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Ellick Kin Fai WONG
黃健輝

PhD in Psychology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000

Professor
Department of Management

Academic Director of MSc in International Management

(852) 2358 8063
mnewong@ust.hk
Room LSK5032
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Research Interest

Managerial decision making
Human attention
Managerial cognition and emotions
Performance appraisals

Publications

All Years 89 2024 2 2023 1 2022 1 2021 2 2020 3 2019 2 2018 78

2024 2

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, v. 18, (1), January 2024, p. 141-164
Cheng, Cecilia; Ying, Weijun; Ebrahimi, Omid V.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

The Alphabetical Order of Researchers’ Surnames Can Influence Their Citation Rate

Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Cai, Yuejun
Conference paper

2023 1

Individual Differences in Escalation of Commitment: A Multi-level Adaptive Learning Perspective

Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.
Conference paper

2022 1

Meta-Analysis within a Single Paper Using Individual-Participant Data: A Simpler Alternative

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, v. 2022, (1), 6 July 2022
Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Conference paper

2021 2

When a growth mindset can backfire and cause escalation of commitment to a troubled information technology project

Information Systems Journal, v. 31, (1), January 2021, p. 7-32
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

The link between turnover intention and actual turnover behavior: Stronger than it was found!

AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2021, v. 2021, (1), May 2021
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Yong, Roslina Binti Abdul Latif; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee
Conference paper

2020 3

The turnover intention–behaviour link: A culture-moderated meta-analysis

Journal of Management Studies, v. 57, (6), 1 September 2020, p. 1174-1216
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Cheng, Cecilia
Article

Resource allocation principles and escalation of commitment

Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Conference paper

Will family name bias research’s citation rate? It depends on the citation system

Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Conference paper

2019 2

Anchoring-and-adjustment during affect inferences

Frontiers in Psychology, v. 9, (JAN), January 2019, article number 2567
Yik, Michelle; Wong, Ellick; Zeng, Jing
Article

Age and Escalation of Commitment: An Adaptive Learning Approach

79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2019: Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AoM 2019, v. 2019, (1), August 2019, article number AMBPP.2019.151
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee
Conference paper

2018 4

Agency Beliefs Over Time and Across Cultures: Free Will Beliefs Predict Higher Job Satisfaction

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, v. 44, (3), March 2018, p. 304-317
Feldman, Gilad; Farh, Jiing-Lih; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

Does a Tired Mind Help Avoid a Decision Bias? The Effect of Ego Depletion on Escalation of Commitment

Applied Psychology: An International Review, v. 67, (1), January 2018, p. 171-185
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Resolving the Judgment and Decision-Making Paradox Between Adaptive Learning and Escalation of Commitment

Management Science, v. 64, (4), April 2018, p. 1911-1925
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee
Article

When Action-Inaction Framing Leads to Higher Escalation of Commitment: A New Inaction-Effect Perspective on the Sunk-Cost Fallacy

Psychological Science, v. 29, (4), April 2018, p. 537-548
Feldman, Gilad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

2017 1

Macroeconomics, Turnover Intention, and Actual Turnover Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2017, (1), August 2017
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Cheng, Cecelia
Conference paper

2016 3

Bad is freer than good: Positive-negative asymmetry in attributions of free will

Consciousness and Cognition, v. 42, May 2016, p. 26-40
Feldman, Gilad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Baumeister, Roy Frederick
Article

The freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better academic performance

Personality and Individual Differences, v. 90, February 2016, p. 377-383
Feldman, Gilad; Chandrashekar, Subramanya Prasad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

How Novice and Expert Misforecast Their Emotions

Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Conference paper

2015 1

The Effect of Goal Difficulty on Escalation of Commitment

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, v. 28, (2), April 2015, p. 114-129
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

2014 4

Fair or Not Fair? The Effects of Numerical Framing on the Perceived Justice of Outcomes

Journal of Management, v. 40, (6), September 2014, p. 1558-1582
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Free will is about choosing: The link between choice and the belief in free will

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, v. 55, 2014, p. 239-245
Feldman, Gilad; Baumeister, Roy F.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Reducing and Exaggerating Escalation of Commitment by Option Partitioning

Journal of Applied Psychology, v. 99, (4), 2014, p. 697-712
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

The Role of Regret in Institutional Persistence and Change

Journal of Change Management, 14, 3, 2014, p. 309-333
Schwarz, Gavin; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk-yee
Article

2013 4

Comparing predicted and actual affective responses to process versus outcome: An emotion-as-feedback perspective.

Cognition, v. 129, (1), October 2013, p. 42-50
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Tang, Suki K.Y.
Article

Predictable or Not? Individuals' Risk Decisions Do Not Necessarily Predict Their Next Ones

PLoS ONE, v. 8, (2), February 2013, article number e56811
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Cheng, Cecilia
Article

Option Partitioning Alters Escalation of Commitment through Subjective Utility

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2013, (1), January 2013
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee
Conference paper

Rating Differentiation in Performance Evaluation as a Result of Anchoring-and-Adjustment from Starting.

Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Ng, Carman K.; Yip, Gwynnie K.K.
Conference paper

2012 2

Negative priming under rapid serial visual presentation

PLoS ONE, v. 7, (5), 2012
Wong, K.F.E.
Article

The Effect of Managerial Bias on Employees' Specific Human Capital Investments

Journal of management studies, v.49, 2012, Dec, p. 1435-1458
Wang, Heli; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

2011 4

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, v. 115, (2), July 2011, p. 226-237
Takeuchi, Riki; Yun, Seokhwa; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

A failure quota account of terminating a failing course of action under escalation situations

the 23rd Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May, 2011
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Judging Emotions is a Process of Anchoring and Adjustment

ISRE Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2011
Yik, Michelle; Zeng, Kevin Jing; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Reducing and exaggerating escalation bias by option partitioning

the 23rd Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May-2010
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

2010 4

Cognitive Processes in Evaluating Reference Letters

Applied cognitive psychology, v. 24, (1), 2010, JAN, p. 27-40
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Werbel, James D.
Article

The Roles of Rater Goals and Ratee Performance Levels in the Distortion of Performance Ratings

Journal of applied psychology, v. 95, (3), 2010, MAY, p. 546-561
Wang, Xiaoye May; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

A process model of affective experience in escalation situations

the 7th Asian Academy of Management Conference, Macau, China, Dec-2010
Ng, Carman K.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Reducing and exaggerating escalation of commitment by option partitioning

the 7th Asian Academy of Management Conference, Macau, China, Dec-2010
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

2009 3

Forward and Backward Repetition Blindness in Speed and Accuracy

Journal OF Experimental psychology-human PERCEPTION and PERFORMANCE, v. 35, (3), 2009, JUN, p. 778-786
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Chen, Hsuan-Chih
Article

Raters give differentially distorted ratings for high and low performers to achieve specific goals

Annual meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois
Wang, X.M.; Wong, Ellick K.F.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

The role of regret in institutional persistence and change

Annual Meeting of Southern Management Association, Asheville, North Carolina
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Schwarz, G.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

2008 10

When thinking rationally increases biases: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment

Applied psychology-an INTERNATIONAL review-psychologie appliquee-revue internationale, v. 57, (2), 2008, APR, p. 246-271
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Ng, Carmen K.
Article

Emotion and Organizational Decision-making: the Roles of Negative Affect and Anticipated Regret in Making Decisions Under Escalation Situations

Research companion to emotion in organizations / Edited by N. Ashkanasy, C. Copper. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2008, p. 45-60
Ng, Carmen K.M.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Book chapter

Between-individual input comparison and justice perception: A prospect theory approach

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, California
Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons

The annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2008 May
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons: A prospect theory approach

Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Reversals in performance evaluation: A range theory perspective

Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Ng, Carmen K.M.
Conference paper

Surplus disutility and goal directed behavior in loyalty program

The annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2008 May
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Terminating a failing course of action under escalation situations: A failure quota account

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, California
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

Toward the emotion of institutional persistence and change: A regret theory perspective

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

Will positive performance feedback improve or deteriorate subsequent performance? Evidence from professional jockeys

Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

2007 6

Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study

Journal of applied psychology, v. 92, (2), 2007, MAR, p. 577-585
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

The role of anticipated regret in escalation of commitment

Journal of applied psychology, v. 92, (2), 2007, MAR, p. 545-554
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons: A prospect theory approach

67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, United States, 3-8 August 2007, 2007
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Conference paper

The effect of surplus avoidance on completing a goal in loyalty program

Association of Consumer Research Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, 2007 October
Kwong, Jesscia Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

The source of organizational diversity: A judgment and decision making perspective

The annual meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, 2007 August
Ng, Carmen K.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

When thinking rationally is biased: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment

The annual meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, 2007 August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Ng, Carmen K.
Conference paper

2006 8

The role of ratio differences in the framing of numerical information

International journal of research in marketing, v. 23, (4), 2006, DEC, p. 385-394
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Understanding the emotional aspects of escalation of commitment: The role of negative affect

Journal of applied psychology, v. 91, (2), 2006, MAR, p. 282-297
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Yik, Michelle; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

Effect of frequency of negative feedback on (de)escalation of commitment.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Effects of rater goals on rating leniency and discriminability: Evidence from a field experiment

the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, 2006, July
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study

the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Preference reversals in performance evaluation: A range theory perspective

The annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Ng, C.K.; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

The influence of presentation format of attribute information on product judgments.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Will positive performance feedback improve or deteriorate subsequent performance? Evidence from professional jockeys

The 5th Asian Academy of Management Meeting, Waseda, Tokyo., 2006, December
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

2005 10

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation: A perspective from prospect theory

Journal of applied psychology, v. 90, (2), 2005, MAR, p. 284-294
Wong, KFE; Kwong, JYY
Article

Comparing two tiny giants or two huge dwarfs? Preference reversals owing to number size framing

Organizational behavior and human decision processes, v. 98, (1), 2005, SEP, p. 54-65
Wong, KFE; Kwong, JYY
Article

The role of risk in making decisions under escalation situations

Applied psychology-an INTERNATIONAL review-psychologie appliquee-revue internationale, v. 54, (4), 2005, OCT, p. 584-607
Wong, KFE
Article

Linking Goal Orientation and Goal Setting: Overriding, Moderation, and Mediation Approaches

Gong, Yaping; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Farh, Larry J L; Chang, Song
Conference paper

Linking regret to escalation of commitment: The roles of outcome visibility and anticipated regret.

Paper presented at the 18th annual convention of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Managerial Escalation of Commitment Bias and employee firm-specific investments

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Hawaii, Aug 8-11 2005
Wang, Heli; Wong, Ellick
Conference paper

Mental simulation and confirmatory search in causal likelihood judgments: Evidence from eye-movement data.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

The Affective Dimension of Escalation of Commitment: The Roles of Regret

The American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California., 2005, May
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

The Differential Impacts of Rater Goals on Rating Patterns: Evidence From a Field Experiment.

The American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California., 2005, May
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

When thinking rationally increases biases: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

2004 4

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation with absolute ratings

The annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii., 2004, July-August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation: A prospect theory approach

The annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana., 2004, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Episodic retrieval in anchoring processes

The annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii., 2004, July-August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Morphemic ambiguity resolution in reading Chinese: An eye-monitoring study

1st International Conference on Eye Movement, Tianjin.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Chen, H.C.
Conference paper

2003 3

Reading Development in Chinese Children

Developmental characteristics of eye movements in reading Chinese / Edited by Catherine McBride-Chang, Hsuan-Chih Chen. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003, p. 157-168
Chen, H.C.; Song, H.; Wong, K.F.E.; Tsang, S.L.
Book chapter

Cognitive processes in reference letter evaluation: Confirmatory or comprehensive search

the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Werbel, James
Conference paper

On Escalating Commitment: The Role of Neuroticism

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA
Wong, Ellick; Yik, Michelle; Kwong, Jessica
Conference paper

2002 1

The relationship between attentional blink and psychological refractory period

Journal OF Experimental psychology-human PERCEPTION and PERFORMANCE, v. 28, (1), 2002, FEB, p. 54-71
Wong, KFE
Article

2000 3

Dissociative prime-probe contextual effects on negativce priming and repetition priming: A challenge to episodic retrieval as a unified account of negative priming

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v. 26, 2000, p. 1411-1422
Wong, Ellick K.F.
Article

Is 7300 m equal to 7.3 km? Same semantics but different anchoring effects

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, v. 82, 2000, p. 314-333
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Article

The role of orthographic and phonological processing in Chinese reading

Acta Psychologica Sinica, v. 32, 2000, p. 1-6
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Chen, H.C.
Article

1999 2

Orthographic and phonological processing in reading Chinese

Language and Cognitive Processes, v. 14, 1999, p. 461-480
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Chen, H.C.
Article

The patterns of the odd-even effect on product verification in Hong Kong Chinese

Psychologia, v. 42, 1999, p. 101-110
Wong, Ellick K.F.
Article

1997 1

Repetition blindness: Effects of display duration and task on response latencies

Acta Psychologica Sinica, v. 29, 1997, p. 345-349
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Chen, H.C.
Article

Article 1

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, v. 18, (1), January 2024, p. 141-164
Cheng, Cecilia; Ying, Weijun; Ebrahimi, Omid V.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Conference paper 1

The Alphabetical Order of Researchers’ Surnames Can Influence Their Citation Rate

Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Cai, Yuejun

Conference paper 1

Individual Differences in Escalation of Commitment: A Multi-level Adaptive Learning Perspective

Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.

Conference paper 1

Meta-Analysis within a Single Paper Using Individual-Participant Data: A Simpler Alternative

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, v. 2022, (1), 6 July 2022
Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Article 1

When a growth mindset can backfire and cause escalation of commitment to a troubled information technology project

Information Systems Journal, v. 31, (1), January 2021, p. 7-32
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Conference paper 1

The link between turnover intention and actual turnover behavior: Stronger than it was found!

AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2021, v. 2021, (1), May 2021
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Yong, Roslina Binti Abdul Latif; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee

Article 1

The turnover intention–behaviour link: A culture-moderated meta-analysis

Journal of Management Studies, v. 57, (6), 1 September 2020, p. 1174-1216
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Cheng, Cecilia

Conference paper 2

Resource allocation principles and escalation of commitment

Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Will family name bias research’s citation rate? It depends on the citation system

Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Article 1

Anchoring-and-adjustment during affect inferences

Frontiers in Psychology, v. 9, (JAN), January 2019, article number 2567
Yik, Michelle; Wong, Ellick; Zeng, Jing

Conference paper 1

Age and Escalation of Commitment: An Adaptive Learning Approach

79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2019: Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AoM 2019, v. 2019, (1), August 2019, article number AMBPP.2019.151
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee

Article 4

Agency Beliefs Over Time and Across Cultures: Free Will Beliefs Predict Higher Job Satisfaction

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, v. 44, (3), March 2018, p. 304-317
Feldman, Gilad; Farh, Jiing-Lih; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Does a Tired Mind Help Avoid a Decision Bias? The Effect of Ego Depletion on Escalation of Commitment

Applied Psychology: An International Review, v. 67, (1), January 2018, p. 171-185
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Resolving the Judgment and Decision-Making Paradox Between Adaptive Learning and Escalation of Commitment

Management Science, v. 64, (4), April 2018, p. 1911-1925
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee

When Action-Inaction Framing Leads to Higher Escalation of Commitment: A New Inaction-Effect Perspective on the Sunk-Cost Fallacy

Psychological Science, v. 29, (4), April 2018, p. 537-548
Feldman, Gilad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Conference paper 1

Macroeconomics, Turnover Intention, and Actual Turnover Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2017, (1), August 2017
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Cheng, Cecelia

Article 2

Bad is freer than good: Positive-negative asymmetry in attributions of free will

Consciousness and Cognition, v. 42, May 2016, p. 26-40
Feldman, Gilad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Baumeister, Roy Frederick

The freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better academic performance

Personality and Individual Differences, v. 90, February 2016, p. 377-383
Feldman, Gilad; Chandrashekar, Subramanya Prasad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Conference paper 1

How Novice and Expert Misforecast Their Emotions

Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Article 1

The Effect of Goal Difficulty on Escalation of Commitment

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, v. 28, (2), April 2015, p. 114-129
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

Article 4

Fair or Not Fair? The Effects of Numerical Framing on the Perceived Justice of Outcomes

Journal of Management, v. 40, (6), September 2014, p. 1558-1582
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Free will is about choosing: The link between choice and the belief in free will

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, v. 55, 2014, p. 239-245
Feldman, Gilad; Baumeister, Roy F.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Reducing and Exaggerating Escalation of Commitment by Option Partitioning

Journal of Applied Psychology, v. 99, (4), 2014, p. 697-712
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

The Role of Regret in Institutional Persistence and Change

Journal of Change Management, 14, 3, 2014, p. 309-333
Schwarz, Gavin; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk-yee

Article 2

Comparing predicted and actual affective responses to process versus outcome: An emotion-as-feedback perspective.

Cognition, v. 129, (1), October 2013, p. 42-50
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Tang, Suki K.Y.

Predictable or Not? Individuals' Risk Decisions Do Not Necessarily Predict Their Next Ones

PLoS ONE, v. 8, (2), February 2013, article number e56811
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Cheng, Cecilia

Conference paper 2

Option Partitioning Alters Escalation of Commitment through Subjective Utility

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2013, (1), January 2013
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee

Rating Differentiation in Performance Evaluation as a Result of Anchoring-and-Adjustment from Starting.

Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Ng, Carman K.; Yip, Gwynnie K.K.

Article 2

Negative priming under rapid serial visual presentation

PLoS ONE, v. 7, (5), 2012
Wong, K.F.E.

The Effect of Managerial Bias on Employees' Specific Human Capital Investments

Journal of management studies, v.49, 2012, Dec, p. 1435-1458
Wang, Heli; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Article 1

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, v. 115, (2), July 2011, p. 226-237
Takeuchi, Riki; Yun, Seokhwa; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Conference paper 3

A failure quota account of terminating a failing course of action under escalation situations

the 23rd Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May, 2011
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Judging Emotions is a Process of Anchoring and Adjustment

ISRE Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2011
Yik, Michelle; Zeng, Kevin Jing; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Reducing and exaggerating escalation bias by option partitioning

the 23rd Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May-2010
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Article 2

Cognitive Processes in Evaluating Reference Letters

Applied cognitive psychology, v. 24, (1), 2010, JAN, p. 27-40
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Werbel, James D.

The Roles of Rater Goals and Ratee Performance Levels in the Distortion of Performance Ratings

Journal of applied psychology, v. 95, (3), 2010, MAY, p. 546-561
Wang, Xiaoye May; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Conference paper 2

A process model of affective experience in escalation situations

the 7th Asian Academy of Management Conference, Macau, China, Dec-2010
Ng, Carman K.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Reducing and exaggerating escalation of commitment by option partitioning

the 7th Asian Academy of Management Conference, Macau, China, Dec-2010
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Article 1

Forward and Backward Repetition Blindness in Speed and Accuracy

Journal OF Experimental psychology-human PERCEPTION and PERFORMANCE, v. 35, (3), 2009, JUN, p. 778-786
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Chen, Hsuan-Chih

Conference paper 2

Raters give differentially distorted ratings for high and low performers to achieve specific goals

Annual meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois
Wang, X.M.; Wong, Ellick K.F.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.

The role of regret in institutional persistence and change

Annual Meeting of Southern Management Association, Asheville, North Carolina
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Schwarz, G.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.

Article 1

When thinking rationally increases biases: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment

Applied psychology-an INTERNATIONAL review-psychologie appliquee-revue internationale, v. 57, (2), 2008, APR, p. 246-271
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Ng, Carmen K.

Book chapter 1

Emotion and Organizational Decision-making: the Roles of Negative Affect and Anticipated Regret in Making Decisions Under Escalation Situations

Research companion to emotion in organizations / Edited by N. Ashkanasy, C. Copper. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2008, p. 45-60
Ng, Carmen K.M.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Conference paper 8

Between-individual input comparison and justice perception: A prospect theory approach

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, California
Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons

The annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2008 May
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons: A prospect theory approach

Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Reversals in performance evaluation: A range theory perspective

Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Ng, Carmen K.M.

Surplus disutility and goal directed behavior in loyalty program

The annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2008 May
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Terminating a failing course of action under escalation situations: A failure quota account

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, California
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.

Toward the emotion of institutional persistence and change: A regret theory perspective

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.

Will positive performance feedback improve or deteriorate subsequent performance? Evidence from professional jockeys

Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.

Article 2

Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study

Journal of applied psychology, v. 92, (2), 2007, MAR, p. 577-585
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

The role of anticipated regret in escalation of commitment

Journal of applied psychology, v. 92, (2), 2007, MAR, p. 545-554
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Conference paper 4

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons: A prospect theory approach

67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, United States, 3-8 August 2007, 2007
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai

The effect of surplus avoidance on completing a goal in loyalty program

Association of Consumer Research Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, 2007 October
Kwong, Jesscia Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

The source of organizational diversity: A judgment and decision making perspective

The annual meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, 2007 August
Ng, Carmen K.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

When thinking rationally is biased: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment

The annual meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, 2007 August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Ng, Carmen K.

Article 2

The role of ratio differences in the framing of numerical information

International journal of research in marketing, v. 23, (4), 2006, DEC, p. 385-394
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Understanding the emotional aspects of escalation of commitment: The role of negative affect

Journal of applied psychology, v. 91, (2), 2006, MAR, p. 282-297
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Yik, Michelle; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Conference paper 6

Effect of frequency of negative feedback on (de)escalation of commitment.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Effects of rater goals on rating leniency and discriminability: Evidence from a field experiment

the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, 2006, July
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study

the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Preference reversals in performance evaluation: A range theory perspective

The annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Ng, C.K.; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

The influence of presentation format of attribute information on product judgments.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Will positive performance feedback improve or deteriorate subsequent performance? Evidence from professional jockeys

The 5th Asian Academy of Management Meeting, Waseda, Tokyo., 2006, December
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Article 3

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation: A perspective from prospect theory

Journal of applied psychology, v. 90, (2), 2005, MAR, p. 284-294
Wong, KFE; Kwong, JYY

Comparing two tiny giants or two huge dwarfs? Preference reversals owing to number size framing

Organizational behavior and human decision processes, v. 98, (1), 2005, SEP, p. 54-65
Wong, KFE; Kwong, JYY

The role of risk in making decisions under escalation situations

Applied psychology-an INTERNATIONAL review-psychologie appliquee-revue internationale, v. 54, (4), 2005, OCT, p. 584-607
Wong, KFE

Conference paper 7

Linking Goal Orientation and Goal Setting: Overriding, Moderation, and Mediation Approaches

Gong, Yaping; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Farh, Larry J L; Chang, Song

Linking regret to escalation of commitment: The roles of outcome visibility and anticipated regret.

Paper presented at the 18th annual convention of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Managerial Escalation of Commitment Bias and employee firm-specific investments

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Hawaii, Aug 8-11 2005
Wang, Heli; Wong, Ellick

Mental simulation and confirmatory search in causal likelihood judgments: Evidence from eye-movement data.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

The Affective Dimension of Escalation of Commitment: The Roles of Regret

The American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California., 2005, May
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

The Differential Impacts of Rater Goals on Rating Patterns: Evidence From a Field Experiment.

The American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California., 2005, May
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

When thinking rationally increases biases: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick

Conference paper 4

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation with absolute ratings

The annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii., 2004, July-August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation: A prospect theory approach

The annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana., 2004, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Episodic retrieval in anchoring processes

The annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii., 2004, July-August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.

Morphemic ambiguity resolution in reading Chinese: An eye-monitoring study

1st International Conference on Eye Movement, Tianjin.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Chen, H.C.

Book chapter 1

Reading Development in Chinese Children

Developmental characteristics of eye movements in reading Chinese / Edited by Catherine McBride-Chang, Hsuan-Chih Chen. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003, p. 157-168
Chen, H.C.; Song, H.; Wong, K.F.E.; Tsang, S.L.

Conference paper 2

Cognitive processes in reference letter evaluation: Confirmatory or comprehensive search

the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Werbel, James

On Escalating Commitment: The Role of Neuroticism

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA
Wong, Ellick; Yik, Michelle; Kwong, Jessica

Article 1

The relationship between attentional blink and psychological refractory period

Journal OF Experimental psychology-human PERCEPTION and PERFORMANCE, v. 28, (1), 2002, FEB, p. 54-71
Wong, KFE

Article 3

Dissociative prime-probe contextual effects on negativce priming and repetition priming: A challenge to episodic retrieval as a unified account of negative priming

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v. 26, 2000, p. 1411-1422
Wong, Ellick K.F.

Is 7300 m equal to 7.3 km? Same semantics but different anchoring effects

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, v. 82, 2000, p. 314-333
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.

The role of orthographic and phonological processing in Chinese reading

Acta Psychologica Sinica, v. 32, 2000, p. 1-6
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Chen, H.C.

Article 2

Orthographic and phonological processing in reading Chinese

Language and Cognitive Processes, v. 14, 1999, p. 461-480
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Chen, H.C.

The patterns of the odd-even effect on product verification in Hong Kong Chinese

Psychologia, v. 42, 1999, p. 101-110
Wong, Ellick K.F.

Article 1

Repetition blindness: Effects of display duration and task on response latencies

Acta Psychologica Sinica, v. 29, 1997, p. 345-349
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Chen, H.C.

2018 4

Agency Beliefs Over Time and Across Cultures: Free Will Beliefs Predict Higher Job Satisfaction

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, v. 44, (3), March 2018, p. 304-317
Feldman, Gilad; Farh, Jiing-Lih; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

Does a Tired Mind Help Avoid a Decision Bias? The Effect of Ego Depletion on Escalation of Commitment

Applied Psychology: An International Review, v. 67, (1), January 2018, p. 171-185
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Resolving the Judgment and Decision-Making Paradox Between Adaptive Learning and Escalation of Commitment

Management Science, v. 64, (4), April 2018, p. 1911-1925
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee
Article

When Action-Inaction Framing Leads to Higher Escalation of Commitment: A New Inaction-Effect Perspective on the Sunk-Cost Fallacy

Psychological Science, v. 29, (4), April 2018, p. 537-548
Feldman, Gilad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

2017 1

Macroeconomics, Turnover Intention, and Actual Turnover Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2017, (1), August 2017
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Cheng, Cecelia
Conference paper

2016 3

Bad is freer than good: Positive-negative asymmetry in attributions of free will

Consciousness and Cognition, v. 42, May 2016, p. 26-40
Feldman, Gilad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Baumeister, Roy Frederick
Article

The freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better academic performance

Personality and Individual Differences, v. 90, February 2016, p. 377-383
Feldman, Gilad; Chandrashekar, Subramanya Prasad; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

How Novice and Expert Misforecast Their Emotions

Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Conference paper

2015 1

The Effect of Goal Difficulty on Escalation of Commitment

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, v. 28, (2), April 2015, p. 114-129
Lee, Jong Seok; Keil, Mark; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Article

2014 4

Fair or Not Fair? The Effects of Numerical Framing on the Perceived Justice of Outcomes

Journal of Management, v. 40, (6), September 2014, p. 1558-1582
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Free will is about choosing: The link between choice and the belief in free will

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, v. 55, 2014, p. 239-245
Feldman, Gilad; Baumeister, Roy F.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Reducing and Exaggerating Escalation of Commitment by Option Partitioning

Journal of Applied Psychology, v. 99, (4), 2014, p. 697-712
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

The Role of Regret in Institutional Persistence and Change

Journal of Change Management, 14, 3, 2014, p. 309-333
Schwarz, Gavin; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk-yee
Article

2013 4

Comparing predicted and actual affective responses to process versus outcome: An emotion-as-feedback perspective.

Cognition, v. 129, (1), October 2013, p. 42-50
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Tang, Suki K.Y.
Article

Predictable or Not? Individuals' Risk Decisions Do Not Necessarily Predict Their Next Ones

PLoS ONE, v. 8, (2), February 2013, article number e56811
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Cheng, Cecilia
Article

Option Partitioning Alters Escalation of Commitment through Subjective Utility

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2013, (1), January 2013
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee
Conference paper

Rating Differentiation in Performance Evaluation as a Result of Anchoring-and-Adjustment from Starting.

Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Ng, Carman K.; Yip, Gwynnie K.K.
Conference paper

2012 2

Negative priming under rapid serial visual presentation

PLoS ONE, v. 7, (5), 2012
Wong, K.F.E.
Article

The Effect of Managerial Bias on Employees' Specific Human Capital Investments

Journal of management studies, v.49, 2012, Dec, p. 1435-1458
Wang, Heli; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

2011 4

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, v. 115, (2), July 2011, p. 226-237
Takeuchi, Riki; Yun, Seokhwa; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

A failure quota account of terminating a failing course of action under escalation situations

the 23rd Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May, 2011
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Judging Emotions is a Process of Anchoring and Adjustment

ISRE Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2011
Yik, Michelle; Zeng, Kevin Jing; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Reducing and exaggerating escalation bias by option partitioning

the 23rd Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May-2010
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

2010 4

Cognitive Processes in Evaluating Reference Letters

Applied cognitive psychology, v. 24, (1), 2010, JAN, p. 27-40
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Werbel, James D.
Article

The Roles of Rater Goals and Ratee Performance Levels in the Distortion of Performance Ratings

Journal of applied psychology, v. 95, (3), 2010, MAY, p. 546-561
Wang, Xiaoye May; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

A process model of affective experience in escalation situations

the 7th Asian Academy of Management Conference, Macau, China, Dec-2010
Ng, Carman K.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Reducing and exaggerating escalation of commitment by option partitioning

the 7th Asian Academy of Management Conference, Macau, China, Dec-2010
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

2009 3

Forward and Backward Repetition Blindness in Speed and Accuracy

Journal OF Experimental psychology-human PERCEPTION and PERFORMANCE, v. 35, (3), 2009, JUN, p. 778-786
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Chen, Hsuan-Chih
Article

Raters give differentially distorted ratings for high and low performers to achieve specific goals

Annual meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois
Wang, X.M.; Wong, Ellick K.F.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

The role of regret in institutional persistence and change

Annual Meeting of Southern Management Association, Asheville, North Carolina
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Schwarz, G.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

2008 10

When thinking rationally increases biases: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment

Applied psychology-an INTERNATIONAL review-psychologie appliquee-revue internationale, v. 57, (2), 2008, APR, p. 246-271
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee; Ng, Carmen K.
Article

Emotion and Organizational Decision-making: the Roles of Negative Affect and Anticipated Regret in Making Decisions Under Escalation Situations

Research companion to emotion in organizations / Edited by N. Ashkanasy, C. Copper. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2008, p. 45-60
Ng, Carmen K.M.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Book chapter

Between-individual input comparison and justice perception: A prospect theory approach

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, California
Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons

The annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2008 May
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons: A prospect theory approach

Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Reversals in performance evaluation: A range theory perspective

Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.; Ng, Carmen K.M.
Conference paper

Surplus disutility and goal directed behavior in loyalty program

The annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2008 May
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Terminating a failing course of action under escalation situations: A failure quota account

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, California
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

Toward the emotion of institutional persistence and change: A regret theory perspective

Paper presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Management
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

Will positive performance feedback improve or deteriorate subsequent performance? Evidence from professional jockeys

Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Conference paper

2007 6

Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study

Journal of applied psychology, v. 92, (2), 2007, MAR, p. 577-585
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

The role of anticipated regret in escalation of commitment

Journal of applied psychology, v. 92, (2), 2007, MAR, p. 545-554
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

Performance evaluation with within-individual comparisons: A prospect theory approach

67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, United States, 3-8 August 2007, 2007
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Ellick Kin Fai
Conference paper

The effect of surplus avoidance on completing a goal in loyalty program

Association of Consumer Research Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, 2007 October
Kwong, Jesscia Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

The source of organizational diversity: A judgment and decision making perspective

The annual meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, 2007 August
Ng, Carmen K.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

When thinking rationally is biased: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment

The annual meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanian, 2007 August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Ng, Carmen K.
Conference paper

2006 8

The role of ratio differences in the framing of numerical information

International journal of research in marketing, v. 23, (4), 2006, DEC, p. 385-394
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Article

Understanding the emotional aspects of escalation of commitment: The role of negative affect

Journal of applied psychology, v. 91, (2), 2006, MAR, p. 282-297
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Yik, Michelle; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Article

Effect of frequency of negative feedback on (de)escalation of commitment.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Effects of rater goals on rating leniency and discriminability: Evidence from a field experiment

the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, 2006, July
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study

the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Preference reversals in performance evaluation: A range theory perspective

The annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Ng, C.K.; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

The influence of presentation format of attribute information on product judgments.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

Will positive performance feedback improve or deteriorate subsequent performance? Evidence from professional jockeys

The 5th Asian Academy of Management Meeting, Waseda, Tokyo., 2006, December
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

2005 10

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation: A perspective from prospect theory

Journal of applied psychology, v. 90, (2), 2005, MAR, p. 284-294
Wong, KFE; Kwong, JYY
Article

Comparing two tiny giants or two huge dwarfs? Preference reversals owing to number size framing

Organizational behavior and human decision processes, v. 98, (1), 2005, SEP, p. 54-65
Wong, KFE; Kwong, JYY
Article

The role of risk in making decisions under escalation situations

Applied psychology-an INTERNATIONAL review-psychologie appliquee-revue internationale, v. 54, (4), 2005, OCT, p. 584-607
Wong, KFE
Article

Linking Goal Orientation and Goal Setting: Overriding, Moderation, and Mediation Approaches

Gong, Yaping; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Farh, Larry J L; Chang, Song
Conference paper

Linking regret to escalation of commitment: The roles of outcome visibility and anticipated regret.

Paper presented at the 18th annual convention of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Managerial Escalation of Commitment Bias and employee firm-specific investments

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Hawaii, Aug 8-11 2005
Wang, Heli; Wong, Ellick
Conference paper

Mental simulation and confirmatory search in causal likelihood judgments: Evidence from eye-movement data.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

The Affective Dimension of Escalation of Commitment: The Roles of Regret

The American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California., 2005, May
Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.; Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

The Differential Impacts of Rater Goals on Rating Patterns: Evidence From a Field Experiment.

The American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California., 2005, May
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

When thinking rationally increases biases: The role of rational thinking style in escalation of commitment.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick
Conference paper

2004 4

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation with absolute ratings

The annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii., 2004, July-August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Between-individual comparisons in performance evaluation: A prospect theory approach

The annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana., 2004, August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Episodic retrieval in anchoring processes

The annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii., 2004, July-August
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Kwong, Jessica Y.Y.
Conference paper

Morphemic ambiguity resolution in reading Chinese: An eye-monitoring study

1st International Conference on Eye Movement, Tianjin.
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Chen, H.C.
Conference paper

2003 3

Reading Development in Chinese Children

Developmental characteristics of eye movements in reading Chinese / Edited by Catherine McBride-Chang, Hsuan-Chih Chen. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003, p. 157-168
Chen, H.C.; Song, H.; Wong, K.F.E.; Tsang, S.L.
Book chapter

Cognitive processes in reference letter evaluation: Confirmatory or comprehensive search

the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington
Wong, Kin Fai Ellick; Werbel, James
Conference paper

On Escalating Commitment: The Role of Neuroticism

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA
Wong, Ellick; Yik, Michelle; Kwong, Jessica
Conference paper

2002 1

The relationship between attentional blink and psychological refractory period

Journal OF Experimental psychology-human PERCEPTION and PERFORMANCE, v. 28, (1), 2002, FEB, p. 54-71
Wong, KFE
Article

2000 3

Dissociative prime-probe contextual effects on negativce priming and repetition priming: A challenge to episodic retrieval as a unified account of negative priming

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v. 26, 2000, p. 1411-1422
Wong, Ellick K.F.
Article

Is 7300 m equal to 7.3 km? Same semantics but different anchoring effects

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, v. 82, 2000, p. 314-333
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Kwong, J.Y.Y.
Article

The role of orthographic and phonological processing in Chinese reading

Acta Psychologica Sinica, v. 32, 2000, p. 1-6
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Chen, H.C.
Article

1999 2

Orthographic and phonological processing in reading Chinese

Language and Cognitive Processes, v. 14, 1999, p. 461-480
Wong, Ellick Kin Fai; Chen, H.C.
Article

The patterns of the odd-even effect on product verification in Hong Kong Chinese

Psychologia, v. 42, 1999, p. 101-110
Wong, Ellick K.F.
Article

1997 1

Repetition blindness: Effects of display duration and task on response latencies

Acta Psychologica Sinica, v. 29, 1997, p. 345-349
Wong, Ellick K.F.; Chen, H.C.
Article

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 1 2023-24 Summer 2 2023-24 Spring 5 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 2 2022-23 Summer 2

MGMT5490

Irrational and Rational Thinking and Judgment in Management

MGMT5230	Management of Organizations
MIMT5020	Managerial Decision Making

BIBU4840	Biotechnology and Business Capstone Project
DBAP5030	Survey Research and Experimental Designs
MGMT2110	Organizational Behavior
MGMT5490	Irrational and Rational Thinking and Judgment in Management
MGMT7100	Behavioral Science

DBAP5030	Survey Research and Experimental Designs
MGMT5490	Irrational and Rational Thinking and Judgment in Management

MGMT5230	Management of Organizations
MIMT5020	Managerial Decision Making

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

DONG, Xiawei (co-supervision)
Management
CHEN, Zaidan
Management
YONG, Roslina Binti Abdul Latif
Management

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 2

No Projects.
Nudging and Promoting Employee Green Behaviors by Escalation of Commitment Interventions

通過承諾逐步升級的輕推介入來推動員工綠色行為 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
WONG Ellick Kin Fai (Lead)
2024 -
Biases in research citation due to researchers' family names

研究人員的姓氏導致研究引文中的偏差 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
WONG Ellick Kin Fai (Lead)
2021 - 2023