Assistant Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:
My research interests focus on consumption experience, tourism and hospitality marketing, brand management, sports tourism, cruise and theme park management, cultural studies, and more.

Feedback from awardee:
I am so happy to have obtained this award again, which proves my constant research endeavours and commitment. I would like to thank PolyU CPCE, BHM, my colleagues and family members for their support. This achievement would not have been possible without their support.

 

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:
Social Marketing, Sustainable Marketing, Digital Marketing and Strategic Communications.

Feedback from awardee:
I am truly grateful to be recognised with the Active Scholar Award. This award reflects my research group's collaborative efforts and ongoing support from the BHM division. This recognition inspires me to continue my pursuit of knowledge and research contributions.

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:
My research interests cover corporate social responsibility, crisis management, education technologies and research methods.

Feedback from awardee:
I am delighted to receive the CPCE Active Scholar Award again. I would like to thank my Division, the CPCE research committee, my co-authors and my family members. PolyU CPCE has provided support for my research by offering internal research funding and conference expenses.

Associate Division Head, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

• Caring Teacher Award

Associate Division Head, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

• Inspiring Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

• Caring Teacher Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Head of Employability Services and Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Interim Head of Student Affairs and Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

Research and scholarly interests:

Cruise, ferry, impacts of climate change, maritime education and training, transport history, sustainability issues, supply chain resilience, health logistics, human remains, and regional development.         

 

Feedback from awardee:

I am excited to receive this award for three consecutive years. In the past 15 years, I have had success in establishing a leading interdisciplinary research team from more than 20 countries and regions spreading over five continents. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation for my College’s unreserved support and encouragement.

Interim Head of Marketing and Communications and Principal Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

Research and scholarly interests:

Educational management, higher education, social responsibility and technology management.    

 

Feedback from awardee:

This award means a lot to me as this is an opportunity for me to keep moving forward. It’s not easy to be an active researcher while having teaching and administrative duties during the semester. I would like to thank the CPCE CRO for promoting and developing a research culture and I found it very encouraging. In 2020, I joined the “CPCE Productive Scholar” scheme and teaching remission could be granted so that I could have more time to write research proposals and research papers. This award represents a significant recognition, affirming that embarking on the research journey was a rewarding decision.

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

Research and scholarly interests:

Corporate social responsibility, crisis management, teaching technologies and research methods. Most of his research topics are related to his teaching subjects.  

 

Feedback from awardee: 

I am delighted to receive this award. I would like to thank the Division of Business and Hospitality Management, the CPCE Research Committee, my co-authors and my family members. CPCE provides support to my research by offering teaching remission, internal research funding and conference attendance subsidies. I wouldn’t be able to get the award without such support.

Assistant Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

Research and scholarly interests:

Tourism and hospitality management, destination management, brand management, research methods, etc.           

 

Feedback from awardee:

I feel grateful for all of the support that CPCE and my co-authors have given to me.

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
  

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award
  

Assistant Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Lively Teaching Award

Associate Division Head, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award

 

Assistant Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Dr Xu’s teaching and research interests include consumer behaviour and consumption experience (in tourism and hospitality management), tourism psychology and sociology, tour operations and wholesaling, China tourism and hotel businesses, hospitality management in China, and quality service management.

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests: 

Dr Wut’s interdisciplinary research interests cover crisis management, corporate social responsibility and research methods.

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Dr Joseph Lau has published more than 280 research papers in international journals and professional magazines, contributed 15 book chapters, 3 books and presented numerous papers at international conferences. He has collaborated with scholars from more than 20 countries and regions spreading over five continents on research projects. Dr Lau’s research and scholarly interests are: cruise, ferry, maritime transport, air transport, impacts of climate change, maritime education and training, transport history, sustainability issues, supply chain management, health logistics, human remains, and regional development.  

Feedback from awardee:

 

I am delighted to receive the CPCE Active Scholar Award. The award has recognised my outstanding research performance in terms of output, quality, and impact. I would like to thank the College for providing me with unreserved support for building my interdisciplinary research team and extending my research networks across geographical continents. I would like to say, “Research is my part of life!”. New research areas that I would like to work on are public health, human remains, industry 4.0, the Arctic region, environmental impacts of transport, and animal management.

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Dr Edmund Wut’s research interests are corporate social responsibility, public relations, crisis management, sales management, blended learning, research methods and entrepreneurship. Most of his research topics are related to his teaching subjects.         

Feedback from awardee:

I am happy to receive the CPCE Active Scholar Award.  I would like to thank the CPCE Research Committee, our College, and my Division of Business and Hospitality Management. I wouldn’t be able to get the award without their support. Conducting research gives me opportunities to cooperate with other scholars around the world and widens my academic horizons. 

Assistant Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Dr Bill Xu’s research interests focus on hospitality and tourism management (such as destination management, theme park and cruise line management, and restaurant management), consumer experience and behaviour, and brand management, etc. Recently, Dr Xu published in top-tier academic journals with good impact factors (IF), such as Tourism Management (IF: 12.879), International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF: 10.427), Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (IF: 7.629), Tourism Management Perspectives (IF: 7.608), and Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (IF: 4.074).

Feedback from awardee:

I feel much delighted and honoured to receive this award. This award truly reflects my continuous research endeavours, my research interests and commitment, and the support from the College, my co-authors, my colleagues, and my family members (particularly my wife Sophia, my kids Nicholas and Christina).

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Lively Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

 

Associate Division Head, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Dr Hau-ling Chan’s research interests include sustainability operations, supply chain management, information systems management, and operations-marketing interface.  

Feedback from awardee:

This award is great encouragement to me. The world keeps changing. Engaging in research is a way to acquire new knowledge, keep abreast of the latest business trends, and understand public and social issues.

Two research areas that I would like to work on are corporate sustainability and technology. The former is an important goal of many enterprises and the latter plays an increasingly impactful role in our economy, society, and environment. 

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests: 

Dr Joseph Lau’s research and scholarly interests are: cruise, ferry, maritime transport, air transport, impacts of climate change, maritime education and training, transport history, sustainability issues, supply chain management, health logistics, and regional development.    

Feedback from awardee:

I am gratified to receive the award. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the College and to all the people who have given me their endless support and encouragement along my research journey. 

I am delighted that our College strongly encourages our academic staff to form interdisciplinary research teams so as to enhance our research capability, skills, exposure, and knowledge as scholars.

 

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Dr Peggy Ng’s research interest lies mainly in education and youth behaviour. In 2020, she got a grant from the Faculty Development Scheme (FDS) administered by the Research Grants Council (RGC) with the research topic of children’s pro-environmental behaviour. Recently, Dr Ng has submitted a proposal about youths’ good citizenship behaviour. Her future research area will be focused more on children and youth as our future lies in our next generation. Their behaviour will directly impact our community and society. Over the years, Dr Ng has published papers in academic journals, such as Higher Education, Online Information Review, Journal of Marketing Management, International Journal of Leadership in Higher Education, Journal of Knowledge Management, Education + Training, Young Consumers, International Journal of Educational Management, Social Responsibility Journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, and Asia Pacific Education Review.

Feedback from awardee:

From 2014 when I just graduated from my DBA study to 2021, I have published six Q1 and six Q2 journal papers. Receiving this award proves that I made the right decision to embark on my research journey.

CPCE has fostered a rich research culture. In 2017, I joined the “Productive Scholar Scheme” with teaching remission that enabled me to spend more time on writing research proposals and papers. To strengthen academic staff’s research capability, various research seminars are also organised by academic divisions.

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award

 

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

 

 

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

 

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Dr Peggy Ng works as a Senior Lecturer at College of Continuing and Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  Her research interests include strategic enrolment management, student satisfaction, higher education, strategic planning, pro-environmental behavior and social responsibility.  Her work has been published in academic journals, such as Online Information Review, Higher Education, Social Responsibility Journal, Asia Pacific Education Review and International Journal of Educational Management.

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

Research and scholarly interests:

Cruise, ferry, maritime transport, air transport, impacts of climate change, maritime education and training, transport history, sustainability issues, supply chain management, health logistics, and regional development

 

 

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award
• Inspiring Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award

 

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Lively Teaching Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Caring Teacher Award

Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Inspiring Teaching Award

Senior Lecturer, Division of Business and Hospitality Management

 

• Inspiring Teaching Award
• Lively Teaching Award