Weiting Zheng

Dr. Weiting Zheng is a tenured faculty member at the School of Management and Governance, UNSW Business School. Her research focuses on the business-government-civil society nexus, examining how organizations navigate and influence socio-political environments to address organizational and societal challenges. With a focus on non-market strategy and stakeholder management, Weiting's work spans three interconnected research streams: 1. Business-Government Relationships and Organizational Outcomes: She investigates how corporate political ties shape fundamental organizational outcomes such as survival, growth, innovation, and strategic adaptation. 2. Government Influence on Corporate Behaviour for Societal Progress: Weiting's research examines how government actors can effectively leverage policy and incentives to drive corporate action on critical societal challenges such as poverty alleviation, corruption, and environmental sustainability. 3. Navigating Stakeholder Relationships through a Multi-Stakeholder Lens: She examines how organizations engage with diverse stakeholders—e.g., governments, NGOs, investors, employees, and the public—to manage diverse demands and build resilient partnerships for joint value creation. Weiting has published in leading academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business, and Research Policy. Her work is highly cited and recognized for its practical relevance, including a Harvard Business Review feature of her research on political ties, firm survival and growth. Weiting is a Dean's Research Fellow, and has won UNSW Business School Research Excellence Award. Weiting is Associate Editor at the Journal of Business Research, Senior Editor at Management and Organization Review, and serves on the editorial board of leading management journals including Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Management. She has successfully obtained competitive research grants in different countries. Weiting's teaching interests encompass strategic management and international business. She received a commendation for Teaching Excellence in 2020. Before joining UNSW, she taught at Victoria University of Wellington and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where she won Teaching Excellence Award in 2010. Business strategy, Non-market strategy, Business-government-civil society nexus, Stakeholder engagement, ESG, Emerging markets

Zheng W., Ni N., Luo R.X., You J., & Wu X. Competition Behind Competition: State-sponsored Awards, Political Tournaments, and Corporate Participation in Poverty Alleviation in China, accepted, Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241238704 Chung C-N., Luo X.R. & Zheng W *. 2023. Institutional Divide, Political Ties, and Corporate Governance Reform in Taiwan, forthcoming, Journal of Management Studies. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12921 [*Three authors contribute equally. Names are listed in alphabetical order.] Zheng W; Ni N; Crilly D, 2023, 'Channeling and dampening: The role of political ties in information disclosure and concealment.', PLoS One, 18, pp. e0289016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289016 [Three authors contribute equally.]