Profile
Hodar Lam is a PhD candidate in Organisational Behaviour at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He received his MPhil in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and MPhil in Organisation Research from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
With a background in HRM and counselling, Hodar's research focuses on emotions and well-being issues at work. Specifically in his PhD, he is examining the phenomenon of loneliness among leaders. Other research topics he investigates include job insecurity, work stress, and overtime work.
Publications
Article (9)
Academic (5)
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Lam, H., Giessner, S. R., Shemla, M., & Werner, M. D. (2024). Leader and leadership loneliness: A review-based critique and path to future research. Leadership Quarterly, 35(3), Article 101780. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2024.101780
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Monzani, L., Bibic, K., Haslam, S. A., Kerschreiter, R., Wilson Lemoine, J. E., Steffens, N. K., Akfirat, S. A., Ballada, C. J. A., Bazarov, T., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Avanzi, L., Bunjak, A., Černe, M., Edelmann, C. M., Epitropaki, O., Fransen, K., García-Ael, C., Giessner, S., Gleibs, I., ... van Dick, R. (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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12952
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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
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van Dick, R., Cordes, B. L., Lemoine, J. E., Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A., Akfirat, S. A., Ballada, C. J. A., Bazarov, T., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Avanzi, L., Bodla, A. A., Bunjak, A., Černe, M., Dumont, K. B., Edelmann, C. M., Epitropaki, O., Fransen, K., García-Ael, C., Giessner, S., ... Kerschreiter, R. (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), Article 12081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212081
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Affum-Osei, E., Goto, S. G., Yeung, J. C., Wang, R., Lam, H., Abdul-Nasiru, I., & Chan, D. K.-S. (2020). Examining the factorial validity of the entrepreneurial career motives scale: A five-nation comparison. Journal of Career Development, 48(5). https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845319898870
Professional (4)
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Lam, H. (2020). Lonely at the top? Try being in the middle. Unknown, 19-21.
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Lam, H., Giessner, S., & Shemla, M. (2020). Four Simple Ways To Combat The Loneliness Caused By COVID-19. Forbes. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/126805
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Lam, H., Giessner, S., & Shemla, M. (2020). Tips: Loneliness and working from home during the COVID-19 crisis. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/125754
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Lam, H. (2014). The Connection Between Exhaustion and Psychological Detachment From Work. Unknown. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/127005
Doctoral Thesis (1)
Internal (1)
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Lam, H. (2023). Lonely-ship: The Emergence and Experience of Leader Loneliness. [Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam]. Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).
Courses
MiM Master Thesis
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023
- Code: BMMTMIM
- ECTS: 16 Level: Master
Past courses
OLD STYLE - Managing People in Organisations
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BM05HRM
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
OLD STYLE - Research Challenges in HRM and OB
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMRMHRM
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
Strategic HRM
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM07HRM
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
High Performance Leadership
- Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME043
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Managing People in Organisations
- Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BM01HRM
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Featured in the media
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Lonely at the top
Opinion column mentions research by PhD candidate Hodar Lam at Erasmus University Rotterdam which shows that leaders in particular are vulnerable to feelings of loneliness.
Wednesday, 24 July 2024 -
Roof lamps and a book about humor
Article about using humour in serious topics mentions research by PhD candidate Hodar Lam into the feeling of social isolation among top managers. (In Dutch, paywall)
Monday, 24 June 2024 -
‘Leaders are ashamed to talk about their loneliness’ | From other media
Leaders are the confident ones who tell others what to do, but very often they also feel lonely, Hong Konger Hodar Lam discovered. He recently obtained his PhD on the subject in Rotterdam. ‘In a culture of fear, leaders are…
Monday, 8 January 2024 -
Researcher Hodar Lam: 'Leaders are ashamed to talk about their loneliness'
In Dutch. RSM PhD researcher Hodar Lam is interviewed about outwardly confident leaders who are very often lonely, 'In a culture of fear, leaders are unlikely to talk about their feelings.' …
Saturday, 6 January 2024 -
Powerful leaders are less lonely - research reveals
How Feeling Powerful Influences Sharing and Coping
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Featured on RSM Discovery
Individual CEOs and presidents are leaders, but so are middle managers and team members. This edition of RSM Discovery magazine embodies this diversity in leadership.
