Welcome to my website!

I am Ken (Xingjian) Zhang, a Ph.D. student in Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Before entering the Ph.D. program, I was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Management at HEC Paris, working with Prof. Federica De Stefano. I obtained my M.A. in Economics from Sciences Po and B.A. in Economics from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

I am interested in strategic human capital, human resources management and labor economics. One strand of my research interests is how firms develop and sustain competitive advantages from human capital management, for example by training and redeploying employees. Another strand focuses on how organizational performance is affected by social factors, such as inequality and discrimination in the workplace.

You can download my CV here

Contact: kenxj.zhang@rotman.utoronto.ca

Working Paper

“Anatomy of the Wage Gap between Local and Migrant Workers in Urban China.”, with Shu Cai.
Under Review, World Development