Na Huang 黄娜

Na Huang 黄娜

Associate Researcher, CEIBA Research Center

Vice President & HR Director, Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
DBA, IPAG Business School, 2025

Biography

Na Huang is Vice President and Human Resources Director of Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co., Ltd., where she has built a career spanning operational management, manufacturing, supply chain, talent development and organizational leadership. She joined the company in 2006 as an assistant R&D engineer and subsequently held a series of managerial roles including planning and operations supervisor, quality manager, workshop director, head of quality, plant manager and supply chain director.

This extensive cross-functional experience has shaped her professional and research interests in managerial development, job rotation, leadership capability and organizational effectiveness. She was the company’s first female workshop director and plant manager and brings substantial first-hand experience of leadership development from frontline operations to senior management. Her professional leadership has also received recognition from major Chinese and Asia-Pacific business organizations.

Doctoral Research

The Impact of Job Rotation Experience on Employees’ Strategic Skill and Construal-Level Development After Promotion

Huang’s doctoral research investigates how job-rotation experience influences the development of employees’ strategic skills and construal level following promotion. The study connects leadership development with employee cognition and offers a practice-grounded perspective on how organizations can prepare managers for broader strategic responsibilities.

 

Research Interests

  • Job Rotation and Managerial Development
  • Talent and Leadership Development
  • Strategic Capabilities and Strategic Thinking
  • Organizational Behavior and Employee Cognition
  • Organizational Performance
  • - Talent Management and Organizational Development

Selected Scholarly Work

  • Huang, N., Li, G., Peng, Q., Li, S., & Wang, Y. (2024). Gen women zuo xiangmu guanli: 500 qiang xiangmu jingli shicao anli [Doing project management with us: Practical cases from Fortune 500 project managers]. Zhonghua Gongshang Lianhe Chubanshe.
  • Huang, N., Zhang, M., & Zhong, S. (2023). Guanli jiushi guan zuzhi: Yong zuzhi jianshe pojie guanli nanti [Management is about managing organizations: Solving management problems through organizational development]. Shenyang Chubanshe.
  • Huang, N. (2021). Shangshi gongsi zong jingli zhuli gongzuo biji: Bie ba “zongzhu” gan cheng “mishu” [Notes from an assistant to the general manager of a listed company: Don’t turn the general-manager assistant role into a secretary]. Zhonghua Gongshang Lianhe Chubanshe.