Professor LAM Ho Wa Hodar

Hodar Lam received his PhD in Organisational Behaviour at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). Before joining Lingnan University, he was an Assistant Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at University of Amsterdam, where he obtained the Dutch University Teaching Qualification (Basiskwailificatie Onderwijs; BKO). He is the Vice-Chair (former Chair, 2024-26) and Research Sub-Committee Lead in the Division of Industrial-Organizational Psychology (DIOP), and a Public Relations Committee Member in The Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS). 

With an industry background in human resources management and counselling, Hodar’s research focuses on emotion and well-being issues (especially loneliness and solitude) in leadership and work contexts. He has been teaching courses on coaching, leadership, and diversity. He received the Merits (2025-26) and Finalist (2023-24) Awards in the Teaching Excellence Awards Scheme in Lingnan University. 

He has contributed knowledge to industry-oriented outlets, such as Forbes, QS Top Universities, I/O at Work, and Health Action Magazine, mass media, such as RTHK, Mill Milk, NowTV News, TVB News, am730, and Het Parool, and webinars and podcasts about loneliness, leadership, well-being at work, and mental health.

Research

• Loneliness & solitude
• Leadership
• Leader-follower relationships
• Emotions at work
• Well-being interventions

Publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Lam, H., Xie, Z., Xu, T., Affum-Osei, E., Goto, S. G., Wang, R., Yeung, J. C., & Chan D. K-S. (2026). Power and loneliness: The role of cultural values. International Journal of Psychology, 61(5), e70262. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70262

Yeung, J. C., Lam, H., (co-first authors) & Chan, D. K-S. (2026). Depression and accuracy of judgment: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 128, 102752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2026.102752

-       Lingnan University press release here: https://www.ln.edu.hk/news/press-releases/20260609/lingnan-university-joint-study-shows-that-a-depressive-mood-may-encourage-sound-judgment

Lam, H., Giessner, S. R., Shemla, M., & Werner, M. D. (2024). Leader and leadership loneliness: A review-based critique and path to future research. The Leadership Quarterly, 35(3), 101780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2024.101780

van Dierendonck, D., & Lam, H. (2023). Interventions to enhance eudaemonic psychological well‐being: A meta‐analytic review with Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well‐being. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15(2), 594-610. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12398

Other Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Heu, L. C., Oyekola, A., Sharma, N., Montiel, A. E., Piri, I., & Lam, H. (in press). What makes you different? A qualitative study on experiences of not fitting in with social norms across cultures. BMC Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05130-z

Bibic, K., Frenzel, S., Kerschreiter, R., …, Lam, H., et al. (2026). The value of leaders we trust and leaders who make us stronger: Exploring the distinct contributions of different components of identity leadership to group member outcomes. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 29(2), 302-322. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302251341818

Wilson-Lemoine, Swiatczak, Steffens, …, Lam, H., et al. (2026). Beyond prototypicality: Identity leadership is about shaping and embedding a sense of social identity not just representing It. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 56, 251-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70049

Xie, Z., Bi, K., Lam, H., Yip, P. S. F., & Cui, L. (2025). Codevelopment and bidirectional associations between coping styles and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents: Convergent findings across levels of analyses. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 53, 1633-1646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-025-01348-4

Xie, Z., Bi, K., Feng, N., Ji, X., Liu, Y., Lam, H., Yu, H., & Cui, L. (2025). Prospective associations between heterogeneous sleep profiles and depressive symptoms in adolescents: The mediating role of coping styles. Journal of Adolescence, 97(2), 499-513. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12436

Monzani, L., Bibic, K., Haslam, S. A., …, Lam, H., et al. (2024). Political leaders' identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior: The mediating role of trust in fellow citizens and the moderating role of economic inequality. Political Psychology, 45(6), 979-1011. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12952

van Dick, R., Cordes, B. L., Lemoine, J. E., …, Lam, H., et al. (2021). Identity Leadership, Employee Burnout and the Mediating Role of Team Identification: Evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 12081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212081

Affum-Osei, E., Goto, S. G., Yeung, J. C., Wang, R., Lam, H., Inusah A-N., & Chan D. K-S. (2021). Examining the factorial validity of the entrepreneurial career motives scale: A five-nation comparison. Journal of Career Development, 48(5), 715-732. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845319898870

Thesis

Lam, H. H. W. (2023). Lonely-ship: The emergence and experience of leader loneliness [PhD Thesis]. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

Book Chapters

林浩華、王琢鈞（2025）。〈工作與領導孤獨感〉。載於王化田等（主編），《職業與組織心理學》（頁103-118）。武漢：華中科技大學出版社。

許仝、林浩華（2025）。〈情緒勞動〉。載於王化田等（主編），《職業與組織心理學》（頁119-136）。武漢：華中科技大學出版社。

Professional Publications

Lam, H., Leong, R., Poon, G. (2026). DIOP Evidence-based Guideline for Crisis Response & Management in Organisational Settings. Division of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, The Hong Kong Psychological Society. https://www.diop.hkps.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/DIOP-Crisis-Guideline-English.pdf

Lam, H., & Leong, R., (2025). DIOP Silver Jubilee Booklet. Division of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, The Hong Kong Psychological Society. https://online.fliphtml5.com/hyvfe/xntr/

Practice-Oriented Articles

Lam, H. (08/01/2024). The taboo of loneliness for business leaders. RSM Discovery. https://www.rsm.nl/discovery/2024/the-taboo-of-loneliness-for-business-leaders/

Lam, H. (13/09/2022). Well-being interventions can help us grow stronger. University of Amsterdam. https://bit.ly/47deYtv

Lam, H. (17/06/2020). Lonely at the top? Try the middle! In H. Leroy, V. Ohms, & D. Stam (Eds.), RSM Discovery 38: Focus on Leadership (pp. 19-21). Rotterdam: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Online version at https://bit.ly/3dQU8E7

Lam, H., Giessner, S. R., & Shemla, M. (17/06/2020). How to combat loneliness caused by COVID-19 crisis. Business Impact by Business Graduate Association. https://bit.ly/2YJMbLW

Lam, H., Giessner, S. R., & Shemla, M. (08/05/2020). Four simple ways to combat the loneliness caused by COVID-19. Forbes. https://bit.ly/2Ww99n6

Lam, H., Giessner, S. R., & Shemla, M. (27/03/2020). Tips: Loneliness and working from home during the COVID-19 crisis. RSM Discovery. https://bit.ly/2wEsedW

Lam, H. (06/10/2014). The connection between exhaustion & psychological detachment from work. I/O at Work. https://bit.ly/33OeaLa

Selected Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Chen, W., Xu, T., & Lam, H. Remote work and employee creativity: Self-determination outweighs flow. International Congress of Applied Psychology, Florence, Italy, 21–25 July 2026.

Shu, T-M., & Lam, H. The relationships of loneliness and rumination with sleep quality among university students in Hong Kong. International Congress of Applied Psychology, Florence, Italy, 21–25 July 2026.

Xu, T., Jiang, W., Ye, B., Chen, W., & Lam, H. When loneliness brings more sleep problems in mid-level managers: The amplifying role of need for control. International Congress of Applied Psychology, Florence, Italy, 21–25 July 2026.

Lam, H., Zhou, C, Lehtonen, M., & Werner, M. D. How to develop theory-data fit on silence in qualitative work? Research Method Professional Development Workshop organised at the 85^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-29/07/2025. https://cdmcd.co/8Yp8yJ

Lam, H., & Wong, S. I. Unravelling the relational impacts of work digitization. Symposium organised at the 84^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, USA, 09-13/08/2024. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.12478symposium

Lam, H., Zhou, C, & Werner, M. D. How to analyze and build theory on silence and the unspoken in qualitative work? Research Method Instructional Symposium organised at the 84^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, USA, 09-13/08/2024. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.12477symposium

Lam, H., Markus, J. J., Ren, D., & Darouei, M. Cold but competent: The paradoxical effects of solitude expression on social reputation at work (* Finalist, Best Science Presentation Award). European Association of Work & Organisational Psychology Congress 2023, Katowice, Poland, 24-27/05/2023.

Lam, H., & Darouei, M. Disconnectedness at work: Conversations to connect theories and empirics. Symposium organised at the 82^nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA, 05-09/08/2022. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.12236symposium

Ingram, K. E., Lam, H., & Lim, J. Techniques for increasing meaningful connections in the remote learning environment. 81^st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 29/07-04/08/2021.

Lam, H., & Shemla, M. Why do powerful leaders feel less lonely? Upward self-disclosure as a mechanism to reduce leader loneliness. 79^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 09-13/08/2019. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.10232abstract

Lam, H., Werner, M. D., & Giessner, S. R. Lonely, but not alone: Hidden and stigmatised experiences of leader loneliness in the workplace. 34^th European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium, Tallinn, Estonia, 05-07/07/2018

Teaching Subjects

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