Professor Victor LAU

Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate Programmes); MBA (in Chinese) Programme Director, School of Business

Professor
Department of Management

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活躍的學者
  • 743引用
  • 12H指數

學術及專業資歷

PhD (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
MSc (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
BA (National Chengchi University)

簡歷

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.

研究與教學範疇

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

學術貢獻

Publications (A*/ A/ B in ABDC journal list only): 

  • 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. (UTD)
  • Lau, V. P., & Shaffer, M. A. (2023a). 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. (UTD)
  • 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)
  • 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 Socialblobal Psychology, 48(7), 369–376. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12517.(ABDC: B)
  • 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 outcome. Career Development International, 18(5), 503–520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CDI-01-2012-0020 (ABDC: B)
  • 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 (ABDC: A)
  • 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 (ABDC: A)
  • 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 (ABDC: A)
  • 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 (ABDC: A)
  • 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 (ABDC: A*)
  • 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 (ABDC: A*)
  • 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 (ABDC: B)