Dr Lee Martin

Dr Lee Martin is a senior lecturer in the Department of Management at Deakin University, and has previously held visiting fellowships at Simon Fraser University, Canada and Singapore Management University, Singapore. Lee’s expertise is on cultural diversity in the workplace, particularly how multicultural employees, leaders and teams can contribute to organisations. She aims to help individuals and organisations understand how to harness cultural diversity to succeed in today’s globalised environment.

Her research is published in leading international peer-reviewed journals and has been shortlisted for multiple awards from the Academy of Management, including the Douglas Nigh Award and Best Student Paper. She currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Vocational Behavior. Lee’s teaching experience includes Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Development, and Global Business Environment, among other courses. She is currently the lead developer of a new massive open online course (MOOC), Harnessing Cultural Diversity. 

Prior to academia, Lee worked in the Australian government for a number of years, including as an adviser in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra and at the Australian Embassy in Beijing, in addition to co-founding a language training company in China. She holds a PhD in Management from UNSW Sydney, a Master of Asia-Pacific Studies with Distinction from Australian National University and Bachelors of Commerce (Economics, 1st Class Honours) and Science (Chemistry, with Merit) from UNSW Sydney.