Kirk Chang featured image

Professor Kirk Chang

Professor

Human Resource Management and Technovation

Department of Innovation and Management , Royal Docks School of Business and Law

Kirk Chang is university professor of human resource management and technovation. He is a media commentator and has published book chapters, commissioned reports, international conference papers and peer-reviewed journal articles.

Qualifications

  • PGCE Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Lancaster, UK
  • PhD in Occupational Psychology, University of Manchester, UK
  • MSc in Occupational Psychology, University of London, UK
  • BSc in Medical Sociology, Psychology, Taiwan Kaohsiung Medical University, TW

Areas Of Interest

Professor Kirk Chang researches HRM Technovation and analyses the implications of technology on employees, managers and their organisations. His research themes are linked to employee behaviour (individual level), team dynamics (group level), personnel management (managerial level) and organisational competitive advantage (organisational level). His research reputation and evidence of knowledge transfer are demonstrated via the RAE2008, REF2013, REF2021 submission, invited workshops, keynote speakers and publications (book chapters, refereed journal papers and book reviews). His research articles appear in: the  British Journal of Management (ABS4), Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (ABS4), Journal of Managerial Psychology (ABS3), International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABS3), Psychological Research (ABS3), Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (ABS3) European Management Journal (ABS3), and other Scopus Q1-rated journals. {Citations 21,270, h-index 25, i10-index 39}

Kirk Chang has successfully secured research funds and collaborated with scholars from different disciplines in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He has presented papers at conferences across the globe. His research projects have theoretical implications for academic knowledge of management and contribute to the evolution of human resource theories. His contribution to the knowledge advancement of human resource management was recognised by the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (Award: Yin-Shu-Tien Educational Foundation Professor). His contribution to the field of technology-empowered employee management was recognised by the British Royal Society, United Kingdom. Overall, the business leaders, HR policy makers, managerial practitioners and general employers seeking to maximise their organisations' performance also benefit from his research outcomes.

Kirk Chang featured image

OVERVIEW

Kirk Chang is a university professor of human resource management and technovation. Professor Chang is a media commentator and has published book chapters, commissioned reports, international conference papers and peer-reviewed journal articles. He investigates issues of personnel management and scrutinises the implications of new technologies on employee behaviour, group dynamics, competitive advantage and organisational performance.

He has accumulated career experiences from reputable institutions; including the positions of Professor (University of East London, UK; Salford University, UK; University of Sharjah, UAE), Reader (Oxford Brookes University, UK), Senior Lecturer (Cumbria University, UK), Postdoc Research Fellow (Southampton University, UK) and Assistant Professor (Kaohsiung Medical University, TW).

Professor Chang also acts as an external programme examiner, PhD examiner, and programme accreditor for both UK and overseas Higher Education. Professor Chang has assisted numerous organisations in employee training, community engagement, consultancy projects and HR-oriented research collaboration. He is a Chartered Scientist (CSci, UK), Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol, UK) and has received prestigious fellowships of the Royal Society, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the British Psychological Society, and the Higher Education Academy.

Professor Chang is committed to widening and continuing access to education through community engagement and business consultancy. He is keen to facilitate the human capital development in SMEs and MNEs – from shoe manufacturing, to the semiconductor industry and those pioneering world-leading science. Professor Chang also has a long-standing commitment to both the Chinese Telecom Industry and the Chinese Academy of Personnel Science, supporting their personnel recruitment and performance bonus management system through the application of artificial intelligence.

Esteemed Titles

  • Academic Adviser, The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK
  • Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Psychological Research, Singapore
  • Editor-In-Chief, Innovations in Business and Strategic Management, India
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management, UK

Kirk Chang is a university professor, consultant, and researcher in the field of OB-HRM (Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management). Prof Chang received a PhD in Occupational Psychology (Manchester) and has been working in both the academic and consultancy fields for nearly three decades. He is a media commentator and has published book chapters, commissioned reports and peer-reviewed journal articles. He has presented research papers at conferences in fifteen countries. Professor Chang researches digital management-related issues and analyses the implications of technology on employees, managers, and their organisations. His research themes are linked to employee behaviour (individual level), team dynamics (group level), personnel management (managerial level) and organisational competitive advantage (organisational level).

Research Centre and groups

CURRENT RESEARCH

Three research branches (inc. salient visionary publications):

TEACHING

MBA Master of Business Administration

Become a business leader. Get the skills and connections to work in senior management, business consultancy, or build your own enterprise.

Explore our MBA

EXTERNAL ROLES

Academic Adviser:

  • The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK


External PhD Examiner

  • Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (India), Hamdard University (Pakistan), Burgundy School of Business (France), University of Bolton (UK), Brunel University (UK), University of Cumbria (UK), Oxford Brookes University (UK), University of Lancaster (UK), University of Salford (UK) and other prestigious universities.


Staff Promotion Examiner and Committee Members

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana), Hashemite University (Jordan), Brunel University (UK), Malaysia Multimedia University (Malaysia), Gunadarma University (Indonesia), Chinese Academy of Personnel Science (China), National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) and other Higher Education Institutions across the world. Journal Reviewers, Editorship or Editorial Board Members (in alphabetical order): Academy of Management Journal, Asia Pacific Business Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, British Journal of Management, Chinese Journal of Psychology, Chinese Management Studies, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, European Management Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Insight-Automatic Control, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management, Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Psychological Research, Journal of Strategy and Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Modern Management Forum, NUST Business Review, Personnel Review, Proceedings of Business and Economic Studies, Psychology Research and Behaviour Management, The Bottom Line, and other psychological managerial related journals.
  • Kirk Chang has acted as a professional reviewer for prestigious publishers. These are Elsevier (2016), Routledge (2014), Taylor & Francis (2014, 2017), Oxford (2014), Psychology Press (2013), John Wiley & Son (2011), Hodder Education, London (2011), Wiley-Blackwell (2010), Sage (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015), Pearson Publisher (2010), Palgrave MacMillan (2009, 2013), Oxford University Press (2009), McGraw-Hill Publisher (2008) and other works.

MODULES

  •  
  • Quantitative Method and Data Analysis
  • Artificial Intelligence in Business and Management
  • Employee Behaviour and Management
  • Mental Wealth Programme Series (Postgraduate programmes)
  • Strategy and leadership (MBA programmes) 
  •  

Publications

Browse past publications by year.

Full publications list

Visit the research repository to view a full list of publications