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Prof. LEUNG Kwok (梁覺)

Associate Director

Head (Department of Management)

Chair Professor (Department of Management)

Dr Ron Kwok

Contact Information

Office: G7315, Academic 1
City University of Hong Kong
Phone: +(852)- 3442-7969
Fax: +(852)- 3442-0367
Email: mgkleung@cityu.edu.hk
Web: Personal Homepage

Kwok Leung obtained his Ph.D. in social and organizational psychology from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and is currently a chair professor of management at City University of Hong Kong. His research areas include justice and conflict, creativity, international business, and social axioms. He has published several books and over 100 academic articles. He is the President of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, and a fellow of Academy of International Business and Association for Psychological Science.

Research Areas

  • Human resource management
  • Organizational behaviour
  • International Management
  • Cross-Cultural Research Methods

Publications

Journal Articles
  • Lin, X, & Leung, K. (September 2010), "Differing effects of coping strategies on mental health during prolonged unemployment: A longitudinal analysis", Human Relations, 63, 637-665
  • Leung, K (2008), "Chinese culture, modernization, and international business", International Business Review, 17, 184-187
  • Cheung, F. M., Cheung, S. F., Zhang, J., Leung, K., Leong, F., & Yeh, K. H. (2008), "Relevance of Openness as a Personality Dimension in Chinese Culture: Aspects of its Cultural Relevance", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 81-108
  • Leung, K (March 2007), "Asian Social Psychology: Achievements, Threats, and Opportunities", Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 10, pp. 8-15
  • Leung, K , Tong, K K and Lind, E A (March 2007), "Realpolitik versus Fair Process: Moderating Effects of Group Identification on Acceptance of Political Decisions", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 476-489
  • Leung, K , Au, A, Huang, X, Kurman, J, Niit, T and Niit, K K (January 2007), "Social Axioms and Values: A Cross-Cultural Examination", European Journal of Personality, Vol. 21, pp. 91-111
  • Kim, T. Y., & Leung, K (2007), "Forming and reacting to overall fairness: A cross-cultural comparison",Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 104, 83-95
  • Cheung, M W L, Leung, K and Au, K (September 2006), "Evaluating Multilevel Models in Cross-cultural Research: An Illustration with Social Axioms", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 37, pp. 522-541
  • Lu, L, Leung, K and Koch, P T (2006), "Managerial Knowledge Sharing: The Role of Individual, Interpersonal, and Organizational Factors", Management and Organization Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 15-41
  • Leung, K, Bhagat, R S, Buchan, N R, Erez, M and Gibson, C B (2005), "Culture and International Business: Recent Advances and Their Implications for Future Research", Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 357-378
  • Leung, K, Tong, K K and Ho, S S Y, (June 2004), "Effects of Interactional Justice on Egocentric Bias in Resource Allocation Decisions", Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 89, No. 3, pp. 405-415
  • Chang, L, Arkin, R M, Leong, F T, Chan, D K S and Leung, K (March 2004), "Subjective Overachievement in American and Chinese College Students", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 152-173
  • Lim, K, Leung, K, Sia, C L and Lee, M (November 2004), "Is E-Commerce Boundary-less? Effects of Individualism-Collectivism and Uncertainty Avoidance on Internet Shopping", Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 35,No. 6, pp. 545-559
  • Bond, M H, Leung, K, Au, A, Tong, K K and Chemonges-Nielson, Z (2004), "Combining Social Axioms with Values in Predicting Social Behaviors", European Journal of Personality, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 177-191
  • Leong, F T L and Leung, K (2004), "Academic Careers in Asia: A Cross-Cultural Analysis", Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 346-357
  • Bond, M H, Leung, K, et al. (2004), "Culture-Level Dimensions of Social Axioms and their Correlates across 41 Cultures", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 548-570
  • Leung, K and Bond, M H (2004), "Social Axioms: A Model for Social Beliefs in Multi-Cultural Perspective", Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, San Diego, CA: Academic press, USA, Vol. 36, pp. 119-197
  • Morris, M W, Leung, K and lyengar, S S (2004), "Person Perception in the Heat of Conflict: Negative Trait Attributions Affect Procedural Preferences and Account for Situational and Cultural Differences", Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 127-147
  • Cheung, F M, Cheung, S F, Leung, K, Ward, C and Leong, F (2003), "The English Version of the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 433-452
  • Leung, K and Kwong, J Y Y (2003), "Human Resource Management Practices in International Joint Ventures in China: A Justice Analysis", Human Resource Management Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 85-105
  • Yue, X D and Leung, K (2003), "Values for Creativity: A Study among Undergraduates in Hong Kong and Guangzhou", New Horizons in Education, Vol. 47, pp. 1-5, (in Chinese)
  • Leung, K, Bond, M H, Reimel De Carrasquel, S, Munoz, C, Hernandez, M, Murakami, F, Yamaguchi, S, Bierbrauer, G and Singelis, T M (May 2002), "Social Axioms: The Search for Universal Dimensions of General Beliefs About How the World Functions", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 286-302
  • Kwong, J Y Y and Leung, K (March 2002), "A Moderator of the Interaction Effect of Procedural Justice and Outcome Favorability: Importance of the Relationship", Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 87,No. 2, pp. 278-299
  • Leung, K, Tremain, K P and Lu, L (2002), "A Dualistic Model of Harmony and its Implications for Conflict Management in Asia", Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 201-220
  • Poon, W Y, Leung, K and Lee, S Y (2002), "The Comparison of Single Item Constructs by Relative Mean and Relative Variance", Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 275-298
  • Tong, K K and Leung, K (2002), "Tournament as a Motivational Strategy: Extension to Dynamic Situations with Uncertain Duration", Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 399-420
  • Leung, K, Wang, Z M and Smith, P B (September 2001), "Job Attitudes and Organizational Justice in Joint Venture Hotels in China: The Role of Expatriate Managers", International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 926-945
  • Cheung, F M, Leung, K, Zhang, J X, Sun, H F, Gan, Y Q, Song, W Z and Xie, D (July 2001), "Indigenous Chinese Personality Constructs - Is the Five-Factor Model Complete?", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 407-433
  • Van De Vijver, F J R and Leung, K (December 2001), "Personality in Cultural Context: Methodological Issues",Journal of Personality, Vol. 69, No. 6, pp. 1007-1032
  • Leung, K, Su, S K and Morris, M W (2001), "When Is Criticism Not Constructive? The Roles of Fairness Perceptions and Dispositional Attributions in Employee Acceptance of Critical Supervisory Feedback", Human Relations, Vol. 54, No. 9, pp. 1155-1187
  • Au, K, Hui, M K and Leung, K (2001), "Who Should be Responsible? Effects of Voice and Compensation on Responsibility Attribution, Perceived Justice, and Post-Complaint Behaviors across Cultures", International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 350-364
  • Wu, P and Leung, K (2000), "Negative Feedback and Responses from Subordinates", Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 37-44
  • Brockner, J, Chen, Y R, Mannix, E A, Leung, K and Skarlicki, D P (2000), "Culture and Procedural Fairness: When the Effects of What You Do Depend on How You Do it", Administrative Science Quarterly, USA, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 138-159
  • Zhang, J, Cheung, F and Leung, K (2000), "Path Model of Specific Trust and General Trust in Interpersonal Behavior", Acta Psychologica Sinica, PRC, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 311-316, (in Chinese)
  • Van De Vijver, F J R and Leung, K (2000), "Methodological Issues in Psychological Research on Culture", Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 33-35
  • Morris, M W and Leung, K (2000), "Justice for All? Progress in Research on Cultural Variation in the Psychology of Distributive and Procedural Justice", Applied Psychology-An International Review-Psychologie Appliquee-Revue Internationale, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 100-132
  • Morris M, Leung K, Ames D and Lickel B (1999), "Incorporating Perspectives from Inside and Outside Synergy Between Emic and Etic Research on Culture and Justice", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 24, pp. 781-796
  • Morris, M W, Williams, K Y, Leung, K, Bhatnagar, D, Li, J F, Kondo, M, Luo, J L and Hu, J C (1998), "Conflict Management Style: Accounting for Cross-National Differences", Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 29,No. 4, pp. 729-748
Presented Conference Papers
  • Kim, T Y , Weber, T , Leung, K and Muramoto, Y (11-16 August 2006), "Equity Rule and Cross-cultural Difference: How Do East Asians Differ from One Another", presented at 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2006), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Lin, X, Che, H S and Leung, K (16-21 July 2006), "The Role of Leader Morality in the Interactive Relationship between Procedural Justice and Outcome Favorability", presented at 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece
  • Lin, X, Hempel, P S and Leung, K (19-21 December 2006), "Strategic Role of Human Resource Configurations in Knowledge-Intensive Organizations", presented at Asia Academy of Management 5th Conference (AAOM 2006), Tokyo, Japan
  • Leung, K (August 2005), "Organizational Justice Around the World", presented at A New Vision of Mgt in 21 Century - Academy of Management, Hawaii, USA
  • Leung, K (July 2005), "猜疑與工作滿意度的關係", presented at 第五届華人心理學家學術研討會, Suzhou
  • Leung, K (13 April 2005), "Employees' Well-being and Employment Confidence Survey", presented at Press Conference on research findings
  • Leung, K (October 2005), "A Longitudinal Study of Social Cynicism and Job Satisfaction", presented at 2005 Conference of the Society for Organizational Behavior (SOB)
  • Leung, K (15 January 2005), "Quality of Work Life in HK & Shanghai", presented at Press Conference on research findings
  • Leung, K and Tong, K K (30 August 2001 - 1 September 2001), "A Normative Model of Justice", presented at International Round Table on Organizational Justice, Vancouver, Canada
  • Su, S K and Leung, K (3-8 August 2001), "Are Justice Effects Generalizable across Cultures?", presented at 61st Annual Meeting of the (US) Academy of Management, Washington, DC, USA
  • Leung, K (5-8 November 2001), "A Psychological Analysis of Creativity and Innovation of Chinese People", presented at 2001 Conference of the Chinese Psychological Association, Guangzhou, PRC, (Keynote address)
Editorials for Journal Articles / Papers
Books and Book Chapters
  • Leung, K, & Bond, M. H. (2008), "Psycho-logic and Eco-logic: Insights from Social Axiom Dimensions", In F. van de Vijver, D. van Hemert, & Y. P. Poortinga (Eds.), Individuals and cultures in multilevel analysis (pp. 197-219), Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
  • Leung, K and Van de Vijver, F J R (2006), "Cross-Cultural Research Methodology", In F. Leong & J. Austin (Eds.), Psychology Research Handbook: A Guide for Graduate Students and Research Assistants (Second Edition), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 443-454
  • Leung, K, and White, S (2005), "Exploring Dark Corners: An Agenda for Organizational Behavior Research in Alliance Contexts", In O. Shenkar and J. J. Reuer (Eds.), Handbook of Strategic Alliance, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 199-218
  • Leung, K and Su, S. K (2004), "Experimental Methods for Research on Culture and Management", In B. J. Punnett and O. Shenkar (Eds.). Handbook for International Management Research (2nd Edition), Blackwell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, pp. 68-95
  • Leung, K and White, S (2004), "Taking Stock and Charting a Path for Asian Management Research", In K Leung and S White (Eds.), Handbook of Asian Management, Boston, MA: Kluwar, USA, pp. 3-18
  • Leung, K and Tong, K K (2004), "Justice across Cultures: A Three-Stage Model for Intercultural Negotiation", In M. Gelfand and J. Brett (Eds.), The Handbook of Negotiation and Culture, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press., USA, pp. 313-333
  • Tjosvold, D and Leung, K (2004), "Leadership in Asia-Pacific: Managing Relationship for Teamwork and Change", World Scientific Publishing, Singapore
  • Leung, K (2004), "How Generalizable are Justice Effects across Cultures?", In J. Greenberg, & J. A. Colquitt (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Justice, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, USA, pp. 555-586
  • Leung, K, Au, A and Leung, B W C (2004), "Creativity and innovation: East-West comparisons with an emphasis on Chinese societies", In S. Lau, A. N. N. Hui, & G. Y. C. Ng (Eds.), Creativity: When East Meets West, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp. 113-135
  • Tjosvold, D and Leung, K (Eds.) (2003), "Cross-Cultural Management: Foundations and Future.", Ashgate, Aldershot, United Kingdom
  • Leung, K and Tong, K K (2003), "A Normative Model of Justice", In D. Skarlicki, S. Gilliland, and D. Steiner (Eds.), Research in Social Issues in Management, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing., Vol. 3, pp. 97-120
  • Leung, K, Lu, L and Liang, X F (2003), "When East and West Meet: Effective teamwork across cultures", In M. West, D. Tjosvold, & K. G. Smith, (Eds.). International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork and Cooperative Working, Chichester, England: Wiley., United Kingdom, pp. 551-571
  • Carnevale, P J and Leung, K (2001), "Cultural Dimensions of Negotiation", In M A Hogg and R S Tindale (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Group Processes, Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 482-496
  • Leung, K and Stephan, W G (2001), "Social Justice from a Cultural Perspective", In D Matsumoto (Ed.), The Handbook of Culture and Psychology, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 375-410
  • Leung, K, Su, S K and Morris, M W (2001), "Justice in the Culturally Diverse Workplace: The Problems of Over and Under Emphasis of Cultural Differences", In S W Gilliland, D D Steiner and D P Skarlicki (Eds.), Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives on Organizational Justice: Volume 1 in Research in Social Issues in Management, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 161-185
  • Chen, H C and Leung, K (Eds.) (2000), "Progress in Chinese Psychology", Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, PRC, (in Chinese)
  • Leung, K and Stephen, W G (2000), "Conflict and Injustice and Intercultural Relations: Insights from the Arab-Israeli and Sino-British Disputes", In J. Duckitt & S Renshon (Eds.), Political Psychology: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives, London: Macmillan., United Kingdom, pp. 128-145
  • Tjosvold, D, Leung, K and Johnson, D W (1999), "Corporative and Competitive Conflict in China", In M Deutsch and P T Coleman (Eds.), Handbook of Conflict Resolution, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass., USA, pp. 475-495
  • Leung, K, and Tjosvold, D. W (Eds.) (1998), "Conflict Management in Asia Pacific Rim", Wiley, Singapore
  • Van de Vijver, F, and Leung, K (1997), "Methods and Data Analysis for Cross-Cultural Research", Sage, California
Other
  • Leung, K (2007), "The Glory and Tyranny of Citation Impact: An East Asian Perspective", Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 510-513