Instructor 

Professor of Organizational Behavior, Department of Management and International Business, The University of Auckland 

【BIO】

Gordon joined the University of Auckland Business School in January 2016 as Professor of Organisational Behaviour. He served as the Associate Vice President and Professor in the Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) before he joined the Business School. He obtained his BBA from CUHK and his PhD in management from Virginia Tech. He is well recognized internationally as an expert in structural equation modeling, especially in measurement equivalence/invariance, analysis of dyadic data, and estimation of moderating and mediating effects in complex latent variable models. He has published more than 20 articles in research methodologies, which have been cited over 27,000 times. He is ranked among the world’s top 100,000 scientists in a study by scholars at Stanford University (Bass, Boyack, & Ioannidis, 2024), according to their career-long impact based on a composite indicator using Scopus data. He is also ranked among the top 10,000 scientists globally for the impact in 2023. Gordon is the recipient of the 2022 University of Auckland Business School Research Excellence Award. Gordon has twice received the Sage Best Paper Award from the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management (2000 and 2009) and, in 2008, the Best Published Paper Award in Organisational Research Methods. He served as the Division Chair of the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management in 2006/07.

The Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conferred Gordon the Life Fellow Award in 2024 on the recommendation of the ANZAM Board. This is the most prestigious honour ANZAM awards to members for outstanding service and leadership in management education, research, and practice.

Gordon is an enthusiastic teacher and has taught undergraduate level international business, management, and organisational behaviour, and graduate level research methods and structural equation modelling courses. He has received many teaching awards, including the Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teacher Award (2000) and the Faculty of Business Administration Outstanding Teacher Award (2002/03) at CUHK.

Distinctions/Honours:

- Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Life Fellow 2024

- University of Auckland Business School Research Excellence Award 2022

- Team Performance Management – Highly Commented Paper Literati Award 2020

- Research Methods Division/Sage Publications Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, 2000 and 2009

- Best Paper Published in Organisational Research Methods, 2008

- Management Education and Development Division Best Symposium Award, Academy of Management, 2005

- Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award, CUHK, 2000

- Outstanding Teacher Award, Faculty of Business Administration, CUHK, 2002-03

Committee/Professional groups/Services:

- Member, Editorial Board, Organizational Research Methods, 2005 – present

- Division Chair, Research Methods Division, Academy of Management, 2006 – 2007

- President, Asia-Pacific Association for International Education, 2012 - 2014

Qualifications:

BBA (CUHK); PhD (Virginia Tech)

Areas of Expertise:

Quantitative Research Methods, Structural Equation Modelling

【UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND APPOINTMENTS】

Professor

Business School, Management and International Business, New Zealand

【DEGREES】

Bachelor of Business Administration:

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China1 Sep 1983 - 1 Jul 1987

PhD:

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States15 Aug 1989 - 20 Dec 1993

【LANGUAGES】

English

Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

【FACULTY / INSTITUTE】

Business School

【GRADUATE SUPERVISION】

PhD/Doctoral Accredited Supervisor

【FIELDS OF RESEARCH】

Organisational behaviour

Human resources management