Dr. Honghui Chen is a Professor of CSR and Strategy at Lingnan College, SYSU.

He is a member of AOM and IACMR.

Research Areas

1. Corporate Social Responsibility & Business Ethics

2. Firm Growth and Strategic Management

3. History of Management Thoughts

Education & Professional Experiences

- IFF & Visiting Scholar, Sloan School of Management, MIT, USA  2004

- Ph.D in management, Enterprise Management, Zhejiang University, PRC   2003

- Master of Management, Management Science & Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, PRC   1999

- Bachelor of  Engineering, Management Science & Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, PRC   1993

Professional and Societal Appointments

- Director, Research Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Lingnan (U) College

- Vice president and executive board member, Guangdong Research Institute of Corporate Social Responsibility

Publications(Totally 100+ papers in English and Chinese; The followings are some English papers)

1. The motivational antecedents and performance consequences of corporate volunteering: When do employees volunteer and when does volunteering help versus harm work performance? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2016, 137(11): 99–11 (Hu, J., Jiang, K., Mo, S.*, Chen, H., & Shi, J.)
2. Board age and corporate financial fraud: An interactionist view, Long Range Planning, 2018, 51(6): 815-830. (Xu, Y., Zhang, L.*, & Chen, H.)
3. Corporate philanthropy after fraud punishment: An institutional perspective, Management and Organization Review, 2020,16(1): 33-68. (Zhang, L., Xu, Y.*, Chen, H., & Jing, R.)
4. Can corporate philanthropy be driven from the bottom to the top? Evidence from China, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (Forthcoming, DOI 10.1108SAMPJ-08-2018-0206). (Zhang, L., Mo, S.*, Chen, H. & Wu, J.)
5. Does one bad apple ruin a firm’s green brand image? Examining frontline service employees’ environmentally irresponsible behaviors, European Journal of Marketing (Forthcoming). (Zhang, L., Wu, J.*, Chen, H., & Nguyen, B.)
6. Negotiating with the Chinese: Are they more likely to use unethical strategies? Group Decision and Negotiation, 2013, 22(4): 641-655. (Ma, Z.*, Liang, D., & Chen, H.)
7. What to say on social media and how: Effects of communication style and function on online customer engagement in China, Journal of Service Theory and Practice , 2019, 29(5/6): 691-707. (Wu, J.*, Chen, J., Chen, H., Dou, W., & Shao, D. )
8. Doing good deeds at a constant speed: The role of philanthropic history in managing institutional pressures for corporate philanthropic disaster responses, Nankai Business Review International, 2018, 9(3): 316-330. (Zhang, L., Mo, S.*, & Chen, H.)
9. Corporate social responsibility and corporate financial performance in China: An empirical research from Chinese firms. Corporate Governance, 2011, 11(4): 361-370. (Chen, H., & Wang, X.)
10. Empirical research on the SMEs’ credit-guarantee in China, Journal of Zhejiang University (Science), 2002.3: 305-310（Jia, S., & Chen, H.）

Books & Essays:

The Interests of Stakeholders in the firm: Theoretical and Empirical Research. Economic Management Press, 2004

Research Grants:

2015-2018   National Science Foundation of China Research Grant:  On the Inner-Organizational Transmission Mechanism of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Multilevel Perspective.

2011-2013    National Science Foundation of China Research Grant:  Firm Growth, Strategic Intent, and Choice of Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

2007-2009    National Science Foundation of China Research Grant: Rationale, Measurement and Evaluation of Corporate Social Performance: A Research Based on Stakeholder Theory

Teaching

Strategic Management (EMBA, MBA, EDP Students)

History of Management Thoughts (Graduates, Ph.D Students)

Managment Research: Theory and application (Ph. D students)

Corporate Social Responsibility & Business Ethics (Undergraduates, MBA, EMBA, EDP Students)