Prof Zhang Hong and her research team receive the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award 2025
Prof Zhang Hong and her research team have received the prestigious Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research 2025 for their pioneering study in the field of work-family dynamics.
Prof Zhang Hong, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the Faculty of Business at Lingnan University, and her research team have received the prestigious Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research 2025 for their pioneering study in the field of work-family dynamics. This international award, conferred by Purdue University’s Centre for Families and Boston College’s Centre for Work and Family, recognises the most outstanding interdisciplinary contributions to work-family research.
The award-winning paper, "Getting under the skin? Influences of work-family experiences on personality trait adaptation and reciprocal relationships”, was written by Prof Zhang and her research team, and published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The study examines how the interplay between work and family influences personality traits, particularly during the middle and later stages of adulthood.
The Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award, established in 2000 by the Centre for Families at Purdue University and the Centre for Work and Family at Boston College, promotes awareness of high-quality work-family research among scholars, consultants, and practitioners. Applications are not accepted. The rigorous award process typically involves more than 5,000 articles published in over 60 scholarly English-language journals from around the world. This award recognises the finest research in this interdisciplinary domain each year, and is one of the most prestigious honours in the field of work-life.
To learn more about this award-winning paper, please visit: The Lingnan Scholars platform.