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Theses from 2015

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Extending the JD-R approach to predicting work/study engagement and creative performance : evidences from Chinese employees and students, Mengyuan WU

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The impact of credit default swaps on corporate investment policy, Xinshu XUE

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Management earnings forecast decisions in a regulated regime : evidence from China, Jingyu YANG

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Leisure and life satisfaction among Tai Chi and public square dance participants in Hong Kong, Yechen YAO

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The progression of political censorship : Hong Kong cinema from colonial rule to Chinese-style socialist hegemony, Lai To, Herman YAU

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Effect of self-interruption and external interruption on error detection, Sze Yuen YAU

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Information asymmetry, agency cost and stock liquidity : evidence from the split share structure reform in China, Tao YUAN

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Political reunification with Taiwan : perspectives from the leadership, intellectuals and the general public in Mainland China, Peiji YU

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Joint lead time and price quotation : dynamic or static?, Guo ZHANG

Theses from 2014

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The politics of crisis management in post-1997 Hong Kong : a state-society interactive framework, Hin Yeung CHAN

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Is there a distinction between a priori and a posteriori, Hiu Man CHAN

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The emergence of civil disobedience movements in Hong Kong, Kwun Hong CHAN

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清華簡《繫年》與相關文獻比對研究, Pui Ming CHAN (陳沛銘)

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Eurocentrism, modernity and Chinese sociality : an ethnographic study of everyday socio-cultural life in new-millennium China, Tung Yi KHO

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Reading Hume’s ‘Of the standard of taste’ : taking Hume seriously, Ka Wing KWOK

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The nature of intuition : what theories of intuition ought to be, Hung Nin LAM

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Performance persistence of institutional investors in IPO market : evidence from China, Sibo LIU

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重讀八、九十年代的「恐怖喜劇」: 殭屍電影與香港後殖民, Yee Man, Mandy LIU (廖綺雯)

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Tax-induced earnings management, auditor conservatism, and tax enforcement, Yongbo LI

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Open-minded discussion in interdepartmental collaboration : contribution of goal interdependence and social motives, Jiewei, Antonia LU

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後CEPA 時期香港電影懷舊想像中的「本土」身份書寫, Dan SHEN (沈丹)

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Public space and British colonial power : the transformation of Hong Kong Statue Square, 1890s-1970s, Wing Sze TAM

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A study of the aesthetics of the Hong Kong built environment : architectural harmonisation versus urban incivility, Kwok Wah TUNG

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Competitive market research and product design, Haixiu WANG

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Do firms’ earnings reported under IFRS 3R reveal more about future earnings and cash flows? Evidence from the European Union, Lin Yuan WANG

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An assessment of dual audit effect and contagious effect on the audit quality of non-Big N CPA firms for Chinese companies in different markets, Meixin WANG

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A study of authentic leadership adopting the job demands and resources approach in predicting work-related flow and job performance, Yiqing WANG

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Portrayals of women in Chen Hongshou’s figure paintings, Lai Na WAN

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冷戰時期魯迅思想的台、港傳播與演繹, Chieh Ming YANG (楊傑銘)

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The impact of quantitative materiality, perceived responsibility and Machiavellianism on tax professionals’ decision making regarding Fraud detection and reporting in the PRC, Qian YU

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Buyer beware : consumer response to manipulations of online product reviews, Mengzhou ZHUANG

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An English newspaper for British and Chinese : The South China Morning Post study (1903-1941), Yizheng ZOU

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Hidden agenda? Cultural policy in Hong Kong’s urban redevelopment, Tobias ZUSER

Theses from 2013

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Triad movies and young people's perception of triads in Hong Kong, Alexandre CERDA

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A study of household finance in China, Zhen HUANG

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屬靈戰爭與旅遊 : 一個短期宣教活動的個案研究, Lai Ieng LAU (劉麗凝)

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尼采早期著作中本原和共同體之思, Wing Sum LAW (羅詠心)

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Pricing and local-content decisions of a multinational firm in a duopoly market, Nanqin LIU

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張愛玲的自我改寫 : 以《紅樓夢魘》為觀察視角, Ruqin LIU (劉汝沁)

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Equilibrium and strategies of horizontal mergers inasymmetric differentiated oligopoly, Juan LU

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Citizenship education in post-1997 Hong Kong : civic education or nationalistic education?, Kit MAN

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漢族洪水神話傳說中的神異動物:論鯀禹治水神話及陷湖傳說, Kit Man POON (潘潔汶)

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The art of Irene Chou (Zhou Luyun, 1924-2011) : a case study of ink painting, Hung SHENG

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Institutional stock ownership and corproate dividend policy : evidence from China, Jianghua SHEN

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Extending job demands-resources model : the roles of energy management strategies and recovery experiences in facing differentiated job demands, Cho Ngan SIU

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戰國文字構形特徵研究, Yan Ho SIU (蕭欣浩)

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Intra-Asia cultural traffic: transnational flow of East Asian television dramas in Indonesia, Shuri Mariasih Gietty TAMBUNAN

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香港子女贍養父母立法研究, King Yung, Anna TANG (鄭琴淵)

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Histrionic translation : a methodology for promoting the translator's inter-subjectivity as co-producer, Fei Yue TSANG

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Japan as China's 'other': China's identity and policy towards Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, Filip VISKUPIC

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Customer selection for direct marketing : bi-objective optimization using support vector machine, Qian WANG

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The role of credit ratings on capital structure and its speed of adjustment in bank-oriented and market-oriented economies, Michal WOJEWODZKI

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A study of the universities of the third age in Hong Kong : an evaluation of elder academy model for the life long learning of older people, Ka Fai WONG

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Economic factors led to the fall of Jin dynasty : focus on the economic effects after relocation of capital to Kaifeng, Ming Hong WONG

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How does asymmetric information relate to investment efficiency? Evidence from analysts' earnings forecasts and daily stock trading, Lingmin XIE

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The impact of social capital on bank risk-taking, Wenjing XIE

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Social differentiation and age-friendly characteristics : a case study in Tuen Mun, Yuen Ling, Elaine YAU

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Consumer animosity and purchase behavior : the role of corporate social responsibility, Chun ZHANG

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Hello, is anybody there? Corporate accessibility for minority shareholders as a signal of agency problems in China, Xiaofeng ZHAO

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Conflict management between employees from different departments : contribution of organizational identification and controversy, Taohong ZHU

Theses from 2012

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The impacts of modernity on family structure and function : a study among Beijing, Hong Kong and Yunnan families, Ting CAO

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Materialism and life satisfaction among older people in Hong Kong : a case study and comparison with younger people, Yau Tsang CHAN

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A lacanian perspective on literature, translation and the reader's (inter-)subjectivity : read my text and tell me who you are, On Yee, Franziska CHENG

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Extending the local : documentary film festivals in East Asia as sites of connection and communication, Tit Leung CHEUNG

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Directorate of education (Guo Zi Jian) and the Imperial University (Tai Xue) in the Northern Song (960-1127)-interaction between politics and education in middle period China, Ming Kin CHU

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Ethical climate, the perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility, and earnings management, Mo LAM

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Causal modeling, reversibility, and logics of counterfactuals, Wai Yin LAM

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Drama as method : recontextualizing project learning for HK secondary schools, Yuen Fun, Muriel LAW

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U.S. cross-listing, institutional investors, and equity returns, Yui LAW

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Game-theoretic analysis of the quality assurance problem in a two-echelon supply chain with a retailer as the quality gatekeeper, Zaichen LI

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Socialization tactics as antecedents for goal interdependence and newcomer adjustment and retention, Changhong LU

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Determinants and implications of audit reporting lags in China, Wei LUO

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自我保護與 "另類" 實踐 : "雙向運動" 視野下的中國鄉村建設, Jiaen PAN (潘家恩)

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香港短篇小說的精神疾病書寫 (1990-2010), Pui Ting TSANG (曾佩婷)

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Understanding conflict avoiding behavior in China : the role of goal interdependence and behavioral intentions, Lin WANG

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A pleasant surprise or injury plus insult? : consumers' (dis)satisfaction with recovery strategies for service failure, Muyu WEI

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Corporate social responsibility and firm performance : evidence from China, Ho Yin WONG

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The effects of patriotic education on Chinese youths' perceptions of Japan, Zeying, Zena WU

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Is the provision of more timely earnings information good for the Chinese stock market? : evidence from investor reactions to management earnings forecasts, Shunan ZHAO

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香港現代主義文學與思潮 : 以「香港現代文學美術協會」為視點, Lei ZHENG (鄭蕾)

Theses from 2011

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崑南及其小說研究 (1955-2009), Wai Chung CHAN (陳偉中)

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Alliance management of post-cold war US-Israeli relations, Wun Liong CHAU

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翻译研究中的后殖民女性主义视角 : 自我反思的立场, Lijuan CHEN (陈丽娟)

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Ant colony optimization approach for stacking configurations, Yijun CHEN

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Interchange fee rate, merchant discount rate, and retail prices in a credit card network : a game-theoretic analysis, Hangfei GUO

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Transformational leadership for conflict management between leaders and employees, Yang GUO

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An analysis of the effects of the probability of informed trading (pin) on corporate diversification discount and CEO pay-performance sensitivity : evidence from China, Man JIN

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馬宗璉《春秋左傳補注》研究, Lok Man LEE (李洛旻)

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Red-white-blue and Hong Kong Installation Art, Nga Ying LIU

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CEO's pay differentials and the location of IPOs : an empirical study for Chinese A-share and H-share companies, Yi LIU

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译者是谁? : 译者的身份认同与翻译研究, Wenjing LI (李文静)

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The driving forces behind the recent housing market development in Hong Kong : fundamentals? bubbles? policy?, Ki Chiu LO

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A study of positive emotions and turnover intentions among Hong Kong Police officers : the mediating role of psychological capital and work well-being, Chun Lok LUI

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Appropriateness in design, Wing Man, Karen MA

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CEO compensation and loan contracting, Yiu Chung MA

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論牟宗三對康德的《純粹理性批判》之詮釋, Ka Lok NG (吳家樂)

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民粹主義與政治主體的生成 : 社民連的個案, Chak Sang PANG (彭澤生)

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形变与值变 : 论文学陌生化语言的翻译, Yongsui PENG (彭勇穗)

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RMB exchange rate reform and cross listed stock price disparity, Yuqian RONG

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Spousal abuse and social workers : when private sphere goes public, King Fan, Veronica SHEK