The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
School of Business - The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Dr Eko LIAO

MBM Associate Programme Director

Associate Professor
Department of Management

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Researcher
  • 290 Citation(s)
  • 6 h-index(es)

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.)

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

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