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's doctoral thesis won the Faculty of Business Annual PhD Thesis Prize from 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. Yin is also interested in research related to dirty work and the management of cultural organisations. Her research has been published in the Journal of Management Studies, Work, Employment and Society, and New Technology, Work and Employment.

Yin is the Editorial board member of the BSA journal Work, Employment and Society (2025-2029). She reviews articles for high-quality journals such as the Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Work, Employment and Society, and New Technology, Work and Employment.

Funding Received

Confucius Institute Fund (£6,350)

Project Title: Bridging Seas and Centuries: The Beiyang Sailors Legacy Symposium

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

In 2025, Yin received funding from the Confucius Institute to lead a public engagement project centred on the historical and cultural significance of the Beiyang Fleet Sailors Cemetery in Newcastle. As part of this initiative, Yin is organising the symposium Bridging Seas and Centuries: The Beiyang Sailors Legacy Symposium, to be held at Newcastle University Business School. The event brings together academics, heritage professionals, city stakeholders, and the wider public to explore broader questions of maritime heritage, transnational memory, and urban transformation in both the UK and China. While the Beiyang Fleet Sailors Cemetery serves as the entry point, the project engages with wider debates around how forgotten or marginalised heritage sites can inform contemporary understandings of memory, space, and historical connection.

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

Management of cultural organisations (e.g., Museums)

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

  • Liang Y, Li J, Aroles J, Granter E. Content creation within the algorithmic environment: A systematic review. Work, Employment and Society 2025, epub ahead of print.
  • 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.

• Book Chapter

  • Aroles J, Liang Y. Digital nomadism. In: McCann, L; Bozkurt, Ö; Finn, R; Granter, E; Hunter, C; Kivinen, N; Kumar, A; & Wierman, B, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.155-157.

• 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.