6th Symposium of the Centre for Leadership & Innovation “Rewards, Motivation, Creativity and Innovation: Meeting of the Minds and the Theories”

The Centre for Leadership & Innovation (CLI) organized its 6th annual symposium, themed "Meeting of the Minds and the Theories", on 3 March in Multi-function Hall, Alumni Atrium, Chung Sze Yuen Building. The event attracted more than 85 researchers, students and business executives from different universities, professional organizations and companies. This year, it has invited Prof. Marylène Gagné, The University of Western Australia, Prof. Barry Gerhart, University of Wisconsin, Prof. Peter Bamberger, Tel Aviv University and Prof. Anthony Nyberg, University of South Carolina to be our keynote speakers. The symposium aims at providing a platform for students, researchers and practitioners to learn and exchange ideas about important leadership topics. Keynote topics include: "A New Look at Compensation Systems Using Self-determination Theory", "Pay for Performance, Motivation, Creativity, and Effectiveness: Claims, Evidence, and Future Directions" , "Pay Transparency: A Review of Recent Findings and Some Hints at What's Soon to Follow…." and "Collective Pay: A Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Levels Theoretical and Empirical Integration".     MORE DETAILS

Professional Mentorship Workshop: Mövenpick Coffee - Latte Art

Date: 9 Feb 2017 (Thu) Time: 18:30 – 21:00 Venue: Staff Club, PolyU     MORE DETAILS

IRSPM 2016 Conference – “Collaborative, Globalized and Interdisciplinary: Moving the Public Management Debate Forward”

This was the 20th annual conference of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) and the 2nd time being held in Hong Kong since 2003. Originated in Europe, IRSPM has built itself into a leading and flourishing international research community of public management researchers from all over the world. It provides a platform for members to share research findings and explore emerging issues in public administration. More than 450 papers were presented in 160 sessions grouped under 8 Panel Topics and 4 provocation panels. On top of them was a "Roundtable on Governance Challenges for Hong Kong" with past and present government officials and public organization executives to talk about governance and policy formation in HK and to give the audience a taste of the city. Another major attraction was the Editors’ Forum joined by Editors of leading journals including Public Management Review, International Public Management Journal, Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Australian Journal of Public Administration, and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory with the topic on publishing academic papers in top-tier public management journals.     MORE DETAILS

MM Graduate Reception

Date: 8 Apr 2016 (Fri) Time: 14:30 – 17:30 Venue: Chinese Garden, PolyU     MORE DETAILS

Public Lecture Prof. Neal Ashkanasy – “Managing Emotions in the Workplace: An Essential Challenge for Managers”

MM held a Public Lecture on the topic "Managing Emotions in the Workplace: An Essential Challenge for Managers" presented by Prof. Neal Ashkanasy, Professor of Management, University of Queensland in M1603, Li Ka Shing Tower. Abstract: Emotions in workplace settings, and especially emotional intelligence, are 'hot' topics in management today. Leading business journals, such as Fortune and Harvard Business Review, regularly feature articles on emotional intelligence. But there is more to emotions in the workplace than just emotional intelligence. In this talk, Prof. Ashkanasy will introduce some intriguing new research that examines both emotional intelligence and the broader issue of emotion, which has been shown to play a powerful role in workplace settings, and has a strong potential for practical application in organizations within many broad human resource functions such as selection, performance management, and training, as well as implications for more narrow domains like customer service. He will emphasize in particular how the study of emotions in organizational settings has provided new and important insights into the way in which people in organizations behave, and will off­er and advice for managers to enable them to develop and to maintain a positive emotional climate in their organizations.     MORE DETAILS

Public Lecture Prof. Peter Bamberger – “Help – This is Stressful! Help Seeking, Helping and Stressor-Strain Relations”

MM held a Public Lecture on the topic "Help – This is Stressful! Help Seeking, Helping and Stressor-Strain Relations" presented by Prof. Peter Bamberger, Professor of Management and Organizations School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University in M1603, Li Ka Shing Tower. Abstract: In this talk I will review a stream of research integrating stressor-strain relations and a dyadic perspective on peer helping processes in organizations. The talk will begin by reviewing the mixed ­findings regarding the so-called buffering effect of support received on recipient stressor-strain relations, and how, by considering generalized reciprocity, the inconsistencies in that body of research may be resolved. Based on this ­finding, I identify two new important directions for research on peer-based helping in organizations. Building on our fi­nding that situations of over- and under-reciprocity (giving more than receiving, and vice-versa) can have ill effects on those engaged in helping relationships, I fi­rst discuss how helping can and probably should be examined from a more a dyadic perspective. In this regard, I will talk about the fi­ndings from a qualitative study demonstrating that recipient-provider relations are negotiated orders that can shift over time, with the degree and nature of such shifts having robust implications on helping outcomes. Then, drawing from the notion that over-reciprocity can exacerbate stressor-strain relations, I will discuss the benefi­ts and liabilities to the help provider of helping others in the context of occupational stress. In this regard, I will present fi­ndings from a recently completed study of the buffering and reverse-buffering effects of helping on provider stressor-strain relations.     MORE DETAILS

Public Lecture by Prof. Cynthia Lee – “Can Job Insecurity Evoke Proactivity?”

MM held a Public Lecture on the topic "Can Job Insecurity Evoke Proactivity?" presented by Prof. Cynthia Lee, Northeastern University in M1603, Li Ka Shing Tower. Abstract: Prior research on job insecurity has demonstrated its detrimental eff­ects on both employees and organizations, yet no research has studied how people actively cope with it. Further, research has not examined how and why employees engage in proactive behaviors to bene‑t themselves or their organizations. Drawing from proactivity research, my research argues that job insecurity activates employees' social exchange and social influence motives and prompts a more proactive use of impression management tactics in the workplace.     MORE DETAILS

Professional Mentorship Talk: The Making of a Premier Tourism Brand – Ngong Ping 360

This year, MM invited Dr Stella Kwan, Managing Director of Ngong Ping 360 Limited as the speaker, to give students advice on career development. Dr Kwan is a DBA graduate of PolyU and is currently Chair of the Retail Trade of Lantau Development Alliance Limited, and an Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Advertising Association.     MORE DETAILS