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Prof. LEE Kwok On Matthew (李國安教授)

LLM - Commercial & Corporate Law (University of London)
LLB - Law (University of London)
PhD - Computer Science (University of Manchester)
MSc - Computation (University of Oxford)
MBA - Business Administration (University of Sheffield)
BEng - Electronic Engineering (University of Sheffield)

Chair Professor of Information Systems & E-Commerce

Prof. LEE Kwok On Matthew (李國安教授)

Contact Information

Address: 6-251, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong
Phone: +852 34422882
Fax: +852 34420369
E-mail:
matthew.lee@cityu.edu.hk

Research Areas

  • Electronic Commerce
  • Online Social Networks
  • Knowledge Management
  • Managing IT-based Innovation Adoption and Diffusion
  • Online addiction and other adverse effects of ICT

Main research focus: Intersection between Information Technology, People, and Business from a behavioral perspective. 

Publications: over 150 articles published in leading journals including MISQ, JIBS, JAIS, JMIS, ISJ, etc.

Major external grants as PI: HK$ 94 million (8 GRF, 1 TDG, 2 HKJC Charities Trust). 

Prizes & honors: Research.com Business and Management in China Leader Award (2022-24); Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientists (2021-24)

Bibliometrics: H-index: 91, Citations: >42000 

Professor Matthew K. O. Lee holds a tenured position as Chair Professor of Information Systems & E-Commerce at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU).  He has over 2 decades of academic and administrative leadership experience. He was Vice-President (Development and External Relations) and a member of the university's senior management team (President's Cabinet) (2015-2023).  He was Associate Dean (2001-2006, 2007-2011) and Interim Dean (2006-2007) of the College of Business, CityU, and the founding Director of the CityU DBA Programme. Professor Lee was Head of the Department of Information Systems (1995-2001) and University Director of Communications and Public Relations (2009-2015) at CityU. He was also the Residence Master of Jockey Club Harmony Hall at the CityU Student Residence (2005-2011).  Professor Lee was previously a faculty member at University College London (UCL), and a staff scientist at BP Research headquarters in London, UK. Professor Lee holds a first-class honors bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering, an MSc in software engineering, a Ph.D. in computer science, an MBA, and two law degrees.  He is the recipient of several prestigious University scholarships and prizes, including an IEE Prize and a College Scholarship from Oxford University, where he read for one of his degrees. He has also completed the Internet Law Program at Harvard Law School.  Professor Lee is a qualified Barrister-at-Law in Hong Kong, England & Wales, a Chartered Engineer (UK Engineering Council), and a professional member of the British Computer Society.

Professor Lee's research focuses on the intersection between IT, people, and business. It addresses questions on why people use IT systems, how they use such systems, and the results and impacts that IT system usage brings about. He has researched and published many studies on technology acceptance, e-Word of Mouth, online shopping & brand community, system implementation success, and adverse impact of technology adoption such as addiction, cyberbullying, and technology stress. The range of IT systems involved in Professor Lee's research is diverse, ranging from online e-learning systems through multi-user metaverse gaming platforms to corporate ERP systems.  Professor Lee's research approach is mainly theory-driven, empirical, and behavioral in nature.

Professor Lee has published over two hundred refereed articles in international journals, conference proceedings, and research textbooks. He is the Principal Investigator of several prestigious competitive grants and has published in leading research journals (such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, Communications of the ACM, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Decision Support Systems, Information & Management, and the Journal of International Business Studies). His research has received numerous citations, and he has been rated as the most highly cited business professor at CityU for many years. Professor Lee has taken editorial roles in several leading scholarly journals, including MIS Quarterly, the Information Systems Journal, and the International Journal of Information Management, among others. With a very successful grant record, Professor Lee has successfully secured and led many externally funded research projects with a total value of over HK$65 million.

According to the “H-Index for Management Information Systems” published by the University of Arizona in May 2022, Prof Lee ranks in the top 3 in Asia as an MIS professor.  He has been ranked among the top 2% of scientists in his field since 2020, according to annual reports and data metrics published by Stanford University. Professor Lee is the recipient of Research.com Business and Management in China Leader Award in 2022, 2023, and 2024, being recognized as among the top 10 most influential scientists in the field of business and management in the region of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Professor Lee has a long and distinguished record of professional and public service at a senior level. He was Chairman of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC) advising the HKSAR Government on relevant APEC-related economic and cooperation matters, and he is currently a board member of the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board, the Hong Kong Productivity Council, and a member of the Process Review Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and the UGC Working Group on Research Assessment Exercise Electronic System.  He has over 2 decades of corporate governance experience at the board level as an independent non-executive director of enterprises listed on the main board of the HK Stock Exchange.  Professor Lee was a member of the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC) Business Studies Panel (2009-2014), and an Appeal Board member under the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance. He was a founding vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Computer Society e-Business Special Interest Group and served as a member of the IT Training Committee of the Vocation Training Council. Professor Lee had also served on the IT Projects Vetting Committee of the Innovation and Technology Commission for many years.

(Google Scholar Citations: >42000; H-Index: 91 / as of 31 March 2025)

Teaching Areas

  • Knowledge Management
  • Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship

Research Grant

  • PI: " Why is the Metaverse so Addictive? The Role of Multimodal Interactive Experience", GRF - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: 678,542 (2024-2026) , MKO Lee, CMK Cheung
  • PI: "CoolThink 2.0 - Computation Thinking for Primary School Students", , Amount: $90 million (2016-2025) , Matthew Lee
  • PI: "Understanding Technology-Mediated Self-Regulation in Hedonic IS/IT Use: Implications for Preventing Social Networking Site Addiction", GRF - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: 585,041 (2018-2021) , MKO Lee, CMK Cheung, Z Lee
  • PI: "Why We Cannot Put Down Our Smart-phones: Explaining Compulsive Smartphone Use Through Positive and Negative Reinforcement Processes ", GRF - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $293,104 (2014-2017) , MKO Lee, CMK Cheung
  • PI: "The Development of Problematic Use of Online Social Networking Sites: A Theoretical Model and its Empirical Test ", GRF - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $183,410 (2013-2016) , MKO Lee, CMK Cheung
  • co-PI: "Understanding Instant Information Sharing in Social MediaNational ", , Amount: CNY250,000 (2013-2015) , XL Jin, MKO Lee, et al
  • co-PI: "Why Members Continue to Share Knowledge in Virtual Knowledge Communities : A Longitudinal Study", GRF - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $453,100 (2009-2011) , CMK Cheung, MKO Lee
  • PI: "KM Information e-Portal User Satisfaction: The Asymmetric and Non-Linear Impact of Perceived Performance and Expectation Disconfirmation ", GRF - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $420,100 (2007-2010) , MKO Lee, et al
  • PI: "The Measurement of Web-based Information Systems Satisfaction: Theoretical Development and Testing of Competing Models ", CERG - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $500,080 (2005-2007) , MKO Lee, et al
  • co-PI: "Building Trust in the Digital Economy: Perception Management on the Internet ", CERG - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $475,174 (2003-2005) , K Lim, MKO Lee
  • PI: "The University Learning Park ", TDG - Hong Kong University Grant Council , Amount: $1,300,000 (1999-2000) , MKO Lee, C Wagner, J Ma, et al
  • PI: " Organizational Adoption of Internet-based Electronic Commerce: A Hong Kong Study", CERG - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $447,000 (1998-2000) , MKO Lee, KK Wei
  • PI: "Adoption and Impact of Financial EDI in Hong Kong ", CERG - Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Amount: $320,384 (1997-1999) , MKO Lee, KK Wei
  • co-PI: "IT Centre for Business Process Reengineering ", ISF - Hong Kong SAR Government Industry Department , Amount: $3,700,000 (1996-1999) , J Ma, MKO Lee et al

Selected Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews
Conference Papers
Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works