Biography

Before she joined the University, she was an academic at the Department of Management at City University for thirty years, and has served as Program Leader of the BBA HRM and as Associate Head of Department. Her major publications include Human Resources Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Business Research, Hong Kong Medical Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Marketing, European Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Global Marketing and others. Other academic services include ad hoc reviewer for several journals, author of book chapters and conference proceedings and was a member of reviewer panel for the textbook “Management” by Robbins & Coulter. She has also engaged in consulting and executive training for both private and public sector organizations in Hong Kong and China. Major organizations included JP Morgan, MTR, Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, Scout Association of Hong Kong, Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation, and the City Government of Tianjin. Dr Jenny Lee’s teaching interests include Management, International Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Business Strategy and Policy.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Human Resources Management, International Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Strategy and Policy.

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

• Akhtar S & Lee Jenny SY (2014) “Assessing factor structure and convergent validity of the work regulatory focus scale” Psychological Reports, 115(1), pp133-147.
• Lee Jenny S Y & Akhtar S (2011) “The effects of Job Content and Social Context on Nurse Burnout” Human Resource Management. 50(2), pp227-245.
• Akhtar S. & Lee Jenny SY (2010) “Job Burnout: Toward an integration of two dominant resource-based models” Psychological Reports, 107, 1, pp193-208.
• Luk C L, Yau O, Sin L, Tse A, Chow R & Lee Jenny S Y (2008) “The effects of social capital and organizational innovativeness in different institutional contexts”, Journal of International Business Studies. Vol.39 (4), pp589-612.
• Lee Jenny S Y & Akhtar S (2007) “Job burnout among nurses in Hong Kong: Implications for human resource practices and interventions”, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. Vol.45 (1), pp.63-84.
• Yau O, Chow R, Sin L, Tse A, Luk C L, Lee Jenny S Y (2007) “Developing a scale for Stakeholder Orientation”, European Journal of Marketing. Vol.41, No.11/12 pp.1306-1327.
• Akhtar S & Lee Jenny S Y (2006) “Sources, coping mechanisms, and consequences of burnout among nurses in Hong Kong public hospitals: implications for human resource management practices”, Hong Kong Medical Journal, Vol. 12(2), April.
• Sin L, Tse A, Yau O, Chow R, Lee Jenny S Y & Lau L (2005), "Relationship Marketing Orientation: Scale Development and Cross-cultural Validation", Journal of Business Research, Vol. 58, pp. 185-194.
• Sin L, Tse A, Yau O, Chow R, & Lee Jenny S Y (2005), "Market Orientation, Relationship Marketing Orientation and Business Performance: The Moderating Effects of Economic Ideology and Industry Type", Journal of International Marketing, Vol. 13(1), pp. 36-57.
• Tse A, Sin L, Yau O, Lee Jenny S Y & Chow R (2004), "A Firm's role in the marketplace and the relative importance of Market Orientation and Relationship marketing Orientation", European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 38, No. 9/10, pp. 1158-1172.
• Lee Jenny S Y, Yau O, Chow R, Sin L, & Tse, A (May-June 2004), "Changing roles and values of the female consumers in China", Business Horizons, Vol. 47(3), pp. 17-22.
• Sin L, Tse A, Yau O, Lee Jenny S Y & Chow R (2004), "Market Orientation and Business Performance in the PRC: A Regional Comparison", Journal of Global Marketing, Vol. 17, No. 2/3, pp. 55-89.
• Kwong K, Yau O, Lee Jenny S Y, Sin L & Tse, A (2003), "The Effects of Attitudinal and Demographic Factors on Intention to Buy Pirated CDs: The Case of Chinese Consumers", Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 47, pp. 223-235.
• Sin L, Tse A, Yau O, Lee Jenny S Y & Chow, R (2003), "Market Orientation and Business Performance: A comparative Study Between Firms in Hong Kong and Mainland China", European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 37, No. 5/6, pp. 910-936.
• Sin L, Tse A, Yau O, Lee Jenny S Y & Chow R (March 2003), "Market Orientation and Business Performance in a Chinese Business Environment", Journal of Business Research, Vol. 56(3), pp. 227-239.
• Akhtar S & Lee Jenny S Y (2002), "Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Job Burnout Correlates of the Health Professions Stress Inventory", Psychological Reports, Vol. 90, pp. 243-250.
• Sin L, Tse A, Yau O, Lee, Jenny S Y, & Chow R (2002), "The effect of Relationship Marketing Orientation on business Performance in a Service-oriented Economy", Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 16(7), pp. 656-676.
• Yau O, Lee Jenny S Y, Sin L & Tse A (2000), "Market Orientation and Business Performance: An Empirical Study in Mainland China", Journal of Global Marketing, Vol. 14, (3), pp. 5-29.
• Yau O, Lee Jenny S Y, Sin L, Tse A & Chow R (2000), "Relationship Marketing - the Chinese Way", Business Horizons, Vol. 43 (1) pp. 16-24.
• Yau O, McFetridge P R, Lee Jenny S Y, Chow R, Sin L & Tse A (2000), "Is Relationship Marketing for Everyone?", European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 34, pp. 1111-1127.
• Lee Jenny S Y (January-February 1999.), "Organizational Learning in China", Business Horizons, Vol. 42(1), pp. 37-44.
• Damon D, Tseng C S & Lee, Jenny S Y (December 1999), "The Human Resource Management Practices of Japanese Retail Department Stores of Southern China", Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, (Japan), Vol. 4, pp. 58-87.
• Lee Jenny S Y (1996), "Management development for Local Chinese Managers in Foreign-investment Enterprises", Review of Human Factor Studies 2(2), pp.60-72.
• Lee Jenny S Y, S. Akhtar (1996), "Determinants of employee willingness to use feedback for performance improvement: cultural and organizational interpretations", International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 7(4)