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Prof. WONG Chi

王至教授

Associate Professor

Address
10-240, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Phone
+852 34424371
Fax
+852 34420346

Research Areas

Consumer information processing
Cross-cultural consumer psychology
Marketing communications

Qualifications

PhD - Marketing (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
MPhil - Marketing (Hong Kong Baptist University)
MA - Communication (Hong Kong Baptist University)
BEng - Electronic Engineering (Sun Yat-Sen University)

Biography

Dr. WONG Chi, Vincent is Associate Professor (with tenure) of Marketing and Deputy Program Leader of BBA in Marketing at the City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include consumer information processing, consumer decision making, and cross-cultural consumer psychology. His research has been published in top-tier psychology and business journals, such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, and Journal of Marketing. Dr. WONG received awards for both research excellence (College level, 2020, 2018) and teaching excellence (University level, 2018; College level, 2024). He reviews for a number of leading academic journals and conferences, as well as national funds. Dr. WONG serves as a public lecture speaker for Hong Kong Research Grants Council and as an examiner for Hong Kong Civil Service Examinations Unit.

Prior to his academic career, Vincent had been a radio and TV financial program host/anchor/producer and a column writer in Hong Kong and Macau for years. Aside from his academic life, Vincent is also a freelance TVC voice actor and a HKCBBA accredited coach of bodybuilding and fitness.

Awards

Award TitleInstitution
College Teaching Excellence Awards 2024City University of Hong Kong
Outstanding Teaching Performance 2023 (Top 5% of all Instructors) City University of Hong Kong
Dean’s Research Excellence Awards 2020City University of Hong Kong

Research Grants

co-PI: "Improving the AI supervision effectiveness of consumption social order", NSFC - National Natural Science Foundation, (2025-2028), Dr. Haizhong WANG

PI: "Cultural Syndromes and Attribution", Early Career Scheme - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2019-2020), Dr. Chi WONG

co-PI: "Communication Strategies for When a Product’s Negative Attributes are Only Partially Reduced", General Research Fund - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2015-2018), Dr. Lei SU, Dr. Chi WONG, and Prof. Howard Pong-Yuen LAM

Working Experience

PeriodTitleCompany
2023 - NowExaminer for Civil Service ExaminationsHong Kong Civil Service Bureau
2021 - NowAccredited Coach of BodybuildingHKCBBA
2008 - 2010TV/Radio Financial Programs Producer/HostMetro Finance Broadcast, Hong Kong
2006 - 2008Radio Financial Programs HostRadio Television Hong Kong
2005 - 2006English TrainerNew Oriental Education & Technology
2004 - 2006Exhibition PlannerAlibaba.com
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Selected Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

HUANG, Feifei; WONG, Vincent Chi / From Second-Hand to Third-Hand: Reuse and Resale Cycle. June 2024; In: Journal of Consumer Research. Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 104–113

Wong, Vincent Chi; Fock, Henry; Ho, Candy K.Y. / Toward a Process-Transfer Model of the Endorser Effect. June 2020; In: Journal of Marketing Research. Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 565-581

Huang, Feifei; Wong, Vincent Chi; Wan, Echo Wen / The Influence of Product Anthropomorphism on Comparative Judgment. February 2020; In: Journal of Consumer Research. Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 936-955

Wong, Vincent Chi; Wyer Jr., Robert S. / Mental Traveling Along Psychological Distances: The Effects of Cultural Syndromes, Perspective Flexibility, and Construal Level. July 2016; In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 111, No. 1, pp. 17–33

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Lam, Howard Pong Yuen; Wong, Vincent Chi / Hierarchical Branding Strategy for New Product Launch: Evidence from China. April 2022; Chinese Innovation and Branding Leaps. pp. 103-136