Prof. LAM Chak Fu
  • Prof. LAM Chak Fu
  • 林澤富教授
    Professor

Contacts

Address
10-247, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Phone
+852 34427954
Fax
+852 34420309
Email
chakfu.lam@cityu.edu.hk
Research Areas
Leader responses to employees' creativity
Employee participation and effectiveness
Stress, burnout, and wellbeing

Academic Qualifications

    • PhD - Management (University of Michigan)
    • BA - Psychology / Economics (Middlebury College)
    • International Baccalaureate (Li Po Chun United World College)

Biography

    • Chak Fu Lam is a Professor of Management at the City University of Hong Kong. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. His research focuses on voice behavior, with a particular focus on why employees may express ideas and how it matters in organization.

Awards

  • Award TitleInstitution
    College of Business Excellent PhD Supervisor AwardCity University of Hong Kong(College of Business)
    40-Under-40 MBA ProfessorPoets&Quants
    Assurance of Learning AwardCity University of Hong Kong(College of Business)
    Reviewer AwardJournal of Applied Psychology
    First Year Lecture Teaching AwardCity University of Hong Kong(College of Business)
    HHA Services ScholarshipHHA Services
    Suffolk University Leadership Life Changer AwardSuffolk University
    Spivy Hall FellowshipUniversity of Michigan
    Outstanding Reviewer AwardAcademy of Management (OB)
    Logan Family ScholarshipMiddlebury College
    Davis ScholarshipMiddlebury College
    United World College ScholarshipLi Po Chun United World College
    Secondary ScholarshipSingapore Ministry of Education

Teaching Areas

  • Leadership
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Cross-Cultural Management
  • Negotiations
  • Organizational Change Management

Grants

  • PI: "What Predicts Successful Voice-Initiated Changes? Voice Endorsement, Voice Implementation, and the Role of Social Capital", APRC - City University of Hong Kong, (2025), Lam, C. F.
  • PI: "Overcoming cultural status disadvantage in multicultural teams: The role of leader global identity", Hong Kong General Research Fund, (2023), Lam, C. F.
  • PI: "Challenging the status quo in a non-challenging way: A dominance complementarity view of voice inquiry", Hong Kong General Research Fund, (2022), Lam, C. F.
  • co-PI: "Study of the Contingent Effects of Entrepreneurial Team Energy and Resilience on Entrepreneurial Persistence under Uncertainty", Chinese National Science Foundation, (2021), Lam, C. F.
  • PI: ""I'm not good enough": A self-verification Perspective on Why and When Employees may Provoke Abusive Supervision", Strategic Research Grant, (2021), Lam, C. F.
  • co-PI: "I like my boss’s boss but not my boss: The effect of skip-level participative leadership on performance and the role of exchanges with different leaders", Hong Kong General Research Fund, (2020), Lam, C. K., & Lam, C. F.
  • PI: "Voice Habit: Dimensions, Measurement, and Validation", Strategic Research Grant, (2019), Lam, C. F.
  • PI: "Voice Habit: Dimensions, Measurement, and Validation", CityU Start-up grant, (2017), Lam, C. F.
  • PI: "How employees voice", Doctoral Research Grant, (2012), Lam, C. F.
  • PI: "Customer Service Voice", Doctoral Research Grant, (2008), Lam, C. F.
  • PI: "Autonomy Orientation", Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Grant, (2006), Lam, C. F., & Gurland, S.

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

Conference Papers

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Supervisory Experience

PeriodNature
2023 - 2024DBA Thesis - Jojo Wong
2022 - 2024PhD Thesis - Ziwei Wang
2021 - 2024DBA Thesis - Alfred Mu
2018 - 2023PhD Thesis - Qiying (Sakura) Du

External Academic Activities

PeriodOrganizerCountry / RegionRole
2023 - NowAcademy of Management ReviewUnited States of AmericaAssociate Editor
2022 - NowJournal of Organizational BehaviorUnited States of AmericaEditorial Board
2022 - NowManagement and Organization ReviewUnited States of AmericaEditorial Board
2021 - NowJournal of Applied PsychologyUnited States of AmericaEditorial Board