Yeung was an associate professor at the
University of Alberta from 1986 to 1988, and he was a professor of international business at the
University of Michigan's
Ross School of Business from 1988 to 1999. He was the Abraham Krasnoff Professor in Global Business, Economics and Management at
New York University's
Stern School of Business from 1999 to 2010. Yeung was the dean of the
NUS Business School from June 2008 to May 2019, where he is also the Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor. He is also the Honorary Co-Chair of
Guanghua School of Management at
Peking University. Additionally, he has been an advisory university professor at
East China Normal University since 2006. ==Personal life==