Chak Fu Lam is a Professor of Management and the Programme Director of MBA programme at the City University of Hong Kong. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. 

His research focuses on voice behavior, with a particular focus on why employees may express ideas and how it matters in organisation - the upward communication of ideas, suggestions, or concerns to an employee’s leader, which is intended to benefit their work unit or organization. He is also interested in well-being and self-determination at work. 

His work has been published in journals such as Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Perspective, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Personnel Psychology, and Organisational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 

He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Journal of Organizational Behavior, and he was recognized as one of the five Best Editorial Reviewers for his services to the Journal of Applied Psychology in 2021.

He won the College of Business First Year Lecture Teaching Award in 2018 and an Assurance of Learning award in 2022 and awarded 40-under-40 MBA professors.

What do you enjoy most about teaching CityUHK MBA students?

Getting real-life business questions from top MBA students, and having answers to those questions in terms of both the why and the how.