Fannie Wu

Dr. Fannie Wu is a senior lecturer in the Management Discipline Group of Deakin Business School, Deakin University. She holds a PhD in Management. Her work utilises a mixed methodological approach to address societal and corporate problems about how individuals from minority backgrounds (e.g., migrant workers, women, individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse background, entrepreneurs) may attain success, well-being and effectively overcome complex situations in the work settings. Her work appears in journals such as Academy of Management Annals and The Leadership Quarterly. She is serving as an editorial board member for Journal of Vocational Behavior. Her expertise has contributed to her development of a MOOC course in crisis leadership and partnership with both non-profit and private sectors in designing and implementing leadership programs. Fannie had success in attracting more than $583,000 competitive research funding with Deakin and external partnering organisations from the public and not-for-profit sectors, including Deakin Co., Research Council of Canada, Alo Enlightened Women Inc., the Australian Government. She is the director of Leadership Futures Hub, a research unit that promotes collaboration between academics and industry leaders for enhancing leadership impact, and also an affiliated member of Deakin CREATE.