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Biography

Professor Lau received his BA degree in Journalism from the National Chengchi University and obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His papers have been published in Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Management, Family Business Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and International Journal of Hospitality Management, among others. Before joining The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, he was a faculty member of the Department of Management at both the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Professor Lau has adopted various pedagogical methods, such as cooperative learning and problem-based learning approaches, to help students become more active and interactive in their learning. He has also gained extensive work experience. Before entering academia, he worked in commercial firms and was an entrepreneur, running his own business ventures. These industrial and entrepreneurial experiences not only provide valuable insights into his research and teaching, but also enable him to offer quality service within the university.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Envy and Jealousy
• Acculturation and Adaptation
• Newcomer Socialization
• Career Success
• Business Ethics

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

Journal papers
• Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2023). A typological theory of domestic employees' acculturation stress and adaptation in the context of globalization. Academy of Management Review, 48(1), 57–77. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2019.0408
• Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2023). Cultural purity as in utopias, (de)globalization as externalities, and typologies as parsimonious models of domestic employees' acculturation stress and adaptation responses. Academy of Management Review. 48(1): 165–168. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2022.0221
• Ng, S. C. H., Lau, V. P., & He, Y. (2022). Impacts of planned quality change in physical workplace on employees' behaviour: A quasi-experiment. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 33(5-6): 700-725. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2021.1890015
• Liao, E. Y., Lau, V. P., Hui, R., & Kong, K. H. (2019). A Resource-based perspective on work– family conflict: Meta-analytical findings. Career Development International, 24(1), 37-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-12-2017-0236
• Wong, Y. Y., Chow, I. H. S., Lau, V. P., & Gong, Y. Y. (2018). Benefits of team participative decision making and its potential to affect individual creativity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 48(7), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12517
• Lau, V. P., Wong, Y. Y., & Chow, W. C. (2013). Turning the tables: Mitigating effects of proactive personality on the relationships between work-to-family conflict and work- and nonwork-related outcomes. Career Development International, 18(5), 503-520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CDI-01-2012-0020
• Kwan, H. K., Lau, V. P., & Au, K. (2012). Effects of family-to-work conflict on business owners: The role of family business. Family Business Review, 25(2), 178-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894486511426006
• Lau, V. P., Dimitrova, M. N., Shaffer, M. A., Davidkov, T., & Yordanova, D. I. (2012). Entrepreneurial readiness and firm growth: An integrated etic and emic approach. Journal of International Management, 18(2), 147-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2012.02.005
• Loi, R., Ngo, H. Y., Zhang, L., & Lau, V. P. (2011). The interaction between leader-member exchange and perceived job security in predicting employee altruism and work performance. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 84(4), 669-685. https://doi.org/10.1348/096317910X510468
• Zhang, L., Liu, J., Loi, R., Lau, V. P., & Ngo, H. Y. (2010). Social capital and career outcomes: A study of Chinese employees. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21(8), 1323-1336. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2010.483862
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2009). Direct and multiplicative effects of ethical dispositions and ethical climates on personal justice norms: A virtue ethics perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 90(2), 279-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0042-z
• Lau, V. P., Shaffer, M. A., & Au, K. (2007). Entrepreneurial career success from a Chinese perspective: Conceptualization, operationalization, and validation. Journal of International Business Studies, 38(1), 126-146. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400252
• Chow, I. H. S., Lau, V. P., Lo, W. C. T., Sha, Z., & Yun, H. (2007). Service quality in restaurant operations in China: Decision- and experiential-oriented perspectives. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 26(3), 698-710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2006.07.001
• Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (1999). Career success: The effects of personality. Career Development International, 4(4), 225-230. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620439910270607

Book chapters

• • Lau, V. P., Hsu, Y. S., & Shaffer, M. A. (2012). Global careers in China. In C. Reis, & Y. Baruch (Eds.), Careers Without Borders: Critical Perspectives (pp. 247–267). London: Routledge.

Trade books

• • 劉柏能、萬頴恩、黃琮貽主編（2019）《管理求變10 招：香港 企業之變革與創新》香港：匯智出版社。
  • 劉柏能、王賢儀、 容少鵬（2017）《80課學懂HRM：人力資源管理的原理與實務指引》香港：匯智出版社。
  • 翟敏娟、劉柏能、劉忠明（2009）《策略學精要》香港：匯智出版社。
  • 劉柏能、翟敏娟、劉忠明（2008）《企業學精要》香港：匯智出版社。
  • 劉忠明、翟敏娟、劉柏能（2007）《管理學精要》香港：匯智出版社。

Conference Papers

• Lau, V. P., Wong, Y. Y., & Shaffer, M. A. (2024). Envy and Jealousy in Team Incumbents towards High-performing Organizational Newcomers: Insights from a Threatened Dominance Perspective. The European Academy of Management 2024 Conference, Bath, UK.
• Wong, Y. Y., & Lau, V. P. (2023). Does Management Commitment to Service Quality Matter? The Buffering Effects on Negative and Positive Display Rules, Team Engagement, and Team Effectiveness from a Prevention‐ and Promotion‐focused Job Demands Perspective. The Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Conference 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Zhang, Y., Lau, V. P., Davidkov, T., & Yordanova, D. (2017). I am Better than You See: Testing the Relationship between Self-awareness of Entrepreneurs’ Readiness and Firm Growth. Academy of International Business Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2016). Value Congruence in Gen Y Employees: Mediated Moderation Effects of Affective and Cognitive Components and Paternalistic Leadership on Attitudinal Outcomes. The 23rd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Nagoya, Japan.
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2016). Are Entrepreneurs Really the Happiest People on Earth? A Study of Entrepreneurial Emotional Labor. The 30th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
• Liao, Y., Lau, V. P., Hui, R., & Hong, K. (2016). A Resource-Based Perspective on Work-Family Conflict: An Updated Meta-Analysis. The 30th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2015). Globalization Shock and Adjustment. The 29th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand.
• Lau, V. P., Chow, H. S. I., & Wong, Y. Y. (2015). Can Intergroup Competition and Intragroup Evaluation Reduce the Free Rider Problem in Group Projects? Action Research of Students in Higher Education. The 4th International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences, Hokkaido, Japan.
• Wong, Y. Y., Chow, H. S. I., & Lau, V. P. (2015). How do diversity and inclusiveness affect work performance? The 4th International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences, Hokkaido, Japan.
• Wong, C. Y. A., Chow, M., Lau, V. P., & Chow, H. S. I. (2014). Interactive activities for year one students of undergraduate programs in the Asian context. Teaching and Learning Conference at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2014). A study of Chinese entrepreneurs: Firm performance and personal achievement. The 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Sydney, Australia.
• Lau, V. P., Wong, Y. Y., & Law, K. K. (2013). Corporate social responsibility and firm performance: Do the mindsets of corporate leaders matter? Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• Lau, V. P., Wong, Y. Y., & Chow, W. C. (2013). Turning the tables: The mitigating effects of proactive personality on work-to-family conflict. Academy of Management Meeting, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, USA.
• Dimitrova, M. N., Dilek, G. Y., Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2013). Internalizing legitimacy: The indirect link between perceptions of entrepreneurship's legitimacy and entrepreneurs' innovative behavior. Academy of International Business Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Ng, S. C. H., & Lau, V. P. (2013). A Study of the Effect of Workplace Environment Management Practices on Employees' Behavior in the China Context. The 12th International Decision Science Institute and the 18th Asia Pacific DSI Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
• Lau, V. P., Wong, Y. Y., & Chow, H. S. I. (2012). Get your way in different cultures: Organizational influence tactics and career goal attainment in Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States. Asia Academy of Management Conference, Seoul, South Korea.
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2012). In the eyes of beholders: Personal reputation in China. International Academy of Business and Economics Conference, Venice, Italy.
• Lau, V. P., Wong, Y. Y., Hsu, Y. S., & Shaffer, M. A. (2011). The impact of globalization on career development in China. 2011 China Global Talent Conference, Guangzhou, China.
• Lau, V. P., Chow, H. S. I., Tso, H., & Wong, Y. Y. (2011). Impacts of change on administrative staffs in universities. The 11th International DSI and the 16th APDSI Joint Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
• Wong, Y. Y., Luk, K. Y., Lau, V. P., & Chow, H. S. I. (2011). Do employees engage in CSR in the Chinese context? A regulatory focus perspective. The 21st International Conference on the Pacific Rim Management, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
• Dimitrova, M. N., Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2011). Entrepreneurial social status and business growth: the interdependent relationship between society and entrepreneurs across Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and Mainland China. Academy of International Business Conference, Nagoya, Japan
• Lau, V. P., & Chow, H. S. I., & Wong, Y. Y. (2011). Organizational change in public sector health care organizations and universities. Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
• Kwan, H. K., Lau, V. P., & Au, K. (2009). Effects of family on Chinese business owners: A test of conservation of resources theory. Southern Management Association Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
• Wong, Y. Y., Lau, V. P., & Kwok, M. L. J. (2009). Proactivity, social network, and career satisfaction: Is work-family conflict necessarily bad? Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2009). Direct and multiplicative effects of ethical dispositions and climates on personal justice norms. Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• Lau, V. P., & Zhang, Y. (2008). Direct and indirect effects of entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Lau, V. P., Loi, R., Ngo, H. Y., & Zhang, L. (2008). Antecedents and consequences of intrinsic career success: Social exchange and social identity perspectives in China. Asia Academy of Management Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2008). Entrepreneurial readiness and growth. Academy of International Business Conference, Milan, Italy.
• Lau, V. P., & Wong, Y. Y. (2008). Personal justice norms: Effects of ethical ideologies, dispositions, and climates. Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA.
• Zhang, L., Liu, J., Loi, R., Lau, V. P., & Ngo, H. Y. (2008). Social capital and career outcomes: A study of Chinese employees. Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA.
• Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2007). Entrepreneurial capital theory of career success: A social learning perspective. Asia Academy of Management Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
• Sin, H. P., Harrison, D. A., Shaffer, M. A., & Lau, V. P. (2004). Breaking ties: Relationship disruptive behaviors at work. Academy of Management Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
• Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2002). Entrepreneurial career success in the context of Southeast Asian values: Scale and model development and assessment. Asia Academy of Management Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (1998). Why are entrepreneurs committed to their careers? A study of Hong Kong small business owners. South China International Business Symposium, Macau, China.