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MAY 2014

Newsletter

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

Event Highlights

Student Activities 2

Student Corner

Inter-Collegiate Business 3

Competition (ICBC) 2014 - Finalist

CAR and WIE Integration - 4

First Bucket of Gold in China

New Research Students - 4

2013/14 Admission

Staff Column

Departmental Advisory Committee 5

A+ Researchers 6-7

Staff Updates 8-9

Outstanding International 10

Psychologist Award

Faculty Prize 2012-13 10

FB Fellow Award 2012-13 10

Establishment of Sustainability 11

Management Research Centre

General Research Fund Awards 11

2013-14

MM Staff’s Recent Appointment 11

in Professional Service

Asian Centre for Branding 12-13

& Marketing (ACBM)

Centre for Leadership & 14-15

Innovation (CLI)

MM is currently in a stage of growth after the past ten years of research promotion andteaching consolidation. “Achieving research excellence to underpin teaching and support services” is my academic philosophy. I aspire to steer MM toward a higher level of performance in research, teaching, and service terms by adopting a holistic approach to the proper integration of research, teaching and services.

Today’s world is changing fast, accelerating the pace of knowledge generation and replacement. Preparing our graduates to be “qualified for the real world” is no longer enough to enable them to stay competitive in the globalizing knowledge economy.

With the education paradigm shifting from knowledge building to creative thinking under FB’s new mission of discovering, designing and delivering “Innovation-driven Education and Scholarship (IDEAS)”, my advice to our graduates and alumni is to sustain your career development with innovation and responsibility by improving your conceptual capability through life-long learning.

Through MM newsletters, I look forward to connecting with al l of you by communicating the latest developments in our Department as well as sharing stories about our students’ learning achievements and our graduates’ career successes. In return, we look forward to receiving your feedback and stories for sharing.

2 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Student Activities Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncake Party 18 September 2013

MM staff and undergraduate students gathered over mooncakes, fruits and snacks to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Professional Grooming Workshop1 November 2013

A team of make-up artists from Giorgio Armani Beauty conducted a make-up demonstration and shared tips on daily skincare with our students and staff.

MM Career Talk24 October 2013

Kino Law, Strategic Director of the Park Hotel Group, shared with students the reasons for his career choices and the challenges he faced as a young manager.

Kino graduated from PolyU with a BBA in Marketing and went on to study his MA in International Political Economy at the University of Warwick.

IT Skills Workshop on Online Survey 15 November 2013

Yeung Ho Lok (BBA Marketing Year 1) showed how making an online survey using Google can be easily done. Participants found the workshop very useful and provided suggestions for future IT workshops.

PolyU Micro Fund Sharing by 2013 Competition Winners 5 December 2013

Gago Ma, Alvin Cheng and Raymond Yeung (all final year BBA Marketing students) shared how they came up with their winning idea of a screening service network for diabetic retinopathy.

Students listening attentively to the trainer, Yeung Ho Lok (right)

Raymond Yeung answering a question raised by a student

Staff and students after the party

The make-up team with student organizers Kassey Tam (second from right) and Rex Wong (extreme right, holding the poster for the event)

(From left) Edwin Wong, Kino Law and Clara Tsang

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Christine Chan and Angela Lee (both from BBA Management, Year 3) par ticipated in the Human Resources category of the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition in 2014. After a preliminary round, the team of two was chosen to participate in the final round of the competition, held at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON, Canada on 2-4 January 2014. The team was one of only a handful of teams chosen from outside of Canada, and was competing against teams that had taken an entire subject to train for this competition!

Christine Chan says:“It was our honor to represent the PolyU Faculty of Business competing in ICBC 2014. This competition provided us with an invaluable opportunity to learn and apply our knowledge to real industrial contexts. It was a good platform to enable us to integrate what we had learned in class, and to propose business solutions in real industrial contexts with time constraints. It also gave us an opportunity to enhance our cross-cultural experience and gain an understanding of Canadian history and culture.”

Angela Lee says:“I am proud of being able to make it so far … I got the opportunity to interact with brilliant students from various countries. The feedback I got from the judges was really useful. I was also able to observe different schools' presentations and learn from them … This whole competition experience has been wonderful. I am really thankful for this opportunity and I think it is extremely useful for FB students to have the chance to participate in such international competitions.”

Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) 2014 – Finalist

Angela Lee (left) and Christine Chan

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New Research Students – 2013/14 Admission

LI Xueni, Shirley Bachelor (Major) of Management (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law), Bachelor (Minor) of Arts (Central China Normal University), Master of Management (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)

Research Areas: Online Marketing, Service Marketing

Shirley is pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy degree under the supervision of Dr Ricky Chan and Dr Kimmy Chan. Her research topic is “How Can Online Customer Service Representatives Better Deliver Their Positive Emotion? Emotional Contagion and Role Behavior Perspectives.”

LI Jing, AaronBachelor of Science (Huainan Normal University), Master of Economics (Shenzhen University)

Research Areas: Information Management, Data Mining

Aaron is pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy degree under the supervision of Prof. Eric Ngai and Dr Xin Xu. Her research topic is “Novel Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Constrained Portfolio Optimization Problem”.

SI Wei BA in Marketing & MA in Human Resource Management (Renmin University of China)

Research Areas: Job Insecurity, Organizational Justice, Chinese Organizational Behaviour Issues

SI Wei is pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy degree under the supervision of Dr Warren Chiu, Prof. Xu Huang and Prof. Jason Shaw. His research topic is “Job Insecurity, Procedural Justice, Core Self Evaluation, and Job Attitudes: A Three-way Interaction Model”.

The pilot-run Chinese version CAR subject entitled “First Bucket of Gold in China” was successfully launched last summer in Hangzhou, China. A total of 45 students came from various departments to take this subject. During the 7-day field trip in Hangzhou, they visited three popular companies and attended three influencing CEO forums. The Alibaba Group was one of the companies they visited. Most of the students were so impressed with the Marketing Director’s sharing of Alibaba’s history and innovations, and the future direction of its development. In the CEO forum, students had opportunities to consult CEOs regarding their experience in business ventures. Overall, this subject should provide students with an understanding of the skills needed for doing business with technologies and the Internet in China.

This year, we are offering this subject again, working together with CAPS (the Office of Careers and Placement Services) to integrate it with project-based WIE jobs in Hangzhou. Students can arrange to stay behind after this subject’s field trip in Hangzhou and continue to work on subject-related business projects in an organization there.

To accompany this subject, a book with the same title as “First Bucket of Gold in China” was written by the subject lecturer Dr Eric Lam and published by Pearson last November. It is a practical book with the key knowledge to guide readers in starting up their business step by step in China. The book covers the major topics of: 1. Business venture trends and thinking, 2. Creativity in business ventures,

3. Bridging the business plan and real world, 4. Entrepreneurs killing skills, 4. Learning from others, 5. Building business models, 6. Where the funding comes from, and 7. Review when the time is right.

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Chairman:

Departmental Advisory CommitteeMembership of the Advisory Committee on Management and Marketing:

External Members:

Internal Members:

Dr Peter Lau Chairman & Chief Executive Giordano International Limited

Dr Chan Chung-yee Hubert, JP Chairman HKC International Holdings Limited

Dr Chan Yue-kwong MichaelChairman Café de Coral Holdings Limited

Ir. Daniel M. Cheng, MH, JP Managing Director Dunwell Enviro-Tech (Holdings) Ltd.

Mr Edmond T. M. HoManaging DirectorThe Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd.

Ms Randy Lai Managing Director, Hong Kong / Regional Manager, TaiwanMcDonald’s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Limited

Ir. Dr Kelvin K. Y. LeungCEO, Asia Pacific DHL Global Forwarding (Hong Kong) Limited

Mr Mark LuntChairman Jardine OneSolution Holdings

Dr Mark WatsonHead of Environmental Affairs Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

Prof. Edwin ChengChair Professor of Management and Dean Faculty of Business The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Carlos LoProfessor and HeadDepartment of Management and Marketing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr Ricky Chan Associate Professor and Associate Head Department of Management and Marketing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Eric NgaiProfessor and Associate HeadDepartment of Management and Marketing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr Robert WrightAssociate Professor Department of Management and Marketing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Dr Flora Gu has a co-authored paper published in the October 2013 issue of the Journal of Marketing Research. The co-authors of her paper, entitled “Observer Effects of Punishment in a Distribution Network”, are Dr Danny Wang of Hong Kong Baptist University and Dr Maggie Dong of the City University of Hong Kong.

Abstract

In a distribution network, a punishment event not only affects the disciplined distributor but also changes the attitudes and behaviors of others in the network (i.e., observers). By moving beyond a dyadic view of punishment, this article considers the effects of punishment on observers and integrates insights from social learning, fairness heuristic, and social network theories. The resulting framework of the observer effects of punishment in a distribution network, empirically tested with a survey in China, reveals

two mechanisms through which punishment leads to reduced observer opportunism: (1) a direct deterrence effect and (2) a trust-building process. Moreover, two information-related constructs moderate the observer effects differently. The disciplined distributor’s relational embeddedness, which motivates greater information flow to observers, aggravates the problem of information asymmetry against the manufacturer, making punishment less deterrent for observers. In contrast, the manufacturer’s monitoring capability, which reduces information asymmetry, strengthens observer effects.

In light of previous research on opportunism that has largely focused on positive mechanisms, such as monitoring, incentives, and socialization, this study highlights the possibility of using negative sanctions, such as punishment, to influence network members’ opportunism. When punishment is properly applied, it can be a highly visible and effective tool to establish norms, govern acceptable and unacceptable behaviors, and boost productivity and satisfaction in a distribution network.

Dr Flora Gu

Prof. JJ Hsieh has a co-authored paper published in the September 2013 issue of Information Systems Research. The co-authors of his paper, entitled “Motivational Differences Across Post-Acceptance Information System Usage Behaviors: An Investigation in the Business Intelligence Systems Context”, are Dr Xixi Li of Tsinghua University and Prof. Arun Rai of Georgia State University.

Abstract

Organizations are increasing their investments in business intelligence systems (BIS) to support business analysts who are challenged to derive managerial insights from Big Data to support strategic planning and decision making. Unfortunately, while some analysts use the implemented BIS to its fullest potential, most of them only apply BIS in a routine manner, thereby preventing organizations from realizing the often touted benefits from BIS. To address this issue, this study examines why business analysts use implemented BIS in such different manners. Based on data from 193 business analysts using BIS at one of the largest telecom service companies in China, we found that while external motivations for work efficiency and effectiveness drive analysts’ routine use of BIS, internal motivations for growth and enjoyment stimulate analysts’ innovative use of BIS. We further found the effect of internal motivations on innovative BIS use is stronger/weaker for those who are more/less innovative toward IT innovations.

Prof. JJ Hsieh

A+ Researchers

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Prof. Xu Huang has a co-authored paper published in the November 2013 issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology. The co-authors of his paper, entitled “When My Supervisor Dislikes You More Than Me: The Effect of Dissimilarity in Leader-member Exchange on Coworkers’ Interpersonal Emotion and Perceived Help”, are Dr Herman Tse of Griffith University, Dr Catherine Lam of the City University of Hong Kong, and Dr Sandra Lawrence of Griffith University.

Abstract

Managers tend to develop dif ferent levels of work relationships with dif ferent subordinates. Some subordinates are treated as in-group members by managers, and others are treated as out-group members. Real world experience and scientific research conducted in the last 40 years have suggested that employees who have

in-group member status tend to receive more support and resources from their managers, and enjoy better career development. However, we argue and show in this study that managers’ differential treatments of their subordinates are likely to harm the interpersonal interactions between the subordinates, which in turn undermine individual employees’ work performance. Using two independent samples and different research methods, we obtained consistent results to support our propositions. Also, the findings suggest that if managers want to reduce the detrimental effect of dissimilar supervisor-subordinate relationships developed in a work group, he/she should try to select employees who have low orientations of social comparison (do not habitually compare themselves with others) to the work group.

Prof. Xu Huang

Dr Wu Liu has a co-authored paper published in the September 2013 issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology. The co-authors of his paper, entitled “The Relational Antecedents of Voice Targeted at Different Leaders”, are Dr Subrahmaniam Tangirala of the University of Maryland and Dr Rangaraj Ramanujam of Vanderbilt University.

Abstract

When an employee, say Jane, finds an idea to improve organisational effectiveness, will she speak up to her direct boss (direct leader), or her boss’s boss (skip-level leader)? In this article, we explore how employees select the target to share constructive suggestions to challenge the status-quo in organisations.

Using data from 237 employees and their direct and skip-level leaders, we found that (1) an employee was more likely to speak up to the direct leader when the quality of the dyadic relationship between the direct leader and the employee was good, and even more so when the relationship between the direct leader and the skip-level leader was stronger, and (2) an employee was also more likely to speak up to the skip-level leader when the quality of the dyadic relationship between the skip-level leader and the employee was good, but less so when the relationship between the direct leader and the skip-level leader was stronger. In other words, when selecting to whom to speak up, an employee would consider the triangle relationships among the employee, the direct leader, and the skip-level leader.

Dr Wu Liu

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Ms Sharon Chu InstructorBBA, MBA

Research Interests: Leadership, Job Engagement, Employee Well-being, Workplace Anxiety

STAFF COLUMN

Prof. Carlos Lo has been appointed as Head of the Department with effect from 1 September 2013.

New Appointment

Staff Updates

Prof. JJ Hsieh Associate Professor Professor

Research Area:Management Information Systems

Staff PromotionDr Alison Lloyd Teaching Fellow Senior Teaching Fellow

Research Area:Marketing

Dr Bonnie Cheng Assistant ProfessorBSc, MA, PhD (University of Toronto)

Research Interests: Emotional Well-being: Workplace Anxiety, Work-life Balance, Work Recovery

New StaffDr Kee Yeun Lee Assistant ProfessorBA (Yonsei University), PhD (University of Michigan)

Research Interests: Dynamic Intercommunication Among Firms and Customers, Two-sided Matching, Digital Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Bayesian Econometrics

Prof. Eric Ngai (left) and Prof. Namwoon Kim have been appointed as Associate Heads of the Department with effect from 1 September 2013 and 1 March 2014 respectively. Dr Ricky Chan will continue to serve as the other Associate Head of the Department.

Dr Xin Xu Assistant Professor Associate Professor

Research Area:Management Information Systems

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Staff DepartureProf. Howard Davies – Professor (Strategic Management/Public Sector Management)Dr Piyush Sharma – Associate Professor (Marketing)

New StaffProf. Gerald GornChair Professor of MarketingBA (Sir George Williams University), MSc (The London School of Economics), PhD (The Pennsylvania State University)

Research Interests:Consumer Inferences and Attitudes, Sensory Marketing, Social Marketing

Prof. Gorn had previously held positions at Brandeis University, McGill University, The University of British Columbia (UBC), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and The University of Hong Kong (HKU); and served as both Department Head (HKUST and UBC) and Associate Dean (UBC). Prior joining PolyU, Prof. Gorn served as Wang Seng Liang Professor of Business and Chair Professor of Marketing at The University of Hong Kong.

Prof. Gorn’s research focuses on understanding consumer judgments and attitudes, and the factors that influence them. He addresses two substantive questions of interest to marketers and public policy makers: when and why marketing communications cause consumers to make certain types of inferences, and how to design more effective communication strategies based on this understanding. Prof. Gorn has written articles on the effects of advertising and other types of communications on adults, children, and seniors. His research has been supported by government grants including by a number of CERG (Hong Kong Government) grants and has been published in marketing, health and psychology journals, including the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Management Science, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Marketing, Child Development, Psychology, Health, and Medicine, and American Journal of Public Health. His editorial board memberships include the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Psychology, Health, and Medicine.

Prof. Jason ShawChair Professor of ManagementBSc (Northeastern State University (Oklahoma)), MBA (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), PhD (University of Arkansas)

Research Interests:Team Effectiveness, The Psychology of Pay, Organizational Turnover, and Person-Environment Congruence Issues

Prior joining PolyU, Prof. Shaw was the Curtis L. Carlson School-wide Professor in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He also served on the faculties of the University of Kentucky and Drexel University. Prof. Shaw has published extensively in the management journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Strategic Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, and Journal of Management, among other scientific outlets. He served as an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal from 2010 to 2013. He has served or is serving in the editorial boards of many leading journals in the field including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Psychology Review, among others.

His research areas include team effectiveness, employment relationships, organizational turnover, the psychology of financial incentives, person-environment fit, and personality. Prof. Shaw has broad research interests in organizational behaviour which ranges from individual to firm level and across different cultural perspectives. His work in these areas has been valued highly and the impact of his work has been widely recognized in the academic field with high citation counts. Throughout the years, he has received multiple awards and grants for his research achievements.

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Outstanding International Psychologist AwardProf. Michael Harris Bond won the Outstanding International Psychologist Award for 2013. The award was presented to Prof. Bond in August 2013 at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention in Hawaii, for his outstanding contribution as a prominent teacher, investigator and leader in the field.

The award, administered by the Division of International Psychology of the American Psychological Association, gives recognition to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to international psychology through significant research, teaching, advocacy, and/or contributions to international organizations.

Faculty Prize 2012-13

Each year, the Faculty recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding performance and achievement in the areas of teaching, research and scholarly activities, and services by conferring the Faculty of Business Awards / Prizes. For the year 2012-13,we have Prof. Eric Ngai winning the Faculty Prize in the category of Research and Scholarly Activities.

Prof. Eric Ngai

FB Fellow Award 2012-13Congratulations to Dr Kimmy Chan who has been awarded the FB Fellow Award 2012-13. The FB Fellow Award was established by the Faculty of Business to recognize staff members who have contributed significantly to raising the reputation of the Faculty and PolyU. Dr Chan was among the top five contributors to the Faculty’s standing in the UTD worldwide business school rankings based on her research contribution from 2008 to 2012.

Dr Kimmy Chan

Prof. Michael Harris Bond

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Establishment of Sustainability Management Research Centre We are pleased to announce the establishment of a new centre, the Sustainability Management Research Centre (SMRC), under the co-directorship of Prof. Carlos Lo and Prof. Eric Ngai.

The centre aspires to be a leading force in sustainability research and application. It is multi-disciplinary in nature, aiming at promoting corporate social responsibility as a model for achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability through management innovation. The mission of the SMRC is to promote business

sustainability through conducting innovative research on sustainability management and transferring the knowledge generated to both the academic and business communities. With established links, the Centre is a platform for collaboration with industry as well as local and international institutions.

STAFF COLUMN

Prof. Eric Ngai Prof. Carlos Lo

General Research Fund Awards 2013-14A total of six research proposals submitted by MM staff won funding from the General Research Fund (GRF) administered by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong for the year 2013-14. Details of the six funded projects are shown below.

Principal Investigator Project Title Funding Awarded

Dr Kimmy ChanHow Does Workplace Ostracism Influence Service Employees’ Coproduction Effectiveness with Customers

HKD258,036

Prof. JJ Hsieh

Understanding the Temporal Progress of Knowledge Transfer and Its Impact on Users’ Evaluations of Analytical Customer Relationship Management Systems: A Cognitive Dissonance Perspective and Latent Growth Modeling Approach

HKD424,600

Prof. Xu HuangBack stabbing and supervisory retaliation: The consequences of employees’ skip-level voice

HKD173,338

Prof. Carlos LoA Longitudinal and Comparative Study of Corporate Compliance with Environmental Regulations in China

HKD773,700

Dr Jackie TamExamining the Role of Attribution in Intercultural Service Encounters: Employees' and Customers' Perspectives

HKD160,430

Dr Yi TangWhen the Role Fits: How Firm Status Differentials Affect Corporate Takeovers

HKD234,954

MM Staff’s Recent Appointment in Professional ServiceDr Robert Wright, Associate Professor of Strategy, has recently been appointed as the 2014 Program Chair of the Teaching Community for the American Strategic Management Society. His role will be to spearhead innovative pedagogies to help improve the practice of strategy professors globally, covering 3,000 members in over 80 countries. Dr Wright was the Associate Program Chair in 2013.

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The Asian Centre for Branding and Marketing (ACBM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) organized its 7th International conference with the theme “Branding and marketing in a global marketplace – An Asian Perspective” and its first ever workshop series on branding building and marketing from 18 to 19 November 2013 on PolyU campus.

On the first day, the conference began with keynote speeches by two senior academics, Prof. Gerald Gorn, Chair Professor of Marketing in MM, and Prof. Saeed Samiee, Collins Professor of Marketing and International Business, The University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. These were followed by paper presentations by faculty members and research students from Hong Kong and many other countries and regions, including the Chinese mainland, India, the UK and the USA, in which they shared their knowledge and insights on branding and marketing with an audience of marketing practitioners, students and academics.

The last session included two more keynote speeches by marketing professionals Ms Viveca Chan, CEO of WE Marketing Group and WE Enguage, and Ms Puifung Leung, Founder and Business Development Director of Fairtaste Hong Kong, a social enterprise. Ms Chan shared her insights into the application of social media for marketing, especially on the Chinese mainland, and Ms Leung shared her experience in promoting the concept of fair trade. The final highlight of the day was an informal evening reception, where all the participants further shared their ideas and experiences with each other.

ACBM Conference and Workshop Offer Asian Perspective on Branding and Marketing in a Global Marketplace

ASIAN CENTRE FOR BRANDING & MARKETING (ACBM)

The conference attracted an interesting mix of attendees, including marketing professionals, scholars and research students

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Faculty Dean Prof. Edwin Cheng (third from left) officiated the conference

Conference speakers and our faculty members

On the second day, Dr Thomas Leung, Assoc i a te P ro fesso r o f Marketing, conducted a workshop on brand building, and Dr Sherriff Luk, Associate Professor of Marketing, conducted a workshop on creating and managing the brand experience. Both workshops were attended by marketing managers from a wide range of industries, including retail, consumer products, B2B marketing, etc. All participants had a chance to share their experiences with each other as well as to learn the latest branding and marketing concepts and theories.

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News & Events from the Centre for Leadership & Innovation (CLI)Since the last issue of the MM newsletter, there have been several exciting developments within the Centre for Leadership & Innovation (CLI). First of all, we are pleased to announce the opening of the new CLI office in M1009 of Li Ka Shing Tower. With the extra space and facilities for meeting and teamwork, the new office represents an important milestone in our efforts to promote and support a culture of collegiality, leadership and innovative collaboration in MM.

Secondly, we have expanded our internal connections and expertise by inviting new members and a Co-director into the centre. Prof. Jason Shaw, Chair Professor of Management in MM, assumed Co-directorship of the CLI in September 2013. In the same month, Prof. JJ Hsieh, Dr Bonnie Cheng, and Dr Vivian Guo also joined CLI as core members. CLI has already hosted two monthly brown bag meetings to share and discuss research ideas and insights. Our third meeting was held on 28 February 2014.

Dr Warren Chiu, Co-director of CLI, successfully obtained two external funds in 2013. One such fund was granted by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA) to conduct research on ethical leadership. An agreement on this collaborative research was signed by Dr Chiu and Dr Michael Lam, Chief Executive Officer of HKQAA, in November 2013. The other funded project involves collaboration with The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, to conduct a year-long study on coworking spaces. Dr Chiu and his teammates have obtained support from the managers of various coworking spaces in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Interviews have been conducted with young and promising entrepreneurs early this year, and an extensive longitudinal study will subsequently be conducted.

CENTRE FOR LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION (CLI)

Dr Michael Lam, CEO of HKQAA (left) and Dr Warren Chiu, Co-director of CLI

Dr Michael Lam (left) and Dr Warren Chiu signed an official funding agreement at the office of HKQAA

Dr Warren Chiu (third from left) met with a group of young and promising entrepreneurs at the Cyberport to conduct research on networking in co-working space

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On 21 February 2014, CLI organized the 3rd Symposium of the Centre for Leadership & Innovation, on the theme “Creativity and Innovation at Work: Nature, Nurture and Nurturing Nature” at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This was our third annual meeting since the Centre’s 2011 inaugural conference. Building on the success of our past events, the 2014 symposium featured keynote presentations by Prof. Gilad Chen from the University of Maryland, Prof. Anat Rafaeli from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, and Prof. Leung Kwok from the City University of Hong Kong. In addition, there was a series of paper presentations covering topics of interest, such as innovation incentives, goal orientation and cross-cultural creativity, knowledge sharing and organizational innovation.

The 3rd Symposium of the CLI continued the success of our previous events in bringing together business leaders and researchers to exchange management knowledge, insights and ideas