting. Seattle.
CAI, Y. (2022). Human Factors in Coal Mining Accidents. In: the Association of British Chinese Professors 3rd Annual Conference. Birmingham.
CAI, Y. and YU, W. (2021). Strategic Human Resource Management in the New Normal. In: the APBR East Asia Workshop. Seoul.
CAI, Y. (2018). Occupational Safety in China's Coal Mining Industry: The role of regulations, human resources and labor relations. In: Annual Meeting (AILR/LERA best paper session). Baltimore.
CAI, Y. and BOSANGIT, C. (2017). An Investigation of Chinese Tourists' Ethical Consumption Behavior in the UK. In: Annual China Goes Global Conference. Kristiansand.
CAI, Y. and BOSANGIT, C. (2016). Ethical Consumption in the Tourism Industry: A study of Chinese tourists in the UK. In: BAM (British Academy of Management) Conference. Guildford.
CAI, Y. (2016). Human Resources, Labor Relations, and Occupational Safety: an empirical study of coal-mining firms in China. In: British Universities Industrial Relations Association 66th Conference. Leeds.
FINNIEAR, J., WHITE, P. and CAI, Y. (2016). Transforming Processes into Outcomes: the work of performance measurement. In: BAM (British Academy of Management) Conference. Newcastle.
CAI, Y. and HUANG, F. (2016). Examining the Relationship between Student Cognitive and Psychological Engagement and Academic Performance: An empirical study of large module management. In: The 8th Annual SALT Learning and Teaching Conference. Swansea.
CAI, Y. and YU, M. (2014). Examining Cross-Cultural HR Practices in Family Firms. In: 2014 International Conference of the Association Global Management Studies. Oxford.
LIU, M. and CAI, Y. (2013). The Future of Chinese Industrial Relations. In: 65th Annual Meeting of Labor and Employment Relations Association. St. Louis.
KONG, F., LU, J. and CAI, Y. (2013). The Nature of Industrial Relations and Its Impacts on Occupational Safety and Health in China. In: 65th Annual Meeting of Labor and Employment Relations Association. St. Louis.
CAI, Y. (2012). The Effects of Ownership and Human Resource Management on Occupational Safety: An empirical study of the coal mining firms in China. In: 2012 International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Fifth Biennial Conference. Hong Kong.
KONG, F., CAI, Y. and GUO, K. (2010). Government Regulation Effect on Occupational Safety: A Content Analysis Study in China's Coal Industry. In: Academy of Management (AoM) 2010 Annual Meeting. Montréal.
QIAN, Q., PENG, S., HAN, J. and CAI, Y. (2010). Human Resource Management and Service Quality: An Empirical Study of Volunteers in Beijing Olympic Games. In: 2010 International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Fourth Biennial Conference. Shanghai.
CHEN, Y., CAI, Y., LI, L., CHEN, X. and HE, Y. (2008). Human Resource Management under a Transitional Context: A Review of HRM Research in China. In: Academy of International Business (AIB) 2008 Annual Meeting. Milan.

Press and social media

CAI, Y. (2024). In the Era of the Knowledge Economy, What Should be Learned in Universities? Nanjing: JiangsuNow, China.
CAI, Y. (2023). The human resources professor sees the essential significance of work from the Li Jiaqi incident. Shanghai: Shanghai Observer, China.