Department of Management
AACSB International EQUIS - European Quality Improvement System

Research Grants

Many different internal and external opportunities for research grants are available for the faculty in the department. Internal start-up grants are available to all new faculty. Recently, the Dean’s Office also provides research grants based on annual research output. Strategic Research Grant (SRG) from the university has also been an important source of financial support from which the faculty has benefited. In addition, our faculty members have been very successful in obtaining external competitive research grants such as the General Research Fund (GRF) and the Early Career Scheme (ECS).   

  Project Title
(New From 07/2023)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Overcoming cultural status disadvantage in multicultural teams: The role of leader global identity Dr. LAM Chak Fu GRF
  The Role of Family Firm Status in Target Firms Response to Hedge Fund Activism: the Socioemotional Wealth Perspective Dr. KOO Haeyoung ECS
  How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Work and Professions: The Case of Doctors Medical Trainees in the Great Bay Area Dr. SPENCER Bryan 

ECS

  Project Title
(From 03/2023)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  The Role of Internal and External Stakeholders on Corporate Governance and Strategic Changes of the Firm  Dr. KOO Haeyoung StUp
  Project Title
(From 7/2022)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Investigation of Factors that Shape Firm Innovation and Search  Dr. PARK Kyeonggook StUp
  Shielding Corporate Value from Trade War: The Roles of Market and Non-market Strategies Prof LU Jane SRG-Fd
  Challenging the status quo in a non-challenging way: A dominance complementarity view of voice inquiry Dr. LAM Chak Fu GRF
  Letter vs. Spirit: Punishments After Rule Circumvention vs. Violation Dr. WANG Long GRF
  Project Title
(From 03/2022)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  ​A Pursuit of Lower-Risk Innovation: Acquisition and the Interdependence between Technological and Marketing Capabilities Dr. SHIN Dong Hyun StUp
  Project Title
(On-going From 01/2021 to 09/2022)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Doing "Good" to Offset "Bad": The Moderating Role of Stakeholders Prof LU Jane GRF
  All-or-None: The Curvilinear Effect of CEO Servant Leadership on Organizational Performance Dr KIM Kyoung Yong GRF
  Role Modeling and Social Entrepreneurial Intention: The Psychological Mechanisms Dr AHN Yoojung SRG-Fd
  “I'm not good enough”: A self-verification Perspective on Why and When Employees may Provoke Abusive Supervision Dr LAM Chak Fu SRG-Fd
  The Paradox of Prosocial Rule Breaking and Trust Dr WANG Long SRG-Fd
  The Influence of Executives' Subjective View of Time on Strategic Decision-making Dr TANG Shi StUp
  Follower Self-efficacy and Cognitive Appraisals of Empowering Leadership Dr YIM Junhyok StUp
  Why Team Boundary Work Matters: The Role of Team Vigor and Team Job Demands on Team Effectiveness Dr ZHANG Melody Jun StUp
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2020 to 06/2021)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  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 Dr LAM Chak Fu GRF
  Reexamining the Relationship between Firm Diversification and Firm Performance: Two Facets of Diversification and the Dunbar Number of Diversification Prof LI Xiao Stan GRF
  Transforming the Mainstream Financial Sector for Sustainable Development: A Mixed-method Institutional Analysis Dr YAN Shipeng GRF
  Relational Ambidexterity and the Search for New Partners Prof YANG Haibin GRF
  Branding Options and Performance Implications: Empirical Evidence from International Franchise Hotels in China Dr LIAW Chya-Yi Emily SRG-Fd
  Optimal Diversification: How Organizational Category Affects Audiences' Evaluation on Firms' Diversification Strategies Prof LU Jane SRG-Fd
  Political Turnover and  Cross-border Acquisitions of Chinese Firms Prof LU Jane SGP
  The Misleading Truth: The Use of Paltering as a Strategy for Responding to Trust Violations Dr WANG Long SRG-Fd
  Dynamic Helping Experiences at Work Dr KIM You Jin StUp
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2019 to 06/2020)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Being an Extra Miler When Feeling Overqualified? Overqualification, Extra-role Behavior, Career Development, and the Moderation of Organizational Identification and Leader Humility Dr Melody Jun ZHANG ECS
  Status Change in the Aftermath of Environmental Shocks in Insurance Industry Prof LI Xiao StUp
  Collective Entrepreneurship in Collaborative Ecosystems Dr AHN Yoojung SRG
  An Examination of Leader Humility, Self-construal, and Leader Performance Dr Elsa CHAN SRG
  Voice Habit: Dimensions, Measurement, and Validation  Dr LAM Chak Fu SRG
  The Role of Status and Brokerage under Spencian Uncertainty and Knightian Uncertainty Prof LI Xiao SRG
  Branding Options and Performance Implications: Empirical Evidence from International Franchise Hotels in China   Dr LIAW Chya-Yi Emily SRG
  Whether and How: The Influence of Chair-CEO Pair on Firm Performance Prof MA Xufei SRG
  Gift Exchange and Downward Opportunism in Experimental Labor Markets Dr Long WANG SRG
  Emergence of Novel Practices, Organizations, and Markets in the Financial Sector: A Mixed-method Institutional Analysis Dr YAN Shipeng SRG
  VC Investment Decisions Under Uncertainty Prof Haibin YANG SRG
  The Growth of Chinese Firms in the 2000s: Responses to Performance Feedback Dr YU Shu SRG
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2018 to 06/2019)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Paying it Forward in Experimental Labor Markets Dr Long WANG RGC
  Foreign Direct Investment and the Founding of Local Startups Prof MA Xufei StUp
  Coalition or Contestation? The Impact of the (Un)alignment of CEO-Board’s Position Insecurity on Firm Performance According to Agency and Power Circulation Perspectives Prof Ziguang CHEN SRG
  Business Group CSR Reputation and the Value of Affiliated Firms Prof MA Xufei SRG
  Venture Capital Portfolio Investment under Uncertainty: Real Options and Networks Prof Haibin YANG SRG
  Understanding Novel Forms of Organizations in the Financial Sector: An Institutional Analysis Dr YAN Shipeng SRG
  Bilateral Legal Treaties and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment Dr YU Shu SRG
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2017 to 06/2018)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Golden Kids and Outcasts: How Leader-member Exchange Social Comparisons (LMXSC) Shape an Actor’s Interpersonal Behavior Toward a Target Member Dr Catherine Ka Fung LAM RGC
  Strategic Signaling and IPO Performance: A Social Judgment Perspective Prof William Wan RGC
  Communication at Work Dr LAM Chak Fu StUp
  Time Perspective in Crowdfunding Dr Elsa CHAN StUp
  Dynamic Managerial Capabilities in Collaborative Workspaces: Implications of Shared Human Capital, Social Capital, and Cognition Dr KIM Kyoung Yong StUp
  Examining Social Exchange Relationships at Work: A Multilevel Perspective Dr Linda Chang WANG StUp
  Compassion or Passion? Which has More Value for Social Entrepreneurship Dr Elsa CHAN SRG
  High Performance Work Practices and Human Resource Department's Organizational Embodiment Dr KIM Kyoung Yong SRG
  LMX Differentiation and Team Effectiveness: An Examination of  Dual Processes and Team Types Dr Linda Chang WANG SRG
  Non-normative Punishment: How and Why do People Use It? Dr Long WANG SRG
  PALSI Leader Coaching to Enhancing Student Creativity and Entrepreneurial Intention Dr Christina Sue-Chan T&L
  Coding, Design, and Global Involvement: Engaging Students in Multi-domain Active Learning Through the Creation of Mobile Apps and an Apps Resource Centre (ARC)  Dr Andy Kwan T&L
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2016 to 06/2017)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Gift-exchange and unethical reciprocity in experimental labor markets Dr Long WANG GRF
  Enhancing Expatriation Effectiveness: The Mitigating Effect of Attachment Security on Perceived Threat in Intercultural Conflict Prof Ziguang CHEN GRF
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2015 to 06/2016)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Standing in the Customers Shoes: Joint Effects of Perspective Taking and Proactive Personality on Customer Service Performance Prof Ziguang CHEN GRF
  The Burden of Seeing You: Relationship Conflict, Depletion, and Interpersonal Harming and Helping Behaviors Dr Catherine Ka Fung LAM GRF
  Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Litigation Risk Dr Cuili QIAN SRG-Fd
  Leader-member Exchange Relationships in Teams and Group Effectiveness: A Power Hierarchy Approach Dr Linda Chang WANG SRG-Fd
  The Paradox of Punishment and Trust Dr Long WANG
GRF
  Golden Kids and Outcasts: How Leader-member Exchange Social Comparisons (LMXSC) Shape an Actor’s Interpersonal Behavior Toward a Target Member Dr Catherine Ka Fung LAM GRF
  CSR and Firm Litigation Risk: Symbol or Substance? Dr Cuili QIAN SRG-Fd
  Consequences of Different Forms of LMX Configurations in Teams Dr Linda Chang WANG SRG-Fd
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2014 to 06/2015)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Creativity as a (Double-Edged) Pragmatic Moral Sword Dr Long WAN ECS
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2013 to 06/2014)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Locked in Time: The Temporal Inertia of Traditional Governance Research Prof Brian Keane BOYD StUp
  Paradigm Development in Chinese Management Research: The Role of Research Methodology Prof Brian Keane BOYD GRF
  Discovering the World of Management: Insights from Senior Students, Alumni, Faculty Member, and Business Practitioners Dr Andy Siu On KWAN TDG(CityU)
  Consequences of Supervisor Emotional Exhaustion: Abusive Supervision, Subordinate Deviance, and Self-Monitoring Dr Catherine Ka Fung LAM ECS
  Project Title
(On-going From 07/2012 to 06/2013)
Name of Investigator Funding Source
  Managerial Spillover Effects on Local Firms' Managerial Innovation and the Moderating Roles of Absorptive Capability and Local FDI Density Prof Muammer OZER GRF
  The Bright and Dark Sides of Delegation: Principals, Agents, and Morality Dr Long WANG GRF