Faculty Profile

Natalie Zhao

Assistant Professor
M.Sc. Mgmt Science (Shandong U. of Science & Technology, P.R.China), M.Sc. Organizational Behaviour (National U. of Singapore), Ph.D. Organizational Behaviour (Ivey, U. of Western Ontario)

Burnaby Phone: 778-782-5552
Burnaby Office: WMC 4309

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Biography

Assistant Professor Natalie Bin Zhao, who joined the Beedie School of Business in July 2006, teaches human resources management. She holds a PhD from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and MSc degrees in management from both the National University of Singapore and Shandong University of Science and Technology in China. She also worked in industry for several years at the Ji'ning Metal Materials Company in China.

Her research interests include error reporting, learning from errors, and organizational stigma and her work has been published in several top journals, including Academy of Management Review, Journal of World Business, and Journal of Psychology. Natalie says her interest in teaching stems from the excellent teachers and professors she has encountered during her schooling. "All of them have helped me to be who I am today," she says. "In turn, I want to be one of them for my students in the future." Natalie joined the Beedie School of Business because of its supportive, collegial faculty who, she notes, "all show very great productivity in terms of research and teaching."

Specialization and Research Interests

Error Reporting
Learning from Errors
Organizational Stigma

Selected Publications

Zhao, B. (2011). Learning from errors: The role of context, emotion, and personality. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32(3): 435-463.

Zhao, B., & Olivera, F. (2006). Error reporting in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 31(4), 1012-1030.

Makino, S., Beamish, P. & Zhao, B. (2004).The characteristics and performance of Japanese FDI in less developed and developed countries. Journal of World Business, 39, 377-392.

Tan, H. H., & Zhao, B. (2003). Individual and perceived contextual level antecedents to individual technical information inquiry in organizations. Journal of Psychology, 137(6), 597-621.

Zhao, B., & Tan, H. H. (2001). Psychological mechanisms underlying individual knowledge learning and contribution in learning organizations. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 8(2), 3-28.