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Dr Ruby Ma

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Teaching Scholar

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

Department

Deakin Business School

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

r.ma@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 45686

Biography

Dr Ruby Ma is a Lecturer at the Department of Management, Deakin Business School. An energetic and innovative Academic, she teaches into both postgraduate and undergraduate programs at the Deakin Business School. Ruby holds qualifications of PhD, MBA, and Bachelor of Applied Science. Ruby is passionate about teaching and learning, student engagement, learning experience, and employability. Ruby has achieved several teaching awards, and nominations, including: University Vice-Chancellor‘s Excellence in Teaching, a Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, and other nominations and awards. Prior to academic life, Ruby gained experience in various industries, including Health, Medical Science, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Nutritional, Technology and Hospitality. Ruby is also an experienced Management Consultant working with corporate clients in organisational management development, education and training both in Australia and overseas.

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Research interests

  • Business Communications and Negotiations
  • Cross-Cultural Communication and Negotiation
  • International Business
  • Stress and Team Resilience
  • Emotions in Business and Management
  • Management Education
  • Cross Cultural Management

Affiliations

  • Academy of International Business (AIB)
  • Academy of Management (AOM)
  • Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
  • Deakin University MBA Alumni Chapter

Teaching interests

  • International Business Management
  • Global Mindset and Citizenship
  • Global Strategy and International Management
  • Business Strategy and Analysis
  • Critical Thinking for Managers
  • Ethics and Corporate Sustainability
  • Work Integrated Learning
  • Business Communication and Negotiation
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Leadership
  • Change Management

Conferences

Ma, R.M.M. and Hartel, C.J. (2011). Insights from Negotiating with the Chinese: A case of Sino-Australian Business Relationships. Paper presented at poster session of the 25th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Wellington, New Zealand, 7-9 Dec 2011.

Awards

  • Deakin University 2012 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching and Learning, the Jim and Alison Leslie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching and Learning (Deakin 2012). In recognition of the excellence in contribution to teaching and learning at Deakin.
  • Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, Early Career Teacher Award 2011, for 'effectiveness, excellence and exemplary practice' in teaching.
  • Australian Universities Lecturer of the Year Award (UniJobs, 2011). Voted the Top Lecturer at Deakin University for 2011.
  • Australian Universities Lecturer of the Year Award (UniJobs, 2010). Voted in the top 10 nominations from Deakin University for 2010.

    Publications

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    2019

    The Australian style of negotiating with managers from China

    Ruby Ma, J Menzies, Ambika Zutshi

    (2019), pp. 457-486, The Palgrave handbook of Cross-Cultural Business Negotiation, London, Eng., B1

    book chapter
    2011

    Need to know : lessons from Sino-Australian business negotiators on the importance of guanxi, emotions and generational differences in Chinese negotiation behaviour

    R Ma, C Hartel, S As-Saber

    (2011), pp. 347-357, International Research QIK 2011 : Conference Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Managment : Aligning Innovation in Developed and Emerging Economies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, E1

    conference
    2010

    When east meets west : managing Chinese enterprise relationships through guanxi-based diversity management

    C Hartel, C Hartel, R Ma, R Ma, S As-Saber, S As-Saber

    (2010), pp. 224-247, Managing cultural diversity in Asia : a research companion, Cheltenham, England, B1

    book chapter
    2009

    Negotiating with the Chinese: the role of culture and emotions in Sino-Australian business relationships

    R Ma, C Hartel

    (2009), pp. 1-1, ANZAM 2009 : Sustainable management and marketing, Melbourne, Vic., E1-1

    conference
    2006

    What factors in Sino-Australian negotiations lead to the development and breakdown of Chinese negotiators perceptions of guanxi?

    R Ma, C Hartel, S As-Saber

    (2006), pp. 1-1, ANZIBA : At cross roads : Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand International Business Academy conference, Wellington, N. Z., E1-1

    conference
    2005

    Can experiential learning improve emotional intelligence and can that, in turn, improve the work performance of middle managers?

    J McWilliams, R Ma, C Hartel

    (2005), pp. 1-11, ANZAM 2005 : Engaging the multiple contexts of management : convergence and divergence of management theory and practice : proceedings of the 19th ANZAM conference, Canberra, A.C.T., E1

    conference
    2004

    A model of the affective and congnitive events in expatriate assignments

    R Ma, R Bennett, C Hartel

    (2004), Vol. 3, pp. 7-16, Journal of doing business across borders, Callaghan, N.S.W., C1

    journal article

    Different personality measures for different business outcomes : a comparison of selection criteria used for a management training program

    R Ma

    (2004), ANZAM 2004 : People First - Serving Our Stakeholders : Proceedings of the 18th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Dunedin, N. Z., E1-1

    conference

    Funded Projects at Deakin

    No Funded Projects at Deakin found

    Supervisions

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