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 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).

Kirk Chang

OVERVIEW

Kirk Chang is a university professor of technovation and personnel management. He has worked in both 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 seventeen 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 extensive career experience from reputable institutions, including:

  • 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 institutions. Prof Kirk Chang has helped numerous 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 the human capital development in SMEs and MNEs – from shoe manufacturing to the semi-conductor industry and pioneering world-leading science. Until recently, Prof Kirk Chang also 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 i5 (Industry 5.0) and AI-driven Management (AI-M).

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

Professor 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.

PUBLICATIONS

Research and publication profile

Google Scholar profile


Press media and research interviews

2023-2024

  1. The Guardian
  2. Open Access Government
  3. The Conversation
  4. The Conversation - (Demand for computer chips fuelled by AI)
  5. Work Life
  6. AMCHAM
  7. People Management
  8. The Conversation - Air traffic control chaos
  9. Daily Mirror
  10. People Management - Employers need HR to map future talent needs
  11. Open Access Government
  12. CIPD
  13. BBC
  14. Future workplace

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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

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  • 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) 
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Publications

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