Biography
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 review boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. Lee’s teaching experience includes Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Development, and Global Business Environment, among other courses. She is the lead developer and lead educator in the massive open online course (MOOC), Leading Culturally Diverse Teams in the Workplace.
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.
Read more on Lee's profileResearch interests
- Multicultural Employees
- Cultural Diversity in Teams and Leadership
- Cross-Cultural Management
Affiliations
- Member, Academy of Management (AOM)
- Member, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
Teaching interests
- Organisational Behaviour
- International Management
Units taught
- MMM240 - Organisational Behaviour
- MPL700 - Leadership Practice with Impact
Professional activities
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Vocational Behavior
Editorial Review Board Member, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
Research groups
- Centre for Sustainable and Responsible Organisations (CSaRO)
Publications
B Shao, L Martin
(2020), pp. 1-16, Personnel review, Bingley, Eng., C1
Multiculturalism within individuals: a review, critique, and agenda for future research
D Vora, L Martin, S Fitzsimmons, A Pekerti, C Lakshman, S Raheem
(2019), Vol. 50, pp. 499-524, Journal of international business studies, Basingstoke, Eng., C1
The role of early immersive culture mixing in cultural identifications of multiculturals
L Martin, B Shao, D Thomas
(2019), Vol. 50, pp. 508-523, Journal of cross-cultural psychology, London, Eng., C1
L Martin, B Shao
(2016), Vol. 47, pp. 1409-1429, Journal of cross-cultural psychology, C1-1
A dynamic double-hierarchy model of multicultural individuals' roles in culturally diverse teams
L Martin
(2015), Vol. 2015, pp. 1123-1128, AOM 2015 : 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
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