Andy Kwan

Qualifications

• Ph D - Industrial-Organisational Psychology (The University of Hong Kong)
• MBA - Business Administration (Heriot-Watt University)
• MS - Industrial-Organisational Psychology (University of Nebraska, USA)
• BA (Highest Honors) - Psychology (University of Hawaii)

Biography

Dr. Kwan is the winner of the College of Business’s Teaching Excellence Award in 2011 and 2015. He is passionate about teaching and he likes interacting with students in and out of the classroom. He has maintained a good network with the alumni. He is the academic advisor of all the undergraduate students at the the Department of Management.

Dr. Kwan strives to motivate students' in understanding management theories. With the use of UGC's Teaching Development Grants, he has developed a mobile apps and a series of video clips on management practices in Hong Kong. He has recently done a book review on two popular management textbooks--"Managing Human Resources" by Gomez-Meijia, Balkin, & Cardy and "Human Resource Management" by Dessler.

Dr. Kwan has earned his Ph.D. in industrial-organisational psychology at the University of Hong Kong. He has been interested in doing research on personality, attributional style, performance ratings, and interpersonal affect. He has presented a number of papers at international conferences; some of which had been published in international refereed journals. Dr. Kwan is a registered psychologist in HK and was a HR consultant prior to his service at CityU. He is a member in various international and local professional bodies.

Professional Qualifications

• Full Member American Psychological Association
• Member Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Professional Member The Hong Kong Institute of Human Resources Management
• Associate Fellow The Hong Kong Psychological Society

Awards

• College of Business Teaching Excellence Award 2015 City University of Hong Kong
• Teaching Development Grant 2014 City University of Hong Kong
• College of Business Teaching Excellence Award 2011 City University of Hong Kong
• Teaching Development Grant 2010 City University of Hong Kong
• Outstanding Reviewer Award (OB Division) Academy of Management Conference 2009

Research Areas

• Performance Ratings in Work Teams
• Management & Organisational Psychology
• Attributional style and work performance

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

KWAN, Andy; Wong, D / The relationship between attributional style and destructive responses to job dissatisfaction: an exploratory study of internal migrant workers in China. May 2014; In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 686 - 695

Hui, C. Harry; Pak, S. Tess; Kwan, Siu-On; Chao, Anan / Attributional Style and Engagement/Disengagement Responses in the Chinese Workforce. April 2012; In: Applied Psychology. Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 204-226

Tam, Kim-Pong; Pak, S. Tess; Hui, C. Harry; Kwan, Siu-On; Goh, Mario Kheng Hsiang / Implicit person theories and change in teacher evaluation: A longitudinal field study. February 2010; In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 273-286

Conference Papers

KWAN, Andy / A discovery of practices, challenges, and solutions in management using student-generated videos.. August 2014; Teaching & Learning Conference, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 01/08/2014 - 05/08/2014, , United States.

KWAN, Andy / Attributional style and job disengagement among Chinese migrant workers in Mainland China. July 2014; International Congress of Applied Psychology, 08/07/2014 - 13/07/2014, , France.

Chao, A A; Pak, S T; KWAN, Siu On; Hui, C H / Attributional style as predictor of work outcomes among Chinese: Composite vs. Dimensional Scoring. August 2008; 2008 Academy of Management Annual Conference, 08/08/2008 - 13/08/2008, Anaheim, United States.

KWAN, Siu On; PAK, S T; CHAO, A; HUI, C H / Attributional style in the Chinese workforce. 2007;

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Kwan, Siu-on; SUE-CHAN, Christina / The Evolution of Nurturing HRM Undergraduates at City University of Hong Kong. December 2017; Proceedings of 7th Annual International Conference on Human Resource Management and Professional Development in Digital Age (HRM&PD 2017). pp. 44-47