I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. I received my Ph.D. in Management and Organization from Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in Social Research Methods from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Nankai University.

My research aims to explain how strategic leaders interpret and respond to a variety of stakeholder pressures, especially those involving contentious issues and conflicts. Such pressures encompass large-scale, disruptive street protests, employee disapproval and resistance, and shareholder unrest. To answer this question, I draw upon and extend the insights of social movement theory and upper echelons theory.