CityU professor becomes first Greater China region scholar named AIB fellow

Professor (Chair) Leung Kwok, Head of the Department of Management at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), has been elected as Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) in recognition of his contribution to international business studies.

Professor Leung is the first scholar from the Greater China region to be elected as an AIB fellow. There are around 80 AIB fellows worldwide and only three in Asia. The appointment demonstrates international recognition of the achievements of CityU’s academics.

AIB was established in 1959. It has more than 3,000 members in 71 countries. The academy is the leading association of scholars and specialists in the field of international business. Fellowship status is only offered to scholars who have made major contributions to international business studies. The academy has set a very high standard for this honour. The fellowship is limited to a maximum of five scholars per year.

Professor Leung joined the academy as a member in 2002. He was then invited to be the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies, the academy’s publication and a leading international business studies periodical that accepts only the very highest quality papers. Professor Leung is responsible for reviewing all submitted papers. 

Professor Leung also helped the academy organise the 2006 Frontiers Conference in San Diego. The conference assembled academics from around the world to discuss emerging research frontiers in international business. Professor Leung has also led the Paper Development Workshop that offers suggestions to scholars on ways to improve their research papers.

Given his relatively short tenure as a member of the academy, Professor Leung was particularly delighted that his research was being recognised by such an elite organisation. He said that working in the academy had helped his research on multinational operations.

Professor Leung will take up an advisory role in the academy and will be responsible for providing advice on international business research and development. Professor Leung is now a member of the Consulting Editors Board of the journal.

Professor Leung believes the fellowship is an encouragement to his academic department, CityU and Hong Kong. “Hong Kong is one of the centres of international business activity. It is also the bridge between the mainland and overseas markets. Any research or studies on international business and multinational operations are especially important to Hong Kong and the mainland,” Professor Leung said.

Professor Leung joined CityU’s Department of Management in 1999, focusing on research areas including human resource management, organisational behaviour, international management and cross-cultural research methods. Professor Leung is also a psychology expert. He worked at the Department of Psychology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong before joining CityU. He is also a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

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