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Ka Wing Chan

Ka Wing Chan

PhD Student
Faculty of Business
School of Marketing

Ka Wing is a PhD student in the School of Marketing at the University of New South Wales (Âé¶¹Éçmadou), Sydney. She is passionate about leveraging marketing strategies and innovative technologies to address social issues and generate positive social impact. Her PhD thesis investigates the implications of innovative technologies in the context of pro-environmental behaviors among retailers using empirical data and econometric models. In one of her under-review papers, she investigates how social media advertising for ethical fashion brands can encourage pro-environmental behaviors in audiences through image and text content analysis.

Her work has been published in prestigious journals, including Industrial Marketing Management (ABDC-A*), European Journal of Marketing (ABDC-A*) and Journal of Business Ethics (FT 50). Ka Wing has completed a research visit at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), delivered invited research presentations at Tilburg University, KU Leuven (Belgium) and Deakin University (Australia). She also presented her research at the ISMS Marketing Science Conference, AMA Winter Academic Conference and European Marketing Academy Conference. Additionally, she has been recognized for her academic excellence, receiving the Âé¶¹Éçmadou Arc Research Candidate Awards and Âé¶¹Éçmadou Business School Dean’s List during her postgraduate studies. Her studies were supported by the Âé¶¹Éçmadou Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies Scholarship, and her current PhD is funded by the University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA) Scholarship.

Prior to her PhD, Ka Wing earned double degrees (Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)/ Bachelor of Information Systems) with Distinction and a master’s degree with High Distinction from Âé¶¹Éçmadou. She has worked as a research assistant at the Âé¶¹Éçmadou School of Marketing for over three years, contributing to projects on social media, B2B content marketing, influencer marketing, chatbots, and e-commerce, using methods such as text and image analysis, regression models, and experiments.

Email
kawing.chan2@unsw.edu.au
    • Pu W; Wang Y; Ibello GD; Chakraborty ;, Yang M; Chan KW; Chowdhury R; Septianto F; Kwon J, Forthcoming, 'Effective Awe-Inspiring Visual Content Strategy for Social Media Engagement with Ethical Fashion Brands: The Mediating Role of Deontological Ethical Beliefs', Journal of Business Ethics.
    • Chan KW; Septianto F; Kwon J; Kamal RS, 2023, 'Color effects on AI influencers’ product recommendations', European Journal of Marketing, 57, pp. 2290 - 2315,
    • Gu W; Chan KW; Kwon J; Dhaoui C; Septianto F, 2023, 'Informational vs. emotional B2B firm-generated-content on social media engagement: Computerized visual and textual content analysis', Industrial Marketing Management, 112, pp. 98 - 112,
    • Kwon J; Chan KW; Gu W; Septianto F, 2022, 'The role of cool versus warm colors in B2B versus B2C firm-generated content for boosting positive eWOM', Industrial Marketing Management, 104, pp. 212 - 225,
    • Chan KW; Wetzel H; Pupovac L; Dekimpe M, 2024, 'Electric Vehicle Charging Availability and Retail Store Performance', 46th INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, University of New South Wales
    • Chan KW; Ma X; Gu W; Septianto F; Liu H; Kwon J, 2023, 'Does Pre-Call Help or Hurt? Effects of Multimodal Marketing on Customer Community Building', 45th INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, University of Miami
    • Liang Y; Kwon J; Wang Z; Liu Y; Chan KW; Septianto F, 2022, 'Visual Luxury Appeals: The Role of Extended-self and Hedonism for Social Media Engagement', 44th INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, University of Rochester
    • Chan KW; Srinivasan S; Septianto F; Kwon J, 2021 'Bittersweet in Visual Narratives: How Mixed Emotional Content Amplifies Consumer’s Digital Engagement Behavior', 43rd INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, University of Rochester
  • 2024 Business School PhD International Visiting Program for travelling grant
  • Top-performing tutor for T2-2023
  • University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA) Scholarship
  • Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies Scholarship
  • Âé¶¹Éçmadou Business School Dean’s List for Academic Excellence
  • Tutor of MARK5828 (Advertising Analytics), MARK5826 (Product Analytics) and MARK3087 (Customer Analytics)
  • Âé¶¹Éçmadou School of Marketing External Student Representative for 2024
  • Reviewer of Journal of Global Fashion Marketing
  • MSI Marketing Strategy Seminar Fall 2023