Li Xue Cunningham

Li Xue Cunningham is a lecturer in HRM and Chinese Management. Previously, she was an RCUK Research Fellow at Centre for Asian Businss and Management, Cass Business School. She received her B.A. in economics, and Ph.D. in management from Cass. Before Dr Cunningham embarked on her research career, she worked as a manager for several large Chinese corporations in international business. Dr Cunningham’s main research interests lie in the areas of international and comparative human resource management, gender and diversity management, private enterprise business and development, especially in China. Her work has been published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Asia Pacific Business Review, Personnel Review, International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM, Handbook of Technology Management and Management through Collaboration as well as presented at the Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, and International Industrial Relations Association conferences.

Qualifications

BSc in Economics, MBA and PhD in Management.

Fellowships

RCUK Research Fellowship, Cass Business, Oct 2007 – Oct 2012

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin).

Expertise

Primary Topics

• Asian Business & Management
• Human Resource Management
• Small Business Management

Additional Topics

• Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
• Family Businesses
• Gender & Diversity Management
• Organizational Behaviour

• Geographic Areas

• Asia

• Asia - Southeast

• Europe

Research Topics

• Chinese Management
• Entrepreneurship and SMEs' developement
• Gender and Diversity Management
• Comparative Human Resource Management
• Private enterprises in China

Chapters (5)

• Xue Cunningham, L. (2012). SMEs in Selected Economies in East Asia. In Warner, M. (Ed.), Managing across diverse cultures in East Asia : issues and challenges in a changing globalized world Routledge. ISBN 0-415-68090-5.
• Xue Cunningham, L. and Rowley, C. (2010). The changing face of SMEs management in China. In Rowley, C. and Cooke, F. (Eds.), The Changing Face of Chinese Management (pp. 125–148). Routledge.
• Rowley, C., Poon, I. and Xue Cunningham, L. (2009). Globalization of Asian Firms. In Bidgoli, H. (Ed.), The Handbook of Technology Management (pp. 792–801). US: Wiley.
• Xue Cunningham, L. and Rowley, C. (2008). Human Resource Management in Small and Medium Enterprises in Jiangsu, China. In Barrett, R. and Mayson, S. (Eds.), International Handbook of HRM and Entrepreneurship (pp. 285–301).
• Rowley, C. and Xue Cunningham, L. (2005). Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises: Development and Human Resource Management. China - Trading Empire of The New Century (pp. 108–119). India: The ICFAI University Press.

Journal Articles (5)

• Xue Cunningham, L. (2011). SMEs as motor of growth: A review of China's SMEs development in thirty years (1978–2008). Human Systems Management, 30(1-2), pp. 39–54.
• Xue Cunningham, L. (2010). Managing human resources in SMEs in a transition economy: evidence from China. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21(12), pp. 2120–2141.
• Xue Cunningham, L. (2010). Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in China: A literature review, human resource management and sugestions for further research. Asia Pacific Business Review, 16(3), pp. 319–337.
• Xue Cunningham, L. and Rowley, C. (2008). The development of Chinese small and medium enterprises and human resource management: A review. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 46(3), pp. 353–379.
• Rowley, C. and Xue Cunningham, L. (2007). Human Resource Management in Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises: a review and research agenda. Personnel Review, 36(3), pp. 415–439.

Course Directorship

• 2009 - 2014, Asian Business and Management, Director
• 2013 - 2014, Chinese Management, Director
• 2012 - present, Management of Human Resources, Admissions Tutor

Subject/Academic Leadership

• Deputy Director of Centre for Research in Asia Management

Editorial Activities (4)

• International Journal of Human Resource Management, Referee, 2010 – present.
• Human Resource Managment, Referee, 2009 – present.
• International Small Business Journal, Referee, 2009 – present.
• Asia Pacific Business Review, Book Reviews Editor, 2008 – 2014.