Dr Leanne Chung

Teaching profile

MSc HRM Managing Human Resources
DBA Organizational Behaviour
MBA Management in Emerging Economies & MBA syndicat

Research interests

International and cross-cultural management, knowledge management, personnel psychology, China business, trust, personality, creativity, leadership, human resource management, gender studies.

Selected publications

Book Chapters

Lo, K.T., Wan, K.T., & Chung, L. (1998). Psychological adaptation of children and youth newly arrived in Hong Kong from Mainland China- Research. In Jimmy Chan (Ed.), Psychological adaptation of children and youth newly arrived in Hong Kong from Mainland China- Research, theories, and practices (pp.23-106). Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association, Social Service Centre, Hong Kong.

Conference Papers

Chung, L. 2007. Factors Affecting Reverse Diffusion of Organizational Practices of Hong Kong Firms’ Affiliates in China, The 18th CEA (CHINESE ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION) (UK) Annual Conference: Integrating China into the World Economy, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 16 - 17 April 2007, University of Nottingham.

Chung, L. 2006. The Formation of Practice in Affiliates of Hong Kong Firms in China, 5th Conference, Asia Academy of Management: Convergence and Divergence, Tokyo, Japan, December 19-21, 2006, Waseda University.

Chung, L. 2005. Transforming or Conforming? Factors Affecting Institutional Entrepreneurship and Co-evolutional Processes of Practice Transfer Management in China, BAM, Oxford Business School, United Kingdom, 13-15th September.

Chung, L . 2005. Co-evolution and Reverse Transfer of Organizational Practices from Cross-Border Affiliates of Multinational Corporations, 5th Annual International Conference, EURAM, Responsible Management in an Uncertain World, Munich, Germany, 4-7th May.

Child, J., & Chung, L. 2004. Creating actionable knowledge through the cross-border transfer of practices: the case of Hong Kong firms in Mainland China. Paper presented for Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Chung, L. 1997. Interactional relations between Type A Personality and CPM Leadership Styles - A Leadership Model with Chinese Characteristics, International Conference of Chinese Culture and Modern Management, 7-10, Dec, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Full paper was published in the conference proceedings. (In Chinese).

Working Papers

Child, J., & Chung, L. The Cross-border transfer of organizational practices: A test of the managerial intentionality perspective.

Kao, H., Chung, L., Gan, E. and Lam, S.F. The Effect of Traditional Chinese Personality on Creativity in High Technology Manufacturers in Taiwan.

The relationship between superiors’ personality and the trust of subordinates in Chinese organization.

The relationship between corporate control and affiliate autonomy to the reverse transfer of organizational practices of MNC affiliates located in China.