Photo Dr. LAI, Yuen Man, Jennifer Room: PLG425
Assistant Professor of Management Telephone: (853) 8397- 8885

Faculty of Business Administration

Email: jlai@umac.mo

University of Macau
Avenida Padre Tomas Pereira, Taipa, Macau, China
Academic Qualifications

 
  • PhD in Management, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007
Related Working Experiences

  • Instructor, Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong (2000 - 2003)
  • Senior Research Assistant, Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong (1998 - 2000)

Research Interests
 
  • Organizational citizenship behavior
  • Dirty work
  • Job stress
Grants and Awards
 
  1. The Study of Dirty Work in Gaming Industry, funded by the Research Committee of University of Macau, 2007-2009, Principal Investigator
  2. The Effect of Regulatory Fit on Attitudes and Behavior of Internal Customers, funded by the Research Committee of the University of Macau, 2010, Co-principal Investigator
  3. An investigation of psychological processes of turnover contagion, funded by the Research Committee of the University of Macau, 2011-2012, Principal Investigator
Journal Papers, Books and Book Chapters
 
  1. Lai, J. Y. M., & Lam, L. W. (in press). Dirty work in Chinese societies. In X. Huang & M. H. Bond (Eds.). Handbook of Chinese organizational behavior.
  2. Loi, R., Lai, J. Y. M., & Lam, L. W. (in press). Working under a committed boss: A test of the relatoinship between supervisors' and subordinates' affective commitment. Leadership Quarterly.
  3. Lai, J. Y. M., Lam, L. W., & Liu, Y. (2010). Do you really need help? A study of employee supplication and job performance in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 27, 541-559.
  4. Akhtar, S., Lee, J. S. Y., & Lai, J. Y. M. (2003). Influences of stressors and coping resources on job burnout and intention to quit among the nurses in the public hospitals of Hong Kong : Implications for human resource management (Final Report HSRC # 278108). Hong Kong: Health Services Research Committee.

Conference Papers
 
  1. Chow, C. W. C., Lai, J. Y. M., Kwok, M. L. J. 2011. Emotional contagion in travel and tourism industry: The moderating role of trust in leaders and leader-member exchange. EMAC 40th conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  2. Loi, R., Lai, J. Y. M., & Lam, L. W. 2010. An investigation of the trickle-down effect of affective commitment in supervisor-subordinate dyad. The Asia Academy of Management Seventh Conference, Macau
  3. Chow, C. W. C., Kwok, M. L. J., Luk, C. L., & Lai, J. Y. M. 2010. Improving job behavior of service employees by regulatory fit: The mediating role of leader-member exchange and moderating role of emotional intelligence. The Asia Academy of Management Seventh Conference, Macau
  4. Lai, J. Y. M., Lam, L. W., & Chan, K. W. 2010. How dirty is your job? The development and validation of the Perceived Work Dirtiness Scale. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
  5. Lai, J. Y. M., Lam, L. W., & Liu, Y. 2008. Do you really need help? A study of employee supplication and job performance in China. APJM Special Issue Conference on "Managing in Ethnic Chinese Communities", Kaoshiung, Taiwan
  6. Chan, K. W., & Lai, Y. M. 2008. Perceived Dirtiness Among Casino workers in Macau. Professional Development Workshop Session, The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
  7. Lai, J. Y. M., & Lam, S. 2007. What Good Soldiers Are Made of: The Role of Personality Similarity. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  8. Lai, Y. M., & Lam, S. S. K. 2006. A multilevel examination of the impact of organizational citizenship behavior on rated performance. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
Professional Society Membership
 
  • Member, Academy of Management (2006 - Present)
Faculty of Business Administration
University of Macau