Awards & Honors

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Teaching Awards/Nominations
 

1. University Education Award 2021 (General Faculty Members Category), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
   (https://www.bschool.cuhk.edu.hk/featured-stories/an-all-round-educator-pays-it-forward/)
   (https://cutv.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/detail/1418?t=university-education-award-2021)
   (http://www.hkcd.com/hkcdweb/content/2022/01/07/content_1316955.html)
   (The University level award; select only one teacher from nine faculties; based on the merits of teaching portfolio, chosen by a selection panel from the nine faculties in CUHK)
    

2. Hong Kong UGC Teaching Award nomination (General Faculty Members Category), 2021
   (Each UGC-funded university will submit only one nomination for each category of the UGC Teaching Award each year)
    

3. Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award 2017, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
   (The University level award; select only one teacher from each faculty; based on the merits of the teaching portfolio, chosen by an ad hoc selection panel comprised of members from inside and outside the Business Faculty)
    

4. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2025-26, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    

5. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2024-25, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    

6. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2023-24, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    

7. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2022-23, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    

8. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2021-22, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    

9. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2020-21, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    

10. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2019-20, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     

11. Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2016-17, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    (The Faculty level award; select three teacher from the faculty; based on the merits of the teaching portfolio, chosen by an ad hoc selection panel comprised of members from inside and outside the Business Faculty)
     

12. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2018-19, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     

13. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2016-17, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     

14. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2015-16, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     

15. Faculty Teaching Merit Award 2014-15, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     

16. Faculty Teaching Award 2013-14, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     

17. Faculty Teaching Award 2012-13, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     

18. Teaching Excellent Award (Merit), 2011-12, Lingnan University
    (The University level award; based on the merits of the teaching portfolio, chosen by a selection panel from different faculties in Lingnan University)

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Research Awards/Nominations
 

1. Outstanding Research Impact Award 2023-2024, CUHK
   (The University level award; select only one teacher from each faculty, based on the merits of the research impact portfolio, evaluated by a selection panel from members inside the Business Faculty)
    

2. Outstanding Fellowship of the Business Faculty Award 2024, CUHK
   (The University level award; select only one teacher from each faculty, based on the merits of the research, teaching, and services portfolio, evaluated by a selection panel from members inside the Business Faculty)
    

3. Strategic Partnership Award for Research Collaboration nomination 2024, CUHK
    

4. Research Excellent Award 2011-12, Lingnan University
   (The University level award; based on the merits of the research portfolio, evaluated by a selection panel from different faculties in Lingnan University.)
    

5. The Postgraduate Research Output Award 2008, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
   (The University level award; select only one PGS student from each faculty; based on merits of the research portfolio, evaluated by a selection panel from members inside the Business Faculty)

 

 

Best Paper Awards
 

1. 1st Runner-up Award for the paper titled “Deontic justice for robots: How and when employees’ robot abuse affects customers’ revisit and negative word-of-mouth”, presented at the APacCHRIE 2026.
    

2. Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Too Nascent to Pass on Heritage: Tourists’ Reluctance to AI-designed Cultural and Creative Products”, presented at the 3rd Symposium on the Integration of Culture and Tourism and High-Quality Urban-Rural Development.
    

3. Best Paper Award for the paper titled “AI Trust Divide: How Recruiter-Candidate Roles Shape Tourism Personnel Decision-Making”, presented at the IMPACT 2024 Conference.
    

4. Best Poster Award for the paper titled “Effect of Emojis on Consumers’ Likelihood to Generate Hospitality and Tourism Experience Reviews”, presented at the IMPACT 2024 Conference.
    

5. Best Consumer Behavior Working Paper Runners-Up for the paper titled “Tell Me the Truth: Using Service Robots to Obtain Honest Feedback from Dissatisfied Customers”, 2024 Asia-Pacific ACR, Bali, Indonesia.
    

6. Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Solo Travel and Psychological Connectedness to the Destination: A Perspective of Memory”, presented at the IMPACT 2023 Conference.
    

7. Best Paper Award for the paper titled “The Impact of Perceived Similarity of Other Customers on Service Quality Perceptions of Potential Customers”, 2013 Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Regional Conference.