Yangyang Zhang

Yangyang Zhang is an assistant professor of management in the College of Business Administration (CBA) at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). Yangyang earned her Ph.D. in management from Stevens Institute of Technology and her master's degree in human resource management from Rutgers University. Her research focuses on strategic leadership and corporate governance. She is dedicated to advancing our understanding of the “human side” of strategy, mainly through close examination of executives’ characteristics and cognitions and their influences on various firm strategies. Yangyang teaches courses in strategy and management, and she also has valuable working experience in the field of human resources. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a compensation specialist for Otsuka Pharmaceutical company in Princeton, New Jersey from 2015-2016.