My research interests are primarily in how consumers make judgments, choices, and decisions within financial, political, health, and sustainability domains. My primary methodological areas of expertise are experimental and survey, and I have an interest in how global, environmental, and macro-level factors affect consumers’ decisions. Several themes of my work have included mindfulness, political orientation, meat consumption, and risky choices.
In financial domains, I study how consumers make choices related to spending, savings, and gambling. My papers in these areas have been published in such journals as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Evolution and Human Behavior. In political domains, I am interested in how political beliefs influence the choices we make in the marketplace; published papers are in Journal of Consumer Psychology and Personality and Individual Differences. In health and sustainability domains, my work explores the interventions and techniques that doctors and policy makers can adopt to improve both individual and societal well-being. Papers in these areas have appeared in Personality and Individual Differences and Current Issues in Tourism.
I have presented my research at the American Psychological Society, Association for Consumer Research, Association for Psychological Science, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy, Society for Consumer Psychology, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Western Economic Association International. I am on the editorial review boards of European Journal of Marketing and Psychology & Marketing, and I regularly serve as a reviewer for Family Business Review, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Laterality, and Political Psychology, among other top-tier peer-reviewed journals.
How does mindfulness change how we think, decide, and make choices?
- Orazi, D. C., Chen, J., & Chan, E. Y. To erect temples to virtue: Effects of state mindfulness on other-focused ethical behaviors. Journal of Business Ethics, accepted October 2019.
- Chan, E. Y. (2021). Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 13, 100341.
- Chan, E. Y., & Wang, Y. (2019). Mindfulness changes construal level: An experimental investigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(9), 1656-1664.
- Chan, E. Y. (2018). Mindfulness and attitudes toward eating insects: The role of disgust. Food Quality and Preference, 71, 385-383.
- Chan, E. Y. (2018). Mindfulness promotes sustainable tourism: The case of Uluru. Current Issues in Tourism, 22(13), 1526-1530.
Do our political beliefs and values influence the decisions we make?
- Chan, E. Y. Political conservatism and anthropomorphism: An investigation. Journal of Consumer Psychology, accepted October 2019.
- Northey, G., & Chan, E. Y. (2020). Political conservatism and preference for (a)symmetric brand logos. Journal of Business Research, 115, 149-159.
- Chan, E. Y. (2019). Social (not fiscal) conservatism predicts deontological ethics. Acta Psychologica, 198, 102867.
- Chan, E. Y., & Ilicic, J. (2019). Political ideology and brand attachment. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 36(4), 630-646.
- Chan, E. Y. (2019). The politics of intent: Political orientation influences organ donation intentions. Personality and Individual Differences, 142, 255-259.
- Chan, E. Y. (2019). Political orientation and physical health: The role of personal responsibility. Personality and Individual Differences, 141, 117-122.
- Chan, E. Y. (2017). Exposure to the American flag polarizes Democratic-Republican ideologies. British Journal of Social Psychology, 56(4), 809-818.
- Chan, E. Y. (2016). Re-construing politics: The dual impacts of abstraction on political ideology. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46(5), 649-656.
How can we get people to make ethical, environmental, healthy, and sustainable choices?
- Orazi, D. C., Chen, J., & Chan, E. Y. To erect temples to virtue: Effects of state mindfulness on other-focused ethical behaviors. Journal of Business Ethics, accepted October 2019.
- Chan, E. Y. (2021). Low voice pitch in orally delivered recommendations can increase compliance with hand sanitizer use among young adults. Behavioral Science & Policy, 6(2), 35-50.
- Chan, E. Y., & Saqib, N. U. (2021). Privacy concerns can explain unwillingness to download and use contact tracing apps when COVID-19 concerns are high. Computers in Human Behavior, 119, 106768.
- Chan, E. Y. (2021). Moral foundations underlying behavioral compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110463.
- Chan, E. Y., & Meng, Y. (2021). Color me moral: White and black product colors influence prosocial behaviors. Psychology & Marketing, 38(1), 212-224.
- Orazi, D., & Chan, E. Y. (2020). “They did not walk the green talk!:” How information specificity influences consumers’ evaluations of disconfirmed environmental claims. Journal of Business Ethics, 163, 107-123.
- Chan, E. Y. (2019). Social (not fiscal) conservatism predicts deontological ethics. Acta Psychologica, 198, 102867.
- Chan, E. Y. (2019). Exposure to national flags reduces tax evasion: Evidence from the United States, Australia, and Britain. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(2), 300-312.
- Chan, E. Y. (2019). The politics of intent: Political orientation influences organ donation intentions. Personality and Individual Differences, 142, 255-259.
- Chan, E. Y. (2018). Mindfulness and attitudes toward eating insects: The role of disgust. Food Quality and Preference, 71, 385-383.
- Chan, E. Y. (2018). Mindfulness promotes sustainable tourism: The case of Uluru. Current Issues in Tourism, 22(13), 1526-1530.
- Chan, E. Y. (2018). Climate change is the world’s greatest threat – In Celsius or Fahrenheit? Journal of Environmental Psychology, 60, 21-26.
- Chan, E. Y. (2017). Self-protection promotes altruism. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(5), 667-673.
What factors beyond our control shape how we invest and use money?
- Chan, E. Y., & Saqib, N. U. The moderating role of processing style in risk perceptions and risky decision-making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 34(2), 290-299.
- Chan, E. Y. (2021). The consumer in physical pain: Implications for the pain-of-paying and pricing. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 6(1), 10-20.Chan, E., & Saqib, N. (2018). Reversing the endowment effect by empowering buyers and sellers. European Journal of Marketing, 52(9/10), 1827-1844.
- Chan, E. Y. (2015). Endowment effect for hedonic but not utilitarian goods. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 32, 439-441.
- Saqib, N. U., & Chan, E. Y. (2015). Time pressure reverses risk references. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 130, 58-68.
- Chan, E. Y., & Saqib, N. U. (2015). Online social networking increases financial risk-taking. Computers in Human Behavior, 51, 224-231.
- Chan, E. Y. (2015). Physically-attractive males increase men’s financial risk-taking. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36, 407-413.
What determines the food and beverages that we eat and drink?
- Chan, E. Y., & Maglio, S. J. (2019). Coffee cues elevate arousal and reduce level of construal. Consciousness and Cognition, 70, 57-69.
- Chan, E. Y., & Zlatevska, N. (2019). Is meat sexy? Meat preference as a function of the sexual motivation system. Food Quality and Preference, 74, 78-87.
- Chan, E. Y., & Zlatevska N. (2018). Jerkies, burgers, and tacos: Socioeconomic status and meat preference. Appetite, 132, 257-266.
- Chan, E. Y. (2018). Mindfulness and attitudes toward eating insects: The role of disgust. Food Quality and Preference, 71, 385-383.
