Kirk Chang

Professor Kirk Chang

Professor

Human Resource Management and Technovation

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

Kirk Chang is a professor of employee management and technology. He has worked in both the academic and consulting fields for nearly three decades. Prof Chang is a media commentator and has published book chapters, commissioned reports, and peer-reviewed journal articles. He has presented research papers at conferences in sixteen countries.

Prof Chang investigates issues of personnel management and scrutinizes the implication of technology (AI, Digitalization) on employee behaviour, group dynamics, teamwork, competitive advantage, and organisational performance. He has many 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), Assistant Professor (Kaohsiung Medical University, TW) and other scholarly posts.

Prof Chang is also an external programme examiner, PhD assessor, and programme accreditor for both UK and overseas Higher Education. Prof Kirk Chang has helped many organisations with employee training, community engagement, consultancy projects, HR-oriented research collaboration, and other aspects of business development. He is a Chartered Scientist (CSci, UK), and Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol, UK) and has received prestigious fellowships from four professional bodies. These are the Royal Society, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, British Psychological Society, and Higher Education Academy.

Prof Kirk Chang is committed to widening and continuing access to education through community engagement and business consultancy. He is keen to facilitate human capital development in SMEs and MNEs – from shoe manufacturing to the semiconductor industry and those pioneering world-leading science. Until recently, Prof. Kirk Chang has had 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, such as i4 (Industry 5.0) and AI-driven Management (AI-M).

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 analyzes the implication of technology on employees, managers and their organizations. His research themes are linked to employee behavior (individual level), team dynamics (group level), personnel management (managerial level) and organizational competitive advantage (organizational 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, referred journal papers and book reviews). His research articles appear in: 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 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 awarded by the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (Award: Yin-Shu-Tien Educational Foundation Professor). His contribution to the field of technology-empowered the employee management was awarded by the British Royal Society, United Kingdom. Overall, the business leaders, HR policy makers, managerial practitioners and general employers seeking to maximize their organizations performance also benefit from his research outcomes.

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