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The Department of Management at HKUST is recognized internationally as a significant force in research. It is especially acclaimed for its faculty’s research work in relations to China. It cares about the intellectual development of this region and contributes to it through active research, high-quality teaching, and on-going participation in community activities.

 


 

 

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 Forthcoming/ In press

  • Li, J.T. & Tang, Y. In press. CEO hubris and firm risk taking in China: The moderating role of managerial discretion. Academy of Management Journal. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

  • Chattopadhyay, P., Finn, C.P, & Ashkanasy, N.M. Forthcoming. Asymmetrical effects of functional dissimilarity on identification, emotion and behavior in surgical teams. Academy of Management Journal. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

  • Wang, X. M., Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. In press. The roles of rater goals and ratee performance levels in the distortion of performance rating. Journal of Applied Psychology.(2008 Impact Factor: 3.769)

  • Marquis, C. & Huang, Z. Forthcoming. The contingent nature of public policy and the growth of U.S. commercial banking. Academy of Management Journal. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

  • Sullivan, B.N. Forthcoming. Competition and Beyond: Problems and Attention Allocation in the Organizational Rulemaking Process. Organization Science.(2008 Impact Factor: 2.575)

  • Wanberg,C. R., Zhu, J. & van Hooft, E.A.J. Forthcoming. The job-search grind: Perceived progress, self-reactions, and self-regulation of search effort. Academy of Management Journal. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

 

2009 

  • Kirkman, B. L., Chen, G., Farh, J. L., Chen, Z. X., & Lowe, K. B. 2009. Individual power distance orientation and follower reactions to transformational leaders: A cross-level, cross-cultural examination. Academy of Management Journal, 52:744-764. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

  • Gong, Y., Huang, J. C. & Farh,J. L. 2009. Employee learning orientation, transformational leadership, and employee creativity: The mediating role of employee creative self-efficacy. Academy of Management Journal, 52:765-778. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

  • Gong, Y., Law, K.S., Chang, S., & Xin, K.R. 2009.  Human resource management and firm performance: The differential role of managerial affective and continuance commitment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94:263-275. (2008 Impact Factor: 3.769)

  • Takeuchi, R., Wang, M., Marinova, S. V., & Yao, X. 2009. The role of domain-specific perceived organizational support during expatriation and their implications for performance. Organization Science, 20:621-634. (2008 Impact Factor: 2.575)

  • Choi, J., & Wang, H. 2009. Stakeholder relations and the persistence of corporate financial performance. Strategic Management Journal, 30:895-907. (2008 Impact Factor: 3.344)

  • Wang, H., He, J., & Mahoney, J. 2009.  Firm-specific knowledge resources and competitive advantage: The roles of economic- and relationship-based employee governance mechanisms. Strategic Management Journal, 30:1265-1285 (2008 Impact Factor: 3.344)

  • He, J., & Wang, H. 2009.  Innovative knowledge assets and economic performance: The asymmetric roles of incentive and monitoring. Academy of Management Journal, 52:919-938. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

  • Kuilman, J. &  Li, J.T.  2009. Grades of membership and legitimacy spillovers: Foreign banks in Shanghai, 1847-1935. Academy of Management Journal, 52:229-245. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.079)

  • Kuilman, J., Vermeulen,  I. & Li, J.T. 2009. The consequents of organizer ecologies: A logical formalization. Academy of Management Review, 34:253-272. (2008 Impact Factor: 6.125)

 

2008

  • Lee, S., Shenkar, O. and J.T. Li. 2008. Cultural distance, investment flow and control in cross-border cooperation. Strategic Management Journal, 29: 1117–1125.

  • Li, J.T. 2008. Asymmetric interactions between foreign and domestic banks: Effects on market entry. Strategic Management Journal, 29: 873-893.

  • Chattopadhyay, P., George, E., & Shulman, A. 2008. The asymmetrical influence of sex dissimilarity in distributive vs. colocated work groups. Organization Science, 19: 581-593.

  • Moon, H., Kamdar, D., Mayer, D. M., & Takeuchi, R. 2008. Me or we? The role of personality and justice as other-centered antecedents to taking charge within organizations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93: 84-94.

  • Takeuchi, R., Shay, J. P., & Li, J. T. 2008. When does decision autonomy increase expatriate managers’adjustment? An empirical test. Academy of Management Journal, 51: 45-60.

  • Wang, H., Choi, J., & Li, J.T. 2008. Too little or too much? Untangling the relationship between corporate philanthropy and firm financial performance. Organization Science , 19: 143-159.

  • Wang, H. & Lim, S. 2008. Real options and real value: The role of employee incentives to make specific human capital investments. Strategic Management Journal, 29: 701-721.

  • No, S., Hong, Y., Liao, H., Lee, K., Wood, D., & Chao, M. M. 2008. Lay theory of race affects and moderates Asian Americans’ responses toward American culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95: 991-1004.

  • Wu, G. & Markle, A. 2008. An empirical test of gain-loss separability in prospect theory. Management Science, 54: 1322-1335.

  • Stam, W. & Elfring, T. 2008. Entrepreneurial orientation and the performance of high-technology ventures: The moderating role of intra- and extraindustry social capital. Academy of Management Journal, 51: 97-111.

  • Morris, M., Podolny, J. & Sullivan, B.N. 2008. Culture and Coworker Relations: Interpersonal Patterns in American, Chinese, German, and Spanish Divisions of a Global Retail Bank. Organization Science, 19: 517-532.

 

 List of top 60 business and management related journals (2008)

 List of top-tier journal articles (2005-2007)

 

 This website was last updated on Nov 17, 2009.

 
 

Research Seminar

 

List of Research Seminars

 

Next Seminar:

Speaker:

Prof Sea-Jin Chang,
National University of Singapore

Title:

Post-liberalization Industry Shakeout in China, 1998-2006

Date:

December 4, 2009 (Friday)

Time:

10:30am-12:00pm

Venue:

Rm2404 (Lift 17-18)

 

 

 Department in the News

  • Department name change to Department of Management.  Effective from August 1, 2009, the official name of our department has been changed from “Department of Management of Organizations” (組織管理學系) to “Department of Management” (管理學系). In this connection, all courses offered by our department have been recorded with the “MGMT” prefix instead of “MGTO" starting from the fall semester in 2009.

  • Outstanding Management Student Scholarship: The 2009-10 award presentation ceremony was held at MSA Festival on Oct 2, 2009. For more information, please click here.

  • MGMT department ranks #7 in the world for 2008: according to UT-Dallas survey of top business school research in terms of publications in five premier management journals (Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal).

  • The MGMT Department have won the first Franklin Department Award for Teaching Excellence for the Year 2007. The purpose of the award was to recognize the collective efforts made by a department's faculty in achieving overall teaching excellence.

  • Prof J.T. Li appointed as Associate Editor for Strategic Management Journal, a top-tier academic journal in strategy.

  • Prof Riki Takeuchi has won the 2010 Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award by Society for Industrial & organizational Psychology (SIOP). This award is given to an individual who has made distinguished contributions to the science and/or practice of I-O psychology within seven years of receiving the Ph.D. degree. Please click to read what the winner has to say.

  • Prof Riki Takeuchi, Prof Emily Nason and Prof Stephen Nason have been voted as the Best Ten Lecturers 2008. This is also the second year in a roll that MGMT has three of the Best Ten Lecturers at HKUST.

  • Recent articles in Hong Kong Economic Journal (in Chinese) by Prof J.T. Li:

 

 

New Faculty

Warmly welcome our new Assistant Professors:

  • Dr Melody Chao received her PhD degree in social psychology from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

  • Dr Alex Markle received his PhD degree in managerial and organizational behaviour from University of Chicago. Before joining HKUST, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University.

  • Dr Wouter Stam received his PhD degree in strategic management from VU University Amsterdam. Before joining HKUST, he was Assistant Professor of VU University Amsterdam.