Prof. Ellick K.F. WONG
Professor mnewong@ust.hk

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Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Experimental psychology
M. Phil The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Psychology (Human Congnition)
B.S.Sc. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Psychology

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Professor, since July 2018, Associate Professor, July 2007 - June 2018, Assistant Professor, July 2001 - June 2007.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Psychology, Post-doctoral Fellow (with teaching duty), August 2000 - June 2001.

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PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)Wong, K. F. E. & Cheng, C. In press. The turnover intention–behaviour link: A culture-moderated meta-analysis. Journal of Management Studies.
Feldman, G., & Wong, K. F. E. 2018. When action-inaction framing leads to higher escalation of commitment: A new inaction-effect perspective on the sunk-cost fallacy. Psychological Science, 29: 537-548.
Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. 2018. Resolving the paradox between adaptive learning and escalation of commitment.Management Science, 64: 1911-1925.
Jong, S. L., Keil, M., & Wong, K. F. E. 2015. The effect of goal difficulty on escalation of commitment.Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 28: 114-129.
Feldman, G., Baumeister, R, & Wong, K. F. E. 2014. Free will is about choosing: The link between choice and the belief in free will.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 55: 239-245.
Kwong, J. Y. Y., & Wong, K. F. E. 2014. (Kwong and Wong contributed equally). Fair or not fair? The effects of numerical framing on the perceived justice of outcomes.Journal of Management, 40: 1558-1582.
Schwarz, G. M., Wong, K. F., E. & Kwong, J. Y. Y. 2014. A regret theory of organizational institutionalization.Journal of Change Management, 14: 309-333.
Kwong, J. Y. Y., & Wong, K. F. E. (Equal Authorship). 2014. Reducing and exaggerating escalation of commitment by option partitioning.Journal of Applied Psychology, 99: 697-712.
Kwong, J. Y. Y., Wong, K. F. E., & Tang, S. K. Y. (Kwong and Wong with equal contribution). 2013. Comparing predicted and actual affective responses to process versus outcome: An emotion-as-feedback perspective.Cognition, 129: 42-50.
Wong, K. F. E. & Cheng, C. 2013. Predictable or Not? Individuals' Risk Decisions Do Not Necessarily Predict Their Next Ones.PLoS ONE, 8: e56811.
Wong, K. F. E. 2012. Negative priming under rapid serial visual presentation.PLoS ONE, 5: e37023.
Wang, H., & Wong, K. F. E. 2012. The effect of managerial bias on employee incentives to make firm-specific investments.Journal of Management Studies, 49: 1435-1458.
Takeuchi, R., Yun, S., & Wong, K. F. E. 2011. Social influence of a coworker: A test of the effect of employee and coworker exchange ideologies on employees' exchange qualities.Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 115: 226-237.
Wang, X. M., Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. 2010. The roles of rater goals and ratee performance levels in the distortion of performance rating.Journal of Applied Psychology, 95: 546-561.
Wong, K. F. E., & Werbel, J. D. 2010. Cognitive processes in evaluating reference letters.Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24: 27-40.
More Publications

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SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSWong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. 2019. Age and escalation of commitment: An adaptive learning approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Boston, MA. (Paper appeared in the Best Paper Proceeding).
Kwong, J. Y. Y., & Wong, K. F. E. 2019. Capturing escalation of commitment across life span: An adaptive learning approach. Poster presented at the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science: Washington, D. C.
Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. 2018. The learning-escalation paradox: Adaptive learning at the decision-level and strategy-level. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.
Wong, K. F. E., & Cheng, C. 2017. Macroeconomics, turnover intention, and actual turnover behavior: A meta-analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.
Kwong, J. Y. Y., & Wong, K. F. E. 2016. How novice and expert misforecast their emotions. Poster presented at the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science: Chicago, Illinois.
Wong, K. F. E., & Cheng, C. 2015.A culture-moderated meta-analysis on the turnover intention-behavior link. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.
Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. 2015.An adaptive learning approach of escalation of commitment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.
Wong, K. F. E., Kwong, J. Y. Y., Ng, C. K., & Yip, G. K. K. 2015.Rating differentiation in performance evaluation: An anchoring and adjustment perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.
Kwong, J. Y. Y., & Wong, K. F. E. 2015.Connecting affective forecasting errors to goal pursuit. Poster presented the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science: New York City, New York.
Feldman, G., & Wong, K. F. E. 2015.The freedom to excel: The belief in free will predicts academic, job and national level performance. Poster presented at International Convention of Psychological Science 2015. Amsterdam, Netherland.
Feldman, G., & Wong, K. F. E. 2015.The freedom to excel: The positive implications of the belief in free will for performance. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Long Beach, California.

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REVIEW ACTIVITIESConsulting Editor:
Asian Journal of Social Psychology (2013-2018)
Member of Editorial Board:
Journal of Applied Psychology (2015-)
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2010-)
Ad Hoc reviewers (partial listed):
Academy of Management Journal
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Experimental Psychology
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Journal of Business Research
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Managerial decision-making
Human judgment and decision processes
Language processing
Human attention

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FUNDED PROJECTS General Research Funds/Competitive Earmarked Research Grants from Hong Kong Government:
After Resolving the Learning-Escalation Paradox: Toward Adaptive Learning as a Formal Theory of Escalation of Commitment. 2018-20 (#14612118): HK$302,040. Co-Investigator (with Jessica Y. Y. Kwong)
Gamification vs. instruction: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate two coping flexibility interventions in Chinese employees. 2017-20 (#17601917): HK$881,700. Co-Investigator (with Cecilia Cheng and John Bacon-Shone).
Resolving the paradox between adaptive learning and escalation of commitment. 2014-2015 (#16503614): HK$611,592. Principal Investigator (with Jesscia Kwong).
Affective forecasts and responses as inputs for goal pursuits. 2014-2015 (#14501314): HK$427,112. Co-Investigator (with Jessica Kwong).
Performance differentiation in performance evaluation. 2012-2014 (#644312): HK$247,520. Principal Investigator (with Jessica Y. Y. Kwong).
De-biasing and exaggerating escalation bias by option partitioning, 2009-2011: (#643509): HK$391,620. Principal Investigator (with Jessica. Y. Y. Kwong).
Judging others' emotions: A process of anchoring and adjustment, 2008-2010: (#664508): HK$620,080. Co-Investigator (with Michelle Yik).

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HONORS & AWARDS2011 Winner, Franklin Prize for MBA Teaching. Elective Courses.