David Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3936128 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7773-3144 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Impact of Strategic Communication in Coopetitive Multiagent Settings
We consider behavior of agents in a long-term multiagent coopetitive setting in which agents vary their cooperative and competitive stances over time. Using the game of Diplomacy as a testbed, we study how successful agents vary their coopetitive behavior, developing a new “style of play” (SoP) characterization of player behavior. We assess five novel SoP hypotheses about successful behavior. We propose two algorithms to automatically compute an …
Transmigration Stressors, Parent Mental Health, Resource Utilisation and Family Functioning Among Sri Lankan Camp Refugees in India
This study explores the relationships between resource utilisation, transmigration stressors, physical and mental health problems, and family dysfunction of Sri Lankan Tamil camp refugees during their transmigration period. The study aims to (a) describe the types of stressors experienced by Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, and their levels of adjustment and family functioning; (b) conduct a preliminary assessment of associations between parental daily…
Team-Level Constructs
Studies of team-level constructs can produce new insights when researchers explicitly take into account several critical conceptual and methodological issues. This article explicates the conceptual bases for multilevel research on team constructs and discusses specific issues relating to conceptual frameworks, measurement, and data analysis. To advance programmatic research involving team-level constructs, several future research directions conce…
New Dilemmas and New Directions in South Africa After Apartheid
On 3 October 2016, Sachs, who collects honorary doctorates and other titles as if they were panini stickers, visited Ghent University for the third Mandela Lecture organised by the Africa Platform of the Ghent University Association, and moderated by Prof. Eva Brems. This interview was conducted on that occasion. ‘Since the attempt on my life, I see everything as rose-tinted’, laughs the man who sur- vived an attack, abolished the death penalty a…
Unintended Consequences in Singapore
Middle ground approach to paradox: Within- and between-culture examination of the creative benefits of paradoxical frames
Thriving in increasingly complex and ambiguous environments requires creativity and the capability to reconcile conflicting demands. Recent evidence with Western samples has suggested that paradoxical frames, or mental templates that encourage individuals to recognize and embrace contradictions, could produce creative benefits. We extended the timely, but understudied, topic by studying the nuances of for whom and why creative advantages of parad…
Longitudinal Research: A Panel Discussion on Conceptual Issues, Research Design, and Statistical Techniques
The goal of this article is to clarify the conceptual, methodological, and practical issues that frequently emerge when conducting longitudinal research, as well as in the journal review process. Using a panel discussion format, the current authors address 13 questions associated with 3 aspects of longitudinal research: conceptual issues, research design, and statistical techniques. These questions are intentionally framed at a general level so t…
Culture Differences and Challenges in Localization of Senior Executives of International Luxury Hotels in China
With the rapid increase of international hotels in China, the importance of talent localization has widely been recognized, although empirical research is still limited. This paper explores the current situation of talent localization of international luxury hotels in China and its influencing factors from a cultural perspective through in-depth interviews with executives and senior managers of hotel associations, luxury hotels, and hotel owners.…
Localization of Senior Managers of International Luxury Hotels in China: The Current Situation and Influencing Factors
With the rapid development of China's hotel industry, international brand hotels have been expanding rapidly in recent years, which has led to a great demand for hotel talents, especially senior managers. This paper presents an up-to-date understanding of talent localization with respect to international luxury hotels in China through in-depth interviews with executives and senior managers, and it aims to explore the current situation and influen…
Understanding the Microstructure and Macrostructure of Passages Among Chinese Elementary School Children
Education for the Gifted and Talented
Years of Social Issues in Singapore
"The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in various situations has become a key driver of effectiveness in addressing social issues. 50 Years of Social Issues in Singapore provides a comprehensive review and examination of various social issues at multiple levels of analysis including the individual, group and society. This invaluable book adopts a translational approach to social i…
The Metrics of Societal Happiness
Contribution of discourse and morphosyntax skills to reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic and typically developing children
This study aimed at identifying important skills for reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic children and their typically developing counterparts matched on age (CA controls) or reading level (RL controls). The children were assessed on Chinese reading comprehension, cognitive, and reading-related skills. Results showed that the dyslexic children performed significantly less well than the CA controls but similarly to RL controls in most measure…
Transnational Higher Education and Challenges for University Governance in China
In search of an ethical university: A proposed East–West integrative vision
This article employs a sociological analysis of the changing role and mission of higher education from that of a ‘public good’ to that of a service industry. In this regard, the rise of modern universities as corporate enterprises in the recent decades has often neglected the important dimension of education as a process of enlightenment, with its ethical and moral dimensions. The author tries to put into perspective the relevance of searching fo…
Similar Agendas, Diverse Strategies: The Quest for a Regional Hub of Higher Education in Hong Kong and Singapore
Global agenda, local responses: Changing education governance in Hong Kong’s higher education
Hong Kong has undergone a series of educational reforms since the mid 1990s in response to the tidal wave of globalisation. This article tries to examine the recent education reforms in Hong Kong’s higher education within the global context, by putting into perspective a discussion of its policy implications of marketisation, privatisation and corporatisation, through the examination of three important dimensions of education governance, namely: …
Jumping into the Sea: From Academics to Entrepreneurs in South China
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Founders of the Factory Chapter 3 Contracting the Factory Chapter 4 Successes, Conflicts, and Frustrations Chapter 5 Founding the Company Chapter 6 The Wives Chapter 7 Managing the Company Chapter 8 Conclusion, with a Surprising Twist Chapter 9 Appendix A. Research Permission Chapter 10 Appendix B. Interim Regulations on Private Enterprises of the People's Republic of China Chapter 11 Appendix C. The Documents…
A Study of Job Preference and Work Ethics in Guangzhou
Guangdong is the province one step ahead in China and Guangzhou is the city one step ahead in Guangdong.' Being one of the most economically active cities in China, Guangzhou citizens have generally experienced improved living standards and a better quality of life since the economic reform started in the late 1970s. What is also true is that economic modernization has changed the social structure, allowing far more social mobility in the post-Ma…
Educational Reforms and Coping Strategies under the Tidal Wave of Marketisation: A comparative study of Hong Kong and the mainland
It has been a global trend, since the 1980s, that the process of marketisation has been influential in the decision making of social policies around the world, and that this tidal wave is now crossing over to the Asia–Pacific region as well. Education policy, as one of the important social policies for many developing countries, has been influential in the forefront of national development in terms of manpower training, as well as in other arenas…
Detection of Differential Item Functioning on the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory Using Multiple-Group Mean and Covariance Structure Analyses
This article demonstrates how Sörbom's (1974) mean and covariance structure analysis (MACS) model can be used to detect uniform and non-uniform differential item functioning (DIF) on polytomous ordered response items that are assumed to approximate a continuous scale. Using item responses from 773 civil service employees, the MACS model was applied to three cognitive style scales on the widely-used Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI, Kirto…
Modeling Intraindividual Changes in Children's Social Skills at Home and at School: A Multivariate Latent Growth Approach to Understanding Between-Settings Differences in Children's Social Skill Devel…
Multivariate latent growth modeling was used to conceptualize and analyze intraindividual changes in children's social skills and interindividual differences in these changes in home and school settings. Parent and teacher ratings assessing children's social skills at home and school settings, respectively, were obtained for a sample of 378 children at 4 time points spaced at approximately 12-month intervals over a 4-year period from Kindergarten…
Functional relations among constructs in the same content domain at different levels of analysis: A typology of composition models.
An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 1997, Aug, Boston, MA, US
The Conceptualization and Analysis of Change Over Time: An Integrative Approach Incorporating Longitudinal Mean and Covariance Structures Analysis (LMACS) and Multiple Indicator Latent Growth Modeling…
The concept of change over time is fundamental to many phenomena investigated in organizational research. This didactically oriented article proposes an integrative approach incorporating longitudinal mean and covariance structures analysis and multiple indicator latent growth modeling to aid organizational researchers in directly addressing fundamental questions concerning the conceptualization and analysis of change over time. The approach is i…
Educational Reforms and Coping Strategies under the Tidal Wave of Marketisation: A comparative study of Hong Kong and the mainland
It has been a global trend, since the 1980s, that the process of marketisation has been influential in the decision making of social policies around the world, and that this tidal wave is now crossing over to the Asia–Pacific region as well. Education policy, as one of the important social policies for many developing countries, has been influential in the forefront of national development in terms of manpower training, as well as in other arenas…
Similar Agendas, Diverse Strategies: The Quest for a Regional Hub of Higher Education in Hong Kong and Singapore
The Metrics of Societal Happiness
Longitudinal Research: A Panel Discussion on Conceptual Issues, Research Design, and Statistical Techniques
The goal of this article is to clarify the conceptual, methodological, and practical issues that frequently emerge when conducting longitudinal research, as well as in the journal review process. Using a panel discussion format, the current authors address 13 questions associated with 3 aspects of longitudinal research: conceptual issues, research design, and statistical techniques. These questions are intentionally framed at a general level so t…
Middle ground approach to paradox: Within- and between-culture examination of the creative benefits of paradoxical frames
Thriving in increasingly complex and ambiguous environments requires creativity and the capability to reconcile conflicting demands. Recent evidence with Western samples has suggested that paradoxical frames, or mental templates that encourage individuals to recognize and embrace contradictions, could produce creative benefits. We extended the timely, but understudied, topic by studying the nuances of for whom and why creative advantages of parad…
Transnational Higher Education and Challenges for University Governance in China
Localization of Senior Managers of International Luxury Hotels in China: The Current Situation and Influencing Factors
With the rapid development of China's hotel industry, international brand hotels have been expanding rapidly in recent years, which has led to a great demand for hotel talents, especially senior managers. This paper presents an up-to-date understanding of talent localization with respect to international luxury hotels in China through in-depth interviews with executives and senior managers, and it aims to explore the current situation and influen…
Global agenda, local responses: Changing education governance in Hong Kong’s higher education
Hong Kong has undergone a series of educational reforms since the mid 1990s in response to the tidal wave of globalisation. This article tries to examine the recent education reforms in Hong Kong’s higher education within the global context, by putting into perspective a discussion of its policy implications of marketisation, privatisation and corporatisation, through the examination of three important dimensions of education governance, namely: …
Implicit Theory Of Psychopathology
Inferential relationships of psychopathological traits were mapped by applying multidimensional scaling to judgments of the probability of joint endorsement of pairs of personality items from the Differential Personality Inventory. Three bipolar dimensions of inference, identified as uncontrolled impulse expression vs. inhibition and withdrawal, cognitive dysfunctioning vs. overcontrol and denial, and resignation vs. interpersonal conflict, were …
Implicit personality theory: Is it illusory? 1
A bstract Several studies have found a substantial association between subjects' judgments about the co‐occurrence of personality items and the items' actual co‐occurrence, lending support to the validity of implicit personality theory. This work has recently been called into question by an investigation of Mirels (1976) that reported a nonsignificant relationship between judged probabilities of item pairs and the pairs' empirical coendorsement p…
Maximum-likelihood estimation in common factor analysis: A cautionary note
Individual Differences In The Perception And Judgement Of Psychopathology
Two studies were designed to investigate one aspect of clinical judgment, inferences regarding psychopathology based on limited information. Perceived relationships among 27 psychopathological constructs were structurally represented by multidimensional scaling procedures. Although there were individual differences in the perception of psychopathology, the obtained common perceptual space was regarded as an adequate and parsimonious representatio…
Attitudes Towards Mental Patients in Hong Kong
The purpose of this survey was to understand how the people of Hong Kong perceive mental health, mental illness, mental patients and mental health facilities. In March 1994, a total of 1,043 successful telephone interviews were conducted out of 2,202 valid telephone numbers. The sample was found to be representative of the Hong Kong adult population in terms of sex ratio, age structure, educational achievement and economic status. It was found th…
Functional relations among constructs in the same content domain at different levels of analysis: A typology of composition models.
An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 1997, Aug, Boston, MA, US
The Conceptualization and Analysis of Change Over Time: An Integrative Approach Incorporating Longitudinal Mean and Covariance Structures Analysis (LMACS) and Multiple Indicator Latent Growth Modeling…
The concept of change over time is fundamental to many phenomena investigated in organizational research. This didactically oriented article proposes an integrative approach incorporating longitudinal mean and covariance structures analysis and multiple indicator latent growth modeling to aid organizational researchers in directly addressing fundamental questions concerning the conceptualization and analysis of change over time. The approach is i…
Detection of Differential Item Functioning on the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory Using Multiple-Group Mean and Covariance Structure Analyses
This article demonstrates how Sörbom's (1974) mean and covariance structure analysis (MACS) model can be used to detect uniform and non-uniform differential item functioning (DIF) on polytomous ordered response items that are assumed to approximate a continuous scale. Using item responses from 773 civil service employees, the MACS model was applied to three cognitive style scales on the widely-used Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI, Kirto…
Modeling Intraindividual Changes in Children's Social Skills at Home and at School: A Multivariate Latent Growth Approach to Understanding Between-Settings Differences in Children's Social Skill Devel…
Multivariate latent growth modeling was used to conceptualize and analyze intraindividual changes in children's social skills and interindividual differences in these changes in home and school settings. Parent and teacher ratings assessing children's social skills at home and school settings, respectively, were obtained for a sample of 378 children at 4 time points spaced at approximately 12-month intervals over a 4-year period from Kindergarten…
A Study of Job Preference and Work Ethics in Guangzhou
Guangdong is the province one step ahead in China and Guangzhou is the city one step ahead in Guangdong.' Being one of the most economically active cities in China, Guangzhou citizens have generally experienced improved living standards and a better quality of life since the economic reform started in the late 1970s. What is also true is that economic modernization has changed the social structure, allowing far more social mobility in the post-Ma…
Educational Reforms and Coping Strategies under the Tidal Wave of Marketisation: A comparative study of Hong Kong and the mainland
It has been a global trend, since the 1980s, that the process of marketisation has been influential in the decision making of social policies around the world, and that this tidal wave is now crossing over to the Asia–Pacific region as well. Education policy, as one of the important social policies for many developing countries, has been influential in the forefront of national development in terms of manpower training, as well as in other arenas…
Jumping into the Sea: From Academics to Entrepreneurs in South China
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Founders of the Factory Chapter 3 Contracting the Factory Chapter 4 Successes, Conflicts, and Frustrations Chapter 5 Founding the Company Chapter 6 The Wives Chapter 7 Managing the Company Chapter 8 Conclusion, with a Surprising Twist Chapter 9 Appendix A. Research Permission Chapter 10 Appendix B. Interim Regulations on Private Enterprises of the People's Republic of China Chapter 11 Appendix C. The Documents…
Global agenda, local responses: Changing education governance in Hong Kong’s higher education
Hong Kong has undergone a series of educational reforms since the mid 1990s in response to the tidal wave of globalisation. This article tries to examine the recent education reforms in Hong Kong’s higher education within the global context, by putting into perspective a discussion of its policy implications of marketisation, privatisation and corporatisation, through the examination of three important dimensions of education governance, namely: …
Similar Agendas, Diverse Strategies: The Quest for a Regional Hub of Higher Education in Hong Kong and Singapore
In search of an ethical university: A proposed East–West integrative vision
This article employs a sociological analysis of the changing role and mission of higher education from that of a ‘public good’ to that of a service industry. In this regard, the rise of modern universities as corporate enterprises in the recent decades has often neglected the important dimension of education as a process of enlightenment, with its ethical and moral dimensions. The author tries to put into perspective the relevance of searching fo…
Contribution of discourse and morphosyntax skills to reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic and typically developing children
This study aimed at identifying important skills for reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic children and their typically developing counterparts matched on age (CA controls) or reading level (RL controls). The children were assessed on Chinese reading comprehension, cognitive, and reading-related skills. Results showed that the dyslexic children performed significantly less well than the CA controls but similarly to RL controls in most measure…
Transnational Higher Education and Challenges for University Governance in China
The Metrics of Societal Happiness
Education for the Gifted and Talented
Years of Social Issues in Singapore
"The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in various situations has become a key driver of effectiveness in addressing social issues. 50 Years of Social Issues in Singapore provides a comprehensive review and examination of various social issues at multiple levels of analysis including the individual, group and society. This invaluable book adopts a translational approach to social i…
Longitudinal Research: A Panel Discussion on Conceptual Issues, Research Design, and Statistical Techniques
The goal of this article is to clarify the conceptual, methodological, and practical issues that frequently emerge when conducting longitudinal research, as well as in the journal review process. Using a panel discussion format, the current authors address 13 questions associated with 3 aspects of longitudinal research: conceptual issues, research design, and statistical techniques. These questions are intentionally framed at a general level so t…
Culture Differences and Challenges in Localization of Senior Executives of International Luxury Hotels in China
With the rapid increase of international hotels in China, the importance of talent localization has widely been recognized, although empirical research is still limited. This paper explores the current situation of talent localization of international luxury hotels in China and its influencing factors from a cultural perspective through in-depth interviews with executives and senior managers of hotel associations, luxury hotels, and hotel owners.…
Localization of Senior Managers of International Luxury Hotels in China: The Current Situation and Influencing Factors
With the rapid development of China's hotel industry, international brand hotels have been expanding rapidly in recent years, which has led to a great demand for hotel talents, especially senior managers. This paper presents an up-to-date understanding of talent localization with respect to international luxury hotels in China through in-depth interviews with executives and senior managers, and it aims to explore the current situation and influen…
Understanding the Microstructure and Macrostructure of Passages Among Chinese Elementary School Children
Unintended Consequences in Singapore
Psychology (18 works) · Political science (12 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Mathematics (8 works) · China (6 works) · Statistics (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Geography (5 works)