Dr Jie Ma

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Jie is an assistant professor in Operations Management and programme leader at Newcastle Business School. Jie has a broad research interest in operations management and supply chain management. He is particularly interested in sustainable supply chain management, lean and agile implementations. One of his recent research interests is within the realm of social network analysis and using Big Data analytics to manage crisis. He has published high impact journals such as Transportation Research Part E, Information Technology & People, Journal of Business Research, Enterprise Information System, Journal of Management and Organisation, and many others.

Campus Address

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Research interests:

Supply Chain Management
Risk Management
Lean and Agile, TPS, Shop floor management and Kaizen

Current projects (funded):

investigating the risks of Covid-19 vaccine supply chain
factors affecting Airbnb reviews
the challenges and opportunities of Virtual Learning
the Development of an Inter-trading Tool for North Tyneside Business Forum

Key Publications

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Quality risk and responsive actions in sourcing/procurement: an empirical study of food fraud cases in the UK, Ma, J., Tse, Y., Zhang, M., MacBryde, J. 11 Mar 2024, In: Production Planning & Control
Exploring the Social Broadcasting Crisis Communication: Insights from the Mars Recall Scandal, Ma, J., Tse, Y., Sato, Y., Zhang, M., Lu, Z. 26 Mar 2021, In: Enterprise Information Systems
Perception of supply chain quality risk: Understanding the moderation role of supply market thinness, Tse, Y., Zhang, M., Zeng, W., Ma, J. Jan 2021, In: Journal of Business Research
The impact of ethical leadership on employee creative deviance: the mediating role of job autonomy, Liu, X., Baranchenko, Y., An, F., Lin, Z., Ma, J. 23 Dec 2020, In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Examining customer perception and behaviour through social media research – An empirical study of the United Airlines overbooking crisis, Ma, J., Tse, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, M. 1 Jul 2019, In: Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Professional Activity

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Editorial work: Cogent Business & Management (Journal) 2022

PGR Supervision

Alicia Roman Alonso Understanding the factors that influence the adoption of big data by SMEs Start Date: 01/10/2019

Qualifications

Management MA
Operations Management PhD
Computer Science MSc
Computer Science BSc (Hons)
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016

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