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Dr. Ella Guangxin Xu serves as a Lecturer in the College of Business at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Western Australia (UWA) Business School. Her doctoral thesis, titled 'The Role of Corporate Governance in Family Businesses: Three Essays on the Performance Effects,' was completed in 2022 and focuses on the performance implications of governance mechanisms in family-controlled enterprises. Prior to her current role, Xu has a diverse professional background encompassing academia, industry, and government sectors. She coordinates Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units within the Murdoch Business School and actively engages in teaching quantitative research methods for business.
Xu's research examines corporate governance, firm performance, family businesses, corporate social responsibility (CSR), environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, research and development (R&D) investment, innovation, cyber risk, digital technology adoption, and the moderating effects of ownership structures and legal jurisdictions. Her publications appear in esteemed journals, including the International Journal of Managerial Finance and Economic and Political Studies. Key works include: 'Corporate governance and innovation investment in publicly listed firms: the moderating effect of ownership type and legal jurisdiction' (2023, co-authored with Chris Graves, Yuan George Shan, and Joey W. Yang); 'The mediating role of corporate social responsibility in corporate governance and firm performance' (2022, with Chris Graves); 'The influence of corporate governance on the performance of family-controlled firms: exploring the effects of legal jurisdiction' (2022); 'The Mediating Role of R&D Intensity in the Relationship between Corporate Governance and Enterprise Value: The Impact of Ownership and Jurisdiction' (2024); 'Director Network and Corporate Digital Technology Investment: Evidence From Family Firms Across Jurisdictional Contexts' (2025, with J. Li); and contributions to topics like carbon risk disclosure and market orientation in hotel performance. Her Google Scholar profile records 99 citations, underscoring her contributions to management and accounting research. Xu has presented at conferences such as AFAANZ 2025 and the 26th Annual Teaching Learning Forum.
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