Shirley Cheng, PhD

Associate Professor of Marketing

  • PhD in Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • MPhil in Marketing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • BBA (Marketing concentration), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Selected Publications

  1. Li, Connie, Gerard Prendergast, Shirley Y. Y. Cheng (2025), “Does Sadness Sell? The Use of
    Emotions in Fundraising Appeals Fundraising Strategies for For-profit and Nonprofit Organizations,”
    Journal of Advertising Research, March, 111-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218499.2025.2464288
  2. Kwan, Canice, Shirley Y. Y. Cheng, Alex Tsang (2023), “Societal Reminiscence and Decisions for a
    Better Society: A Belief in Progress Explanation,” Journal of Business Research, 154, 113365. Link
    to full text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/p...
  3. Xu, Allison Jing, Shirley Y. Y. Cheng, and Tiffany B. White (2020), “The Motivating and
    Demotivating Effects of Negative Feedback on Cross-Domain Goal Pursuit,” Journal of Association
    for Consumer Research, 5(3), 311-321. https://doi.org/10.1086/709275
  4. Torelli, Carlos, Rohini Ahluwalia, Shirley Y. Y. Cheng, Nicholas J. Olson, and Jennifer L. Stoner
    (2017), "Redefining Home: How Cultural Distinctiveness Affects the Malleability of In-Group
    Boundaries and Brand Preferences," Journal of Consumer Research, 44, 44-61.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucw072
  5. Chen, Xia, Angela K. Leung, Daniel Y. Yang, Chi-yue Chiu, Zhong-quan Li., and Shirley Y. Y.
    Cheng* (2016), "Cultural Threats in Culturally Mixed Encounters Hamper Creative Performance for
    Individuals With Lower Openness to Experience," Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(10),
    1321-34. *Equal authorship. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022116641513
  6. Kung, Franki, Young-Hoon Kim, Daniel Y.-J. Yang, and Shirley Y. Y. Cheng (2016), “The Role of
    Regulatory Fit in Framing Effective Negative Feedback Across Culture,” Journal of Cross-Cultural
    Psychology, 47(5), 696-712. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022116638172
  7. Cheng, Shirley Y. Y., Tiffany B. White, and Lan N. Chaplin (2012), "The Effects of Self-Brand
    Connections on Responses to Brand Failure: A New Look at the Consumer-Brand Relationship,"
    Journal of Consumer Psychology, 22, 280-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcps.2011.05.005
  8. Hung, Kineta, Caleb H. Tse, and Shirley Y. Y. Cheng (2012), "Advertising Research in the Post-
    WTO Decade in China: Meeting the Internationalization Challenge,” Journal of Advertising, 41(3),
    121-145. https://doi.org/10.2753/JOA0091-3367410308
  9. Torelli, Carlos J. and Shirley Y. Y. Cheng (2011), "Cultural Meanings of Brands and Consumption:
    A Window into the Cultural Psychology of Globalization," Social and Personality Psychology
    Compass 5, 251-62. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1111/j.1751-9004...
  10. Kashima, Yoshihisa , Junqi Shi, Koji Tsuchiya, Emiko S. Kashima, and Shirley Y. Y. Cheng, Melody
    M. Chao, and Shang-hui Shin (2011), "Globalization and Folk Theory of Social Change: How
    Globalization Relates to Societal Perceptions about the Past and Future," Journal of Social Issues, 67,
    696-715. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2011.01723.x

  • BUSI 231 Principles of Marketing
  • BUSI 335 Consumer Behaviour