Staff Profile

Biography

Ijeoma Priscilla Ugwuanyi is a Senior Lecturer at the Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. She earned her PhD from City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on how societal challenges affect organizations, and how organizations and their leaders respond to and contribute to addressing them. In this regard, she is interested in topics spanning Leadership, International Business, Gender and Racial diversity, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and Organizational theory.

Prior to starting her PhD, Ijeoma worked as a Finance/Administrative Officer for a USAID funded project targeting vulnerable groups, which delivered economic and social empowerment initiatives. She also worked as a Research Assistant at the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. Ijeoma is a life member of the BETA GAMMA SIGMA society, a society reserved for only the top 5% of business students around the world. 

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Teaching Interests: International Business, Business Ethics and Sustainability, Entrepreneurship
• Research Interests: Women in Business, Business and Society, International Business Strategy, Digitalization, and Supranational Institutions

Academic & Professional Experience

Research Grants:

1) “Health Philanthropy and Community Health: Transnational Regulations and Recipient Country Trade  Agreements” (2024). Awarded by the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (PFDS/2024/09). Amount: HK$150,000 (PI)

2) “Extra-institutional Actors and Women Entrepreneurship: The role of norms, Donor Historical Ties and Types” (2024). Awarded by the Hong    Kong Metropolitan University (2023/24 B&A). Amount: HK$51,408 (PI)

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Kim, K. Y., Atwater, L., Peterson, R., Clark, K., Ugwuanyi, I., & Baik, K. (2025) A contingency model of top management teams' task conflict and organizational-level outcomes: Evidence for a curvilinear relationship. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. [Impact factor 5.0; SJR 1.687 (Q1)]
• Kyoung Yong Kim & Ijeoma Ugwuanyi (2023) Social distancing and workplace relationships in South Korea: exploring changes in negative and positive affective exchanges at work before and during COVID-19, Human Resource Development International, DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2023.2217732.
• Kim, K. Y., Atwater, L., Jolly, P., Ugwuanyi, I., Baik, K., & Yu, J. (2021). Supportive Leadership and Job Performance: Contributions of Supportive Climate, Team-Member Exchange (TMX), And Group-Mean TMX. Journal of Business Research, 134, 661-674. (Rating = 3* ABS; impact factor = 7.55)

Selected Professional & Community Services

• Adhoc Reviewer for Academy of Management Conference
• Adhoc Reviewer for Society of Business Ethics Conference
• Reviewer for RAE Journal (Revista de Administracao de Empresas)

Modified Date: 20 May, 2026
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