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

Research Interests

  • Managerial decision-making
  • Human judgment and decision processes
  • Language processing
  • Human attention

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

Academic And Professional Experience

  • The 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.

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)

  • Cheng, C., Ying, W., Ebrahimi, O. V., & Wong, K. F. E. 2024. Coping style and mental health amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A culture-moderated meta-analysis of 44 nations. Health Psychology Review, 18: 141-164.

  • Lee, J.L., Keil, M., & Wong, K.F.E. 2021. When a growth mindset can backfire and cause escalation of commitment to a troubled IT project. Information Systems Journal, 31: 7-32.

  • Wong, K.F.E. & Cheng, C. 2020. The turnover intention–behaviour link: A culture-moderated meta-analysis. Journal of Management Studies, 57: 1174-1216.

  • Yik, M., Wong, K.F.E., & Zeng, K.J. 2019. Anchoring-and-adjustment during affect inferences. Frontiers in Psychology 9: 2567.

  • 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.

  • Feldman, G., Farh, J.-L., & Wong, K.F.E. 2018. (Farh and Wong contributed equally). Agency beliefs across time and culture: Free will beliefs predict higher work satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44: 304-317.

  • Lee, J.L., Keil, M., & Wong, K.F.E. 2018. Does a tired mind help avoid a decision bias? The effect of ego depletion on escalation of commitment. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 67: 171-185.

  • Feldman, G., Wong, K.F.E., & Baumeister, R. 2016. Bad is freer than good: Positive-negative asymmetry in attributions of free will. Consciousness and Cognition, 42: 26-40.

  • Feldman, G., Chandrashekar, S.P., & Wong, K.F.E. 2016. Freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better performance. Personality and Individual Differences, 90: 377-383.

  • 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.

More Publications

Selected Recent Conference Presentations

  • Wong, K. F., E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. 2023. Individual differences in escalation of commitment: A multi-level adaptive learning perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Boston, MA.

  • Wong, K.F.E., & Kwong, J.Y.Y. 2022. Meta-analysis within a single paper using individual-participant data: A simpler alternative. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science; and the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.

  • Wong, K.F.E., Yong, R.B.A.L., & Kwong, J.Y.Y. 2021. The link between turnover intention and actual turnover behavior: Stronger than it was found!. Paper presented at the annual convention of Academy of Management.

  • Wong, K.F.E., Yong, R.B.A.L., & Kwong, J.Y.Y. 2021. The link between turnover intention and actual turnover behavior: Stronger than it was found!. Poster presented at the APS Virtual Poster Showcase, the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science.

  • Kwong, J.Y.Y., & Wong, K.F.E. 2020. Resource allocation principles and escalation of commitment. Poster presented at the APS Virtual Poster Showcase, the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science.

  • Kwong, J.Y.Y., & Wong, K.F.E. 2020. Will family name bias research’s citation rate? It depends on the citation system. Poster presented at the APS Virtual Poster Showcase, the annual convention of Association for Psychological Science.

  • Wong, 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.

Review Activities

  • Consulting 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

Funded Projects

General Research Funds/Competitive Earmarked Research Grants from Hong Kong Government:

  • Nudging and Promoting Employee Green Behaviors by Escalation of Commitment Interventions. 2023-2025 (#16501223): HK$480,635. Principal Investigator (with Jessica Y. Y. Kwong).

  • Biases in research citation due to researchers’ family names. 2020-2021 (#16601020): HK$553,000. Principal-Investigator (with Jessica Y. Y. Kwong).

  • 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. 2014-2016 (#16503614): HK$611,592. Principal Investigator (with Jessica Kwong).

  • Affective forecasts and responses as inputs for goal pursuits. 2014-2016 (#14501314): HK$427,112. Co-Investigator (with Jessica Kwong).