Whencheng Chang

faculty

Wencheng Joseph Chang, PhD

Associate Professor

Management & Marketing

Contact

508-999-8745

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Charlton College of Business 329

Education

University of ManchesterPhD
University of MissouriMBA

Teaching

  • MKT 311 Principles of Marketing
  • MKT 431 Consumer Behavior
  • MKT 690 Advnaced Consumer Behavior

Teaching

Courses

A basic understanding of the role and scope of responsibilities facing contemporary marketing management. Emphasis is placed on the integration of marketing principles into an organized approach for decision making.

A basic understanding of the role and scope of responsibilities facing contemporary marketing management. Emphasis is placed on the integration of marketing principles into an organized approach for decision making.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

A basic understanding of the role and scope of responsibilities facing contemporary marketing management. Emphasis is placed on the integration of marketing principles into an organized approach for decision making.

A study of consumer decision processes as a series of activities related to the purchase and consumption of goods. Emphasis is given to contemporary thought on the consumer problem-solving process, namely problem recognition, search, evaluation, commitment and post-purchase behavior.

An opportunity for the faculty to propose a course and teach it as an elective to students who express interest in a particular subject. Topics will vary and be announced before registration is completed in the previous semester, may be repeated with change of content.
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A study of consumer decision processes as a series of activities related to the purchase and consumption of goods. Emphasis is given to contemporary thought on the consumer problem-solving process, namely problem recognition, search, evaluation, commitment and post-purchase behavior.
Register for this course.

A basic understanding of the role and scope of responsibilities facing contemporary marketing management. Emphasis is placed on the integration of marketing principles into an organized approach for decision making.
Register for this course.

Research

Research interests

  • Major: feedback extension effects on family brand evaluations
  • Supporting: advertising message research
  • Supporting: cross-cultural comparisons

Dr. Chang is an assistant professor of marketing at the Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He had taught internationally across continents, including the immediate past decade in Canada, on both undergraduate and graduate levels. He also had several years of industry experience with multinational companies during his earlier career. His research specializes in consumer behavior about branding, consisting of one major and two supporting research streams. The first and major stream examines factors moderating the feedback effect of brand extensions on entitative brands. The second and third streams explore advertising message effectiveness and compare cross-cultural differences in perception, respectively.