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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, Sydney. She is passionate about contributing to a better world via better marketing. Through the effective implementation of marketing strategies and high-tech solutions, her research seeks to address pressing social issues and generate positive social impact. Her PhD thesis investigates the implications of innovative technologies in the context of pro-environmental behaviors of retailers using empirical data and econometric models. In one of her under-review papers, she investigated effective social media advertising content for ethical fashion brands to simulate pro-environmental behaviors of the social media audience by employing image and text marketing content analysis.

Despite being a second-year PhD student, she has demonstrated remarkable academic achievement. Her contributions include published articles in prestigious journals including Industrial Marketing Management (ABDC-A*), European Journal of Marketing (ABDC-A*) and a forthcoming article in Journal of Business Ethics (FT 50). She also presented her research at the ISMS Marketing Science Conference. Additionally, she received the UNSW Business School Dean’s List for Academic Excellence during her postgraduate studies. Her postgraduate studies were funded by the UNSW Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies Scholarship. Her current PhD studies are funded by the University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA) Scholarship.

Before being admitted to PhD, Ka Wing earned her double degrees (Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)/ Bachelor of Information Systems) with Distinction and a master’s degree with High Distinction from UNSW. She has been a research assistant at the UNSW School of Marketing for more than three years, assisting on projects about social media, B2B content marketing, influencer marketing, chatbots, and e-commerce by utilizing methods such as text and image analysis, regressions, 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
  • UNSW Business School Dean’s List for Academic Excellence
  • Tutor of MARK5828 (Advertising Analytics), MARK5826 (Product Analytics) and MARK3087 (Customer Analytics)
  • UNSW School of Marketing External Student Representative for 2024
  • Reviewer of Journal of Global Fashion Marketing
  • MSI Marketing Strategy Seminar Fall 2023