Email: shellymyu@yahoo.com.cn

Education

2001 – 2006    Ph.D. (Social Science), 
                        Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

1998 – 2001    M.A. (Sociology), Renmin University, Beijing, 2001

1994 – 1998    B.A. (Marketing), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 1998 

Work Experience

2007 – present            Institute of Social Development & Public Policy, Beijing Normal University

2007 - present              Affiliate Program Executive, China Social Work Research Center, Peking University-Hong Kong Poly University

2007                             Postdoctoral Researcher, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Publications (selected)

Journal Articles in English (3 SSCI):

1.   Yu, Xiaomin (2008), "Workplace Democracy in China's Foreign-Funded Enterprises: A Multilevel Case Study of Employee Representation," Economic and Industrial Democracy, 29 (2): 274-300. SSCI

2.   Yu, Xiaomin (2008), "Impacts of Corporate Code of Conduct on Labor Standards: A Case Study of Reebok's Athletic Footwear Supplier Factory in China," Journal of Business Ethics, 81(3): 513-529. SSCI

3.   Yu, Xiaomin (2008), "From Passive Beneficiary to Active Stakeholder: Workers'  Participation in CSR Movement against Labor Abuses," Journal of Business Ethics. First published online in June, 2008, Available athttp://www.springerlink.com/content/k1670063631v5628/?p=45510870414448f298c3af616093d803&pi=0. SSCI

4.   Pun, Ngai and Xiaomin Yu (2008), "When Wal-Mart and the Chinese Dormitory Labor Regime Meet: A Study of Three Toy Factories in China," China Journal of Social Work, 1(2):110-129.

Journal Articles in Chinese (4 CSSCI):

1.   Yu, Xiaomin and Pun Ngai (2008), "Consumer Society and Remaking the Subjectivities of "New Generation of Dagongmei,"Sociological Studies, 3: 143-171. CSSCI

2.   Yu, Xiaomin and Pun Ngai (2008), "Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Toy Supply Chain," Open Times, 5: 77-87.

3.   Yu, Xiaomin (2007), "Transnational Corporation' s Code of Conduct and Labor Standards in China's Foreign-Invested Enterprise," Sociological Studies, 5:111-132. CSSCI

4.   Yu, Xiaomin (2006,) "Labor Movement under Economic Globalization: Issues, Questions and Theories," Sociological Studies, 3:188-218.  CSSCI

5.   Yu, Xiaomin (2005), "Ethical Consumerism: An Introduction of Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Western Management Scholars and Implications for Chinese Government and Enterprises," Gansu Social Sciences, 4: 237-45.

6.   Yu, Xiaomin (1999), "Trust on Chinese Judge in Contemporary China," Beijing Social Science, 4: 128-32. CSSCI

International Conferences:

1.   "The JENESYS Young Leaders Program: Migration in Asia and Oceania," organized by Japan Foundation, July 17-27, 2008, Tokyo, Japan.

2.   "Pursuing Chinese-style Sustainable Development: Labor-Related Corporate Social Responsibility Movement in China," paper presented at Reputation Institute's 12th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity and Competitiveness, May 29-31, 2008, Beijing, China.

3.   "Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Toy Supply Chain," paper presented at the 3rd Corporate Citizen Forum, Jan 9, 2008, Beijing, China.

4.   "From Passive Beneficiary to Active Stakeholder: Workers' Participation in CSR Movement against Labor Abuses," paper presented at Globalization and Good Corporations Conference, June 26-28, 2007, New York, NY, USA.

5.   "A Realistic Utopia of Workplace Democracy? MNCs' Employee Representation Program and Unionism Reshaping in China's Exporting Foreign Invested Enterprises," paper presented at the 23rd International Labour Process Conference , 20-23 March 2005, Glasgow, UK.

6.   "State-Intervened Legal Activism: Case Study of Labor Unrest at Foreign Invested Enterprises in South China," paper presented at the 36th International Institute of Sociology World Congress, Social Change in the Age of Globalization, July 7-11, 2004, Beijing, P. R. China.

Research Projects (CSR related only)

2008 – 2009       "Corporate Social Responsibility in China's Textile and Apparel Industry," in cooperation with China National Textile and Apparel Council.

2007 – 2008       "Win-Win Situation of Enterprise Development and Social Justice? An Exploratory Survey on Implementation Results of China Labour Contract Law," in cooperation with the Research Center of Trade Union Development at Beijing Normal University,

2006 – 2007       "Wal-Mart's Supply Chain and CSR," sponsored by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

2000 – 2001       "CSR in China," in cooperation with the Contemporary China Research Center at Tsinghua University.