Biography
Prof. Denise Tsang
Prof. Denise Tsang
University of Reading, UK
Title: Age Diversity in High Technology
Abstract: 
Could 55 be the new 40 in China? This presentation looks at age diversity within global aerospace firms such as Boeing and Airbus and discusses their age management strategy within the national context. Early research on older workforce tends to focus on the negative ramifications associated with ageing, but recent research highlights the relationship between ageing and work outcome is not straight forward. We will explore the intergenerational advantages among the high technology workforce and consider the question whether Chinese aerospace professionals are too young to retire.
Biography: 
Denise Tsang is a Lecturer at the University of Reading, UK. She has previously held visiting positions at the University of Bath and Manchester Business School. Denise graduated from the Hong Kong Institute of Education. She also obtained a first-class degree in Management and Business Administration from the University of Reading and completed her PhD in Economics with a Scholarship. Her research interests include strategic issues within Global Business on which she has written over 40 articles and several monographs. Her monographs are: Business Strategy and National Culture, The Entrepreneurial Culture, Entrepreneurial Creativity in a Virtual World and Industrial Democracy in the Chinese Aerospace Industry. She was also the lead editor of Routledge Companion to International Management Education. Denise has gained research grants from the British Academy, the Japan Foundation Endowment Fund and the Leverhulme Trust. She has also served in the External Relations Committee and the Outreach Committee of International Management Division, Academy of Management. Denise is interested in engaging with the wider audience – her upcoming talk is scheduled with the Museum of Berkshire Aviation.