Dr Eko LIAO

Coordinator of Research Advancement
Associate Professor
Department of Management

Academic & Professional Qualifications

PhD (The University of Hong Kong)

Biography

Dr. Eko Liao graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a PhD degree in Management. Her research interests include optimizing employees’ personal thriving and work experiences at workplace, and how leaders and organizations facilitate building a contemporary work environment to enhance such experiences. Dr. Eko Liao teaches management related subjects in undergraduate & postgraduate levels (e.g., MBA, MSc, PhD), and for executive training programs.

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Employee job crafting behaviors
  • Idiosyncratic deals
  • Organizational leadership
  • Paradox in organizations
  • Interpersonal dynamics at workplace

Intellectual Contributions (Publications, Conferences, Books, Book Chapters, etc.)

  • Inherent or Context-Dependent? Untangling the Dynamic Nature of Work Passion
    Liao, E. Y., Wong, N. Y. S., & Kong, H., 2022, In: Journal of Vocational Behavior. 138, p. 103770
  • Who influences an employee’s dark side: A meta-analysis of counterproductive workplace behaviors
    Liao, E. Y., Wang, A. Y., & Zhang, Q., 2021, In: Organizational Psychology Review. 11(2), p. 97-143.
  • A Resource-Based Perspective on Leader-Member Exchange: An Updated Meta-Analysis
    Liao, E. Y., & Hui, C., 2019, In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. p. 1-54.
  • A Resource-Based Perspective on Work-Family Conflict: An Updated Meta-Analysis
    Liao, E. Y., Lau, V. P., Hui, R., & Kong, H., 2019, In: Career Development International. 24(1), p. 37-73. (Outstanding Paper, Emerald Literati Awards 2020)
  • Supervisor monitoring and subordinate innovation
    Liao, E. Y., & Hui, C., 2016, In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. 37(2), p. 168-192.
  • The pipeline project: Pre-publication independent replications of a single laboratory’s research pipeline
    Schweinsberg, M., Madan, N., Vianello, M., Sommer, S. A., Jordan, J., Tierney, W., … Liao, E. Y., … & Srinivasan, M., 2016, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 66, p. 55-67. (author 19 out of 82)

Research Grants and Awards

  • Principal Investigator, Leading through Paradox: A Dual-Component Approach of Control-Autonomy Paradox. HKD 591,695, RGC. 2020-2021
  • Principal Investigator, Crafting for better or worse? An empirical investigation on different foci of employee job crafting behaviors. HKD603,117 RGC. 2018-2020
  • Principal Investigator, Identify the Uniqueness of Idiosyncratic Deals: A Comparison with Similar Practices and an Empirical Investigation. HKD339815, RGC. 2017-2019
  • Principal Investigator, Research project of counterproductive work behaviors 2013-2014
  • Co-Investigator, Macau Employee Confidence Index 2015
  • Co-Investigator, Personnel Survey of Macau Accountancy Sector 2015