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Conference Papers. 

38. Kim. S., & Tam, L. (2023, July 1). Australian publics’ (dis)engagement with sustainability issues. Bledcom, Slovenia. 

 

37. Tam, L., Chon, M.^, & Kim, J.-N.^ (2022, November 11). Relationship spillover: Country-of-origin effect on crisis perceptions. Research symposium (Virtual) on “The spillover effect of crises: Understanding when and why crises spread from one organization to another” held by Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

  • ^International collaborators

 

36. Buhmann, A.^, Reiby, K.^, Tam, L., & Zerfass, A.^ (2022, September). The use and adoption of videoconferencing in stakeholder communications. European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) conference 2022. 

  • ^International collaborators

  • An industry dataset was used. 

 

35. Tam, L., & Kim, S. (2022, June 27). The pursuit of mutuality in diplomacy: Empirical findings from an Australian study. The 14th Forum on Chinese Public Relations & Advertising (PRAD) and the 6th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Public Relations Scholars Community (PRSC).

  • Keynote speech

 

34. Tam, L., Kim, S., & Hutchings, H.# (2021, December). Managing a cacophony of views: Findings from interviews with public relations practitioners in Australia. Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) Online Research Symposium.

  • #Industry collaborator 

  • Industry-funded research

 

33. Tam, L., & Lee, H.* (2021, May). From conspiracy orientation to conspiracy attribution: The effects of institutional trust and demographic differences. Korean Public Relations Association Annual Conference.

  • *PhD student

 

32. Tam, L., Lee, H.*, & Kim, J.-N. (2021, May). Conspiratorial thinking in the workplace: How it happens and why it matters. International Association of Communication (ICA) “Virtual” Conference (Public Relations Division).

  • *PhD student

  • Awarded "Top Faculty Paper Award"

  • An industry dataset was used. 

 

31. Lin, T.^, Shin, W., & Tam, L. (2021, May). Location-based mobile advertising, benefit-cost assessment, and advertising skepticism among Taiwanese mobile consumers. International Association of Communication (ICA) “Virtual” Conference (Advertising Division).

  • ^International collaborator

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30. Tam, L., & Ayhan, K.^ (2021, May) Evaluations of people, affection and recommendation for a host country: Case study of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients. International Association of Communication (ICA) “Virtual” Conference (Public Diplomacy Interest Group).

  • ^International collaborator

  • An industry-funded dataset was used. 

 

29. Tam, L., & Ayhan, K.^ (2020, November) Evaluations of people, affection and recommendation for a host country: Case study of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients. The Korean Association for Public Diplomacy (KAPD) Annual Conference.

  • ^International collaborator

  • An industry-funded dataset was used. 

 

28. Tam, L. (2020, May). Challenges in the relational approach to public diplomacy. International Association of Communication (ICA) “Virtual” Conference (Public Diplomacy Interest Group).

 

27. Tam, L., Mehta, A., Tyquin, E.*, & Larkin, I. (2020, May). Trust and value: New motivational factors to support young adults’ private health choices. International Association of Communication (ICA) “Virtual” Conference (Health Communication Division).

  • *PhD student

  • An industry-funded dataset was used. 

 

26. Chon, M.^, Kim, J.-N.^, & Tam, L. (2020, May). A model of crisis and issues management excellence (CIMEx): Conceptualizing and testing the RAPIDS principles. International Association of Communication (ICA) “Virtual” Conference (Public Relations Division).

  • ^International collaborators

 

25. Mathews, S., Prentice, C., Tsou, A.*, Weeks, C., & Tam, L. (2020, February). Managing eWOM for hotel performance. The International Conference on Hospitality and Tourism, Guimaraes, Portugal.

  • *Master’s student

  • Awarded "Outstanding Paper Award"

 

24. Kim, J.-N.^, & Tam, L. (2018, May). Quantifying and tracking “voicers” in issues and conflicts: Using the situational theory of problem solving and public segmentation approach. International Communication Association (ICA) conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

  • ^International collaborator

 

23. Mehta, A., Liu, B. F.^, & Tam, L. (2018, March) Perspectives from the trenches: How Australian risk communicators see themselves, who they trust, and what they need from research. International Crisis and Risk Communication (ICRC) Conference, University of Central Florida, USA.

  • ^International collaborator

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22. Tam, L. (2017, September). Applying public relations into public diplomacy: Analyzing the multilateral roles of diplomats in building and maintaining relationships with foreign publics. Australian Communication and Public Relations Education Series (ACPRES).

 

21. Tam, L. (2017, August). Social media engagement in public diplomacy: The roles of diplomats in building relationships and parasocial relationships. Digital Transactions in Asia, Queensland University of Technology. 

 

20. Tam, L. (2016, December). Parasocial relationship with the U.S. Consul General: Clifford BB diplomacy in Hong Kong. In Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference of the Public Relations Society of China (PRSC), Hong Kong SAR.

 

19. Tam, L. (2016, October). Public relations teaching and research in Australia: Building an agenda for the future. In Proceedings of the Educator Academy of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) International Conference, Indianapolis, IN. 

 

18. Tam, L., & Kim, J.-N.^ (2016, March). Conceptualizing and measuring relationship quality as public diplomacy outcomes: Application of the Relationship Assessment of Diplomatic Interaction Outcome (RADIO) scale. In Proceedings of the 19th International Public Relations Research Conference (pp. 421–440), Coral Gables, FL. 

  • ^International collaborator

 

17. Tam, L., & Lee, Y.*^ (2016, March). The rise of hot-issue nationalistic publics: Implications of online communicative behaviors for public diplomacy. In Proceedings of the 19th International Public Relations Research Conference (pp. 441–459), Coral Gables, FL. 

  • *PhD student

  • ^International collaborator

 

16. Tam, L., & Kim, J.-N. (2015, August). Conceptualizing relational public diplomacy: Strategic classification of relationships. Paper presented at the Public Diplomacy Symposium of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference, San Francisco, CA.​

 

15. Tam, L. (2014, March). Corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication: Intermedia agenda setting effects between news releases and press coverage. In Proceedings of the 17th International Public Relations Research Conference (pp. 609–621), Coral Gables, FL. 

  • Awarded "Peter Debreceny Corporate Communication Award"

 

14. Tam, L., & Kim, S. (2014, March). Integrating public relations into corporate diplomacy and public diplomacy: The identification of strategic constituencies and the application of relationship principles. Paper presented at International Public Relations Research Conference (IPRRC), Coral Gables, FL.

 

13. Tam, L. (2014, February). Does media coverage trigger the rise of hot-issue publics? An examination on communicative behaviors on online discussion forum. Paper presented at the Communication Graduate Students Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

 

12. Hsiang, C.-Y., Tam, L., & Kim, D. (2014, February). Credit card debt for college students: Identifying factors contributing to information insufficiency, information processing and information seeking. Paper presented at the Communication Graduate Students Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

 

11. Kim, J.-N., Kim, S., & Tam, L. (2013, November). Historical and theoretical approach to anti-corporate sentiment. Paper presented at the Korean Academic Society for Public Relations, Seoul, South Korea.

 

10. Tam, L. (2013, August). Cyberactivism and nationalistic communicative actions of publics: Framing and agenda-building over Wikipedia in international disputes. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, G2, Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.1145/2491055.2491086 

 

9. Tam, L. (2013, February). Intermedia agenda setting in corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication: Investigating the influence of news releases on press coverage. Paper presented at the Communication Graduate Students Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

 

8. Tam, L. (2013, February). Nationalism and consumer nationalism:  Implications for global public relations research. Paper presented at the Communication Graduate Students Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

 

7. Tam, L. (2012, February). Mapping a Chinese approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR): The construction of a corporate discourse in Hong Kong. Paper presented at Culture and Identity in Times of Change Conference, University of Macau, Macau.

 

6. So, C. Y. K., Wang, H., Sung, N.-S., Lyu, J., Mao, Z., Au, A., Cheng, X., Huang, P., Cheng, K. K., Dong, Z., Zhao, M., Zheng, P., Tang, A., & Tam, L. (2012, January). The present situations of Chinese communication academic journals: Trends and development in research topics and citations [in Traditional Chinese]. Paper presented at the 5th Anniversary Conference of Communication & Society, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. *apart from the first author, the order of authorship is determined based on the number of strokes of the Chinese last name.

 

5. Dong, Z., & Tam, L. (2011, November). Financial risk information processing in Hong Kong: An application of the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model. Paper presented at National Communication Association (NCA) Conference, New Orleans, LA.

  • Awarded "Top Student Paper Award of the Communication and Social Cognition Division"

 

4. Tam, L. (2011, November). Discourse of corporate social responsibility: What are public relations agencies selling? In Proceedings of the 1st International CSR Communication Conference (p. 74), Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 

 

3. Tam, L. (2011, October). Communicating corporate social responsibility in Hong Kong: A public relations approach to analyzing the corporate discourse. Paper presented at the Doctoral Symposium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

 

2. Huang, P., & Tam L. (2011, September). Amid media accusations of interfering with press freedom: Corporate crisis communication through the lens of the press. Paper presented at the Hong Kong Postgraduate Students’ Conference on Media, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. 

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1. Dong, Z. & Tam, L. (2011, July). Consumption of financial news: Individuals’ processing of risk information in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.

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