Associate Professor of Management
Ph.D University of Massachusetts
M.B.A. Dalhousie University
B.C. Professional Teaching Certificate, University of British Columbia
B.H.Ec., University of British Columbia
520 Gary M. Owen Building
Telephone: 734.487.6823
Email: diana.wong@emich.edu

Area of Expertise
Dr. Wong teaches graduate and undergraduate strategic management, organization development and change, entrepreneurship, and teams and teamwork. She also has experience teaching leadership, international management, research methods and data collection, and organizational behavior to undergraduate, graduates, and executive graduate students.

Short Biography
Dr. Wong's areas of research interests include strategic alliances, merger and acquisition integration, learning and technological innovations, and international management of global strategies. She chaired the planning committee for developing and implementing the International Cultural Competence Institute for faculty and staff at Eastern Michigan University. In addition to committee work at different levels of the university, she consults with executive managers who focus on strategic change for leading organizations. Dr. Wong's professional involvement includes the Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, Strategic Management Society, North American Case Research Association, Eastern Academy of Management, Southern Academy of Management, and the Caribbean Studies Association. She reviews for various conferences and publications such as Human Relations, Groups and Organization Management, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Organization and Change Management.


Selected Publications
Wong-MingJi, D.J. Leadership Competencies for Managing Global Virtual Teams, in Pagani, M. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, (Forthcoming)

Wong-MingJi, D.J., Outsourcing vs. In-sourcing in the Human Resource Supply Chain: A Comparison of Five Generic Models, Personnel Review, Special Issue on New Directions in the Roles and Responsibilities of the HRM Function, (Forthcoming)

Mir, R., Mir, A., & Wong-MingJi, D.J. Diversity: The Cultural Logic of Global Capital. In Konrad, A., Prasad, P., & Pringle, J. (Eds.) Handbook of Workplace Diversity, Sage Publications, (Forthcoming)

Wong-MingJi, D. J., Eliminating the Weakest Link: Leveraging Human Capital with Strategic Alliances in IT Outsourcing Supply Chains. In Nakayama, M. & Sutcliffe, N. (eds.), Managing IT Skills Portfolio: Planning, Acquisition, and Performance Evaluation. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc. (2005)

Wong-MingJi, D. J., Chowdhury, S., & Newell, S., 2003. Who's the C-agent? Cultural Expertise in Global Strategic Alliances. Strategic Management Society Conference, Baltimore, MD November, 2003.

Wong-MingJi, D. J., & Millette, W. R. 2001. Dealing with the dynamic duo of innovation and inertia: The "in-" theory of organization change. Organization Development Journal, 20(1); 36-52.

Wong-MingJi, D. J., & Mir, A. H. 1997. How international is international management? Provincialism, parochialism, and the problematic of global diversity. In Prasad, P., Mills, A. J., Elmes, M., & Prasad, A. (eds) Managing the Organizational Melting Pot: Dilemmas of Workplace Diversity. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. 340-364

Hudson, D. A. & Wong-MingJi, D. J. 2000. Legitamacy and illegitamacy: A contest of institutional knowledge as power. Organizations, 8(2): 396-403.