Faculty and staff

Dr. Chang Lu received his Ph.D. In Strategic Management and Organization at the School of Business, University of Alberta, and completed a postdoc fellowship in the Blockchain@UBC research cluster at the University of British Columbia. He researches organization theory, innovation adoption, and entrepreneurship, and has taught Strategic Management and Organization Behavior in multiple higher-education institutions. In addition to research and teaching, he has founded startups, served on advisory boards, and is passionate about translating scientific inventions into commercialized products and services.

UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters. Lead-author. ($100,000)

British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education and Skill for Blockchain Micro-credential. Co-author. ($200,000)

Mitacs Accelerate Cluster (to support NSERC CREATE graduate pathway). Co-author. ($500,000)

Mitacs Elevate Fellowship and Embedded Accelerate Internships. Lead applicant. ($225,000)

Alberta Gambling Research Institute Ph.D. scholarship. Lead applicant. ($120,000)

Best Reviewer Award. Organization and Management Theory Division. Academy of Management

David van Lennep Scriptieprijs van De Nederlandse Stichting voorpsychotechniek

(NsVP)

Lu. C., Lemieux, V. 2020. Consumers’ Intentions to Adopt Blockchain-Based Personal Health Records and Data Sharing. The State of Canadian Cybersecurity Conference.

Lu. C. Phung, K. 2020. Developing Theory on Decentralized Organizations. Presenter Symposium. Academy of Management Annual Conference.

Lu. C. 2020. Adopting nascent practice in highly institutionalized organizations. European Group of Organization Studies.

Lu. C. 2020. Nascent technology adoption and institutional logics. Blockchain Technology Symposium by the Field Institute, University of Toronto.

Lu. C. 2018. Resourcing Stigma as Entry Strategy: How Can Oppressed Social Groups Enter Established Fields. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Organization and Management Theory Division. Chicago, USA.

Lu. C. 2018. Resourcing Stigma as Entry Strategy: How Can Oppressed Social Groups Enter Established Fields. Presented at Simon Fraser University, Saint Mary University and University of New Brunswick.

Lu. C. 2017. West Coast Research Symposium. Edmonton. Canada.

Lu, C., Reay, T. 2017. “Seeing from below”: An Ethno-historical Investigation of the Establishment of First Nation Casinos in Canada. Academy of Management Journal Special Issue Workshop. London, Ontario.

Lu, C., Reay, T. 2017. The Role of Marginalized Actors in Field and Social Change. Presenter Symposium. Organization and Management Theory Division; Public and Non- profit Division; Social Issue in Management Division. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Atlanta. USA.

Lu, C. Zafar. A. 2017. The Emergence and Impact of Social Innovation. Presenter Symposium. Organization and Management Theory Division. Canadian Administrative Science Association of Canada Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada.

Lu. C. 2017. Alberta Gambling Research Institute Conference. First runner-up for best poster presentation. Banff. Canada.

Lu, C., & Reay, T. 2016. Preserving a settlement despite ongoing challenges: The case of Native Indian Gaming in the United States. Organization and Management Theory Division. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Anaheim. USA.

Lu. C. 2016. Doctoral Consortium (Department Nominee). Organization and Management Theory Division. Anaheim. USA.

Lu, C. 2016. Certificate of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fuzzySet) in Qualitative Comparative Analysis Workshop. University of California Irvine.

Lu, C. 2016. Alberta Gaming Research Institute Annual Conference. Banff, Canada.

Lu, C. 2016. Coexistence of multiple institutional logics: An exploratory study of Alberta addiction field from 1974 to 2014. Organization and Management Theory Division. Canadian Administrative Science Association of Canada Annual Conference. Edmonton, Canada.

Lu, C. & Lee, T. 2015. Qualitatively capturing institutional logics. Professional Development Workshop. Organization and Management Theory Division. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Vancouver, Canada.

Lu, C. 2015. The coexistence of multiple institutional logics in the field of Alberta addiction from 1974 to 2014. Alberta Institution Conference. Banff.

Reay, T., Lu, C., Goodrick, E. 2014. The three (changing) faces of addictions: How institutional settlements evolve over time. European Group of Organization Studies. Rotterdam, the Netherlands. July. 2014.

Chang Lu. 2013. The relationship between helping behavior in workplace and work to family enrichment: a multi-foci and dual cultural study. Organization Behavior Division. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Orlando, USA.

Books

Lu. C., Tanniru, M. 2024. Blockchain Adoption in Healthcare: Analysis, Design and Implementation. Springer.

Book Chapters

Tanniru, M., Lu, C. 2024. Role of Community Model in Networked Healthcare Organizations. In Lu, C & Tanniru, M (Eds.), Blockchain Adoption in Healthcare: Analysis, Design, and Implementation (pp, 1-18). Springer.

Kong, P., Lu, C., Cruz, C. 2024. “Pay for Value”: Blockchain for Drug Pricing in Canada. In Lu, C & Tanniru, M (Eds.), Blockchain Adoption in Healthcare: Analysis, Design, and Implementation (pp, 75-99). Springer.

Nguyen-Phan, T., Lu, C. 2024. The Inter-Organizational Environment of Blockchain in Healthcare: The State of Blockchain Healthcare Consortia. In Lu, C & Tanniru, M (Eds.), Blockchain Adoption in Healthcare: Analysis, Design, and Implementation (pp, 181-200). Springer.

Lu, C. Blockchain Adoption in Life Sciences Organizations: Socio-organizational barriers and Adoption Strategies. In Charles, W (Eds.), Blockchain in Life Sciences: Technology that Accelerates Scientific Advancements (pp, 175-195). Springer.

Mohan, T., Niu, J., Feng, C., Duque, C. G., Lu, C., Krishnan, H. 2021. Incentives to Engage Blockchain and Enterprise Ecosystem Actors. In Lemieux, V & Feng, C (Eds), Building Decentralized Trust Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Design of Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers (pp, 35-61). Springer.

Articles

Reay, T., Goodrick, E., & C, Lu. 2020. Institutional Settlements and Organizational Hybridity: The Rise and Fall of Supervised Consumption Sites. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. 69: 271-289.

Lu, C., Batista, D., Hamouda, H., Lemieux, V. 2020. Consumers’ Intentions to Adopt Blockchain-Based Personal Health Records and Data Sharing: Focus Group Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Formative Research. 4(11):e21995: DOI: 10.2196/21995

Lu, C. 2018. Resourcing Stigma as a Mechanism of Field Entry. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Lu, C., & Reay. T. 2016. Preserving a settlement despite ongoing challenges: The case of Native Indian Gaming in the United States. Research in the Sociology of Organization. 48(B): 1-35.

Gehman, J., Lefsrud, L. M., Lounsbury, M., & Lu, C. 2016. Perspectives on energy and environment risks with implications for Canadian energy development. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 64(2): 384-388.