Institute of  Economics and Management, National University of Kaohsiung. 700, Kaohsiung University Road, Nan-Tzu District, Kaohsiung 81148, Taiwan. | Phone: 886-7-5919335       | Fax: 886-7-5919342     | E-mail:  c.chang@nuk.edu.tw

 

Assistant Professor

Chun-Tuan ( Debbie ) Chang

 

 
 
   
   

 RESEARCH FIELDS   
 

Marketing Management

 
 

Consumer Behavior

 
 

Consumer Psychology

 
 

Advertising

 
 

Marketing Research

 
 

Health-Care Marketing

 
 

Marketing Communication

 
 

International Marketing

 
 

Strategic Management

 
  Multivariate Analysis  
 

Public Policy & Marketing

 
   

 EDUCATION  
 

Sep. 2002 -

July 2004

University of Edinburgh

Ph.D.

Department of Business Studies

School of Economics and Management Studies

(supervisor: Dr. Stephanie O’Donohoe, professor John Dawson)

 
 

Aug. 2000 -

April 2002

University of Houston                                          

Ph.D. candidate in Marketing (GPA 3.63/4.0)

Minor in Psychology

 
 

Aug. 1998 -

Dec. 1999

University of Illinois at Chicago   

Master of Business Administration

Concentration: Marketing (GPA 4.8/5.0)

 
 

 
   

PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS

 
 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND PRESENTATION EXPERIENCE  
 
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Aug. 31-Sep. 3, 2006

Paper co-authored with Dr. Yu-Kang Lee accepted by the annual meeting of American Political Association, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 
 
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Aug. 11-13, 2006

 Paper co-authored with Dr. Yu-Kang Lee presented in the annual meeting of American Sociological Association (round-table section), Montreal, Canada.

 
 
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Juy12-14, 2006

Paper accepted, co-authored with Ms Shu-Hui Kuo to be presented in the International Conference on Business and Information (BAI), Singapore.

 
 
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Sep. 30- Oct. 2, 2005

Competitive paper presented in Conference of Association of Consumer Research (ACR), San Antonio, USA

 
 
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Sep. 1-4, 2005 

Paper co-authored with Dr. Yu-Kang Lee presented in the annual meeting of American Political Association, Washington, DC, USA.

 
 
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June 15-18, 2005 

Competitive paper co-authored with Dr. Yu-Kang Lee presented in Conference of European Association of Consumer Research (EACR), Gothenburg, Sweden.

 
 
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April 18-19, 2005

Paper presented in the Taiwan-Strait Economic Forum: Industrial Economics and Financial Management, Tianjin, China.

 
 
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Sep 30 -2, 2004

Paper co-authored with Dr. Yu-Kang Lee presented in the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

 
 
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Oct 1-3, 2004

Paper co-authored with Dr. Yu-Kang Lee presented in the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

 
 
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Oct 24-25, 2003

Paper co-authored with Yu-Kang Lee presented in The New England Association for Asian Studies Conference, Harvard University, Boston, USA

 
 
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Aug 7-10, 2003

Competitive paper presented in 111th Annual Convention, American Psychology Association, Toronto, Canada.

 
 
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June 19-22, 2003

Paper co-authored with Yu-Kang Lee presented in Conference of Asian

Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), Hawaii, USA.

 
 
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June 4-7, 2003

Competitive paper presented in Conference of     

European Association of Consumer Research (EACR), Dublin, Ireland.

 
 
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May 18-20, 2003

Research proposal presentation in the 16th Doctoral Colloquium of European Marketing Academy (EMAC), Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

 
   
 

PUBLICATIONS

 
 
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Chun-Tuan Chang (2007), “Health-Care Product Advertising: The Influences of Message Framing and Perceived Product Characteristics,” Psychology & Marketing (SSCI).

 
 
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Chun-Tuan Chang (2006), “Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Influences of Graphic Illustration on Framed Advertisements”, in Advances in Consumer Research (SSCI).

 
 
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Chun-Tuan Chang, and Yu-Kang Lee (2005), “The Moderators of Vividness Effects and Statistical Formats on Framing-Message Effectiveness Relationship” in European Advances in Consumer Research, Vol. 7, pp. 388-389.

 
 
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Chun-Tuan Chang (2005), “Advertising Healthcare Products,” Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 32 (3), pp. 808-811 (SSCI).

 
 
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Yu-Kang Lee, and Chun-Tuan Chang (2005), “Social Impacts of the Public Welfare Lottery: An Empirical Study in Taiwan,” Modern Asian Studies, Vol.39 (1), pp. 133-153 (SSCI).

 
 
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Chun-Tuan Chang (2004), “Communication Effectiveness and Format Effects in Consumer Healthcare Decision Making,” Consumer Interest Annual, Vol. 50, pp. 106-107.

 
 
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Chun-Tuan Chang (2003), “The Influences of Message Framing, Perceived Product Innovativeness, and Health Involvement on Advertising Effectiveness of Healthcare Products” in Advances of European Consumer Research, Vol. 6, pp. 217-224.

 
   
 

SUBMITTED, WORKING, AND OTHER PAPERS

 
 
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“How Does Political Sophistication Moderate Framing Effectiveness When Nature of Public Affairs Are Different” (Manuscript submitted to Political Communication)

 
 
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“Who Gives What to Charity in East Asia? Evidence from Taiwan” (Manuscript submitted to Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly)

 
 
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“To Give or Not to Give: The Question of Charitable Donations in Taiwan” (Manuscript under preparation)

 
 
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“Appealing Advertisements—Are Charities Getting Them Right?” (Manuscript under preparation)

 
 
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“Lottery Advertising” (Data collection)

 
   

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

 
 

2006-2007

Chair of research grant (NSC: 95-2416-H-390-005-)

Perfect Political Advertising: The Moderators of Political Sophistication and Candidate/Party Credibility  (中文: 選民複雜度與候選人(政黨)信賴度對於政治廣告之影響)

 
 

2005-2006

Chair of research grant (NSC: 94-2416-H-390-001)

A Cross-National Study on the Effectiveness of Price Framing Tactics in Consumer Product Advertising

 
 

2005-2006

Co-chair of research grant (NSC: 94-2412-H-110-002-)

What Do We Know about the Advertising Effectiveness of the Public Welfare Lottery?

 
 

2004-2005

Chair of research grant (NSC: 93-2416-H-390-009)

Framing Makes a Difference: How to Successfully Frame an Advertisement Message for Reducing Child Poverty

 
  2003

Annual doctoral student presentation at department seminar

Department of Business Studies

University of Edinburgh

Presentation title: What Matters in Advertising Effectiveness of Healthcare Products? Influences of Message Framing, Perceived Product Characteristics, and Individual Differences

 
  2001-2002

Proposal presentation at department seminar

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

University of Houston

Working Paper: It's new to me: Framing Influence on Advertising of New Products

 
  2001-2002

Health Psychology Research Group

Department of Psychology

University of Houston

Directed by Clinical Psychology professor Mary J. Naus

 
  2001-2002

Research Assistant to Dr. Betsy Gelb

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

University of Houston

 
  2000-2001

Research Assistant to Dr. Partha Krishnamurthy

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

University of Houston

 
  2000

National Academic Conference of Strategy Planning and Hospital Management (Hyatt Hotel at Taipei, Taiwan)

Representative of Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

 
  1999

Independent study with professor Dr. Joseph Cherian in UIC

Cross-Culture Differences on Consumer Involvement and Service Quality Issues

 
  1996

Participation in National English Conference of International Trade and Economy held by China Youth Corps (Taipei, Taiwan)

 
  1996

Project leader of questionnaire and interview team

National Health Insurance Bureau of Executive Yuan (Government Grant)

Grant Title: Investigation on Efficacy of National Health Insurance

 
   

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 SERVICE  
 

International reviewer of Annals of Tourism Research (SSCI journal)

 
 

Reviewer of Pan-Pacific Management Review  
 

Reviewer of Management Review (管理評論) (TSSCI journal)  
 

Review of Asia-Pacific Economic and Management Review (亞太經濟管理評論)  
   

 NSC GRANT

 
 

Framing Makes a Difference: How to Successfully Frame an Advertisement Message for Reducing Child Poverty (2004-2005)

 
 

A Cross-National Study on the Effectiveness of Price Framing Tactics in Consumer Product

Advertising  (2005-2006)

 
 

What Do We Know about the Advertising Effectiveness of the Public Welfare Lottery?(2005-2006) (Co-chair)

 
 

 

 COURSES TAUGHT

 
 

Marketing Management

 
 

Consumer Behavior (Consumer Psychology)

 
 

Marketing Research

 
 

Seminars for master student

 
 

International Marketing Management

 
 

Multivariate Analysis