Dr. Candy Ying Lu joined Macquarie University in 2014 and is an Associate Professor in International Management and Employment in the Department of Management. She completed her PhD in Management from Monash University in 2012, earning the prestigious Dr Nicholas Beaumont Memorial Award for the Best PhD Thesis in Management.

Dr Lu’s current research focus includes sustainable human resource management (HRM), common good HRM, AI in HRM (AI-HRM), and AI-human collaboration in business and management, taking an innovative approach within HRM and Organisational Behavior (OB) contexts. Her previous research has focused on cross-cultural management, diversity management, international human resource management, and occupational health and safety in the mining sector.

Dr Lu's work includes papers published in Human Resource Management (FT50, ABDC A*), Journal of Business Ethics (FT50, ABDC A), Human Resource Management Journal (ABS 4*, ABDC A), Management International Review (ABDC A), The International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC A), Journal of Business Research (ABDC A), Human Resource Management Review (ABDC A), and Safety Science (ABDC A).

She has also co-authored a research monograph, Skilled migration, expectation and reality: Chinese professionals and the global labour market (Published by Routledge), and written five book chapters.

Dr Lu’s awards and professional recognition include:

• The Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research - Five Future-Shaping Research Priorities (Prosperous Economies), 2023, as part of a team
• MQBS impact story competition: “Sustainable Human Resource Management Practices, Employee Resilience, and Employee Outcomes: Towards Common Good Values, as project lead
• Academy of Management (AOM) 2023 Conference Best Paper Award
• Academy of Management (AOM) 2020 Conference Best Paper Award
• British Academy of Management (BAM) 2019 Conference Best Paper Award

Dr. Lu serves as a Section Editor for Stress & Health and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Research, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, and Chinese Management Studies. She is also a reviewer for top-ranked journals including Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Research, Human Resource Management Journal, and International Journal of Human Resource Management.

HDR Supervision

Dr Lu has served as associate supervisor for five PhD candidates and two Master of Research (MRes) students, and as principal supervisor for one PhD candidate and two MRes students.

She is currently the principal supervisor of one PhD candidate and the associate supervisor of one MRes student.

Service and Leadership

Dr Lu is deeply committed to academic service and leadership. Since 2021, she has served as the Course Director of the Master of International Business program, where she has led comprehensive course reviews and structural redesigns to align the curriculum with contemporary business practices and evolving global developments. Her leadership has also involved the integration of innovative teaching methodologies that embed real-world business challenges into the course design. In addition to this role, she currently serves as the specialisation head for the Master of Commerce – International Business specialisation.

Dr Lu is also the Deputy Director (Asia Pacific) of the Macquarie University Health at Work Research Centre, where she contributes to strategic planning and regional engagement initiatives.

Previously, she was the Head of the Bachelor of Commerce – International Business major from 2014 to 2020, during which she played a key role in curriculum development and academic coordination.