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Prof. Amy DALTON

Prof. Amy DALTON

Associate Professor

mkamy@ust.hk

Academic qualification

  • PhD Duke University
  • BSc University of Toronto

Amy N. Dalton is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  Her expertise is in consumer behavior and its relation to the self, identity, social interaction, and motivation. Amy’s research has been published in marketing, psychology, and business practice outlets.  She has served on the Editorial Review Boards of several leading marketing journals, including the Journal of Consumer Research (2014 – present), Journal of Marketing Research (2014 – 2018), and Journal of Consumer Psychology (2014 – present), where she currently (and formerly, 2015 – 2020) serves as an Associate Editor. Amy joined HKUST’s Marketing Department in 2008, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing and consumer behavior.  Amy holds an Honours B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Marketing from Duke University.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Self and identity
  • Social interaction and influence
  • Coping and defence mechanisms
  • Nonconscious influences
  • Self-regulation and goal pursuit

PUBLICATIONS

  • Liu, Jingshi (Joyce) and Amy N. Dalton (forthcoming). When Do Consumers Dispose of Possessions? The Effect of Self-inauthenticity on Possession Disposal Decisions. In A. Ruvio & R. Belk (Eds.), Handbook of Identity and Consumption, 2nd edition. Routledge.
  • Liu, Jingshi (Joyce), Amy N. Dalton, and Anirban Mukhophadahay (2024). Favorite Possessions Protect Subjective Wellbeing under Income Inequality. Journal of Marketing Research, 61 (4), 700-717. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222437221141053
  • Liu, Jingshi (Joyce) and Amy N. Dalton (2024). The Inauthentic Consumer: Consequences of Self-Inauthenticity for Possession Disposal. Journal of Business Research, 181, 114741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114741.
  • Liu, Jingshi (Joyce), Amy N. Dalton, and Jeremy Lee (2021). The “Self” under COVID-19: Social Role Disruptions, Self-authenticity, and Present-focused Coping. PLoS ONE, 16(9), e0256939. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256939
  • Liu, Jingshi (Joyce), Amy N. Dalton, and Jiewen Hong (2019). The Double-Edged Sword of Social Signaling: Antecedents and Consequence of Mixed Emotions in Counterfeit Brand Consumption. In S.K. Reddy & J.K. Han (Eds.), The Art and Science of Luxury: An Asian Perspective, Singapore Management University, Centre for Marketing Excellence, 117-127.
  • Dalton, Amy N., and Li Huang (2015). Motivated Forgetting Following Social Identity Threat. In B. Schmitt and L. Lee (Eds.), The Psychology of the Asian Consumer. New York: Routledge, 25-27.
  • Dalton, Amy N., and Li Huang (2014). Motivated Forgetting in Response to Social Identity Threat. Journal of Consumer Research, 40 (6), 1017-38. Lead article. https://doi.org/10.1086/674198
  • Dalton, Amy N., and Stephen A. Spiller (2012). Too Much of a Good Thing: The Benefits of Implementation Intentions Depend on the Number of Goals. Journal of Consumer Research, 39 (3), 600-14. https://doi.org/10.1086/664500
  • Featured in Journal of Consumer Research’s Research Curations (Summer, 2013); reprinted in Journal of Consumer Research, 41 (supplement), 97-111.
  • Laran, Juliano, Amy N. Dalton and Eduardo B. Andrade (2011). Why Consumers Rebel Against Slogans. Harvard Business Review, November, 1-2.
  • Laran, Juliano, Amy N. Dalton and Eduardo B. Andrade (2011). The Curious Case of Behavioral Backlash: Why Brands Produce Priming Effects and Slogans Produce Reverse Priming Effects. Journal of Consumer Research, 37 (6), 999-1014. https://doi.org/10.1086/656577
  • Dalton, Amy N., Tanya L. Chartrand, and Eli J. Finkel (2010). The Schema-Driven Chameleon: How Mimicry Affects Executive and Self-regulatory Resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98 (4), 605-17. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017629
  • Chartrand, Tanya L., Clara M. Cheng, Amy N. Dalton, and Abraham Tesser (2010). Nonconscious Goal Pursuit: Isolated Incidents or Adaptive Self-regulatory Tool? Social Cognition, 28 (5), 569-88. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2010.28.5.569
  • Chartrand, Tanya L and Amy N. Dalton (2009). Mimicry: Its Ubiquity, Importance, and Functionality. In E. Morsella, J. A. Bargh, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Human Action. New York: Oxford University Press, 458-83.
  • Chartrand, Tanya L., Amy N. Dalton, and Clara M. Cheng (2008). Consequences of Nonconscious Goal Activation. In J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of Motivation Science. New York: Guilford, 342-55.
  • Chartrand, Tanya L., Amy N. Dalton, and Gavan J. Fitzsimons (2007). Relationship Reactance: When Priming Significant Others Triggers Opposing Goals. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 719-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2006.08.003.
  • Dalton, Amy N. (2007).  Priming. In W. A. Darity (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Vol. 2. Macmillan/Thomson Gale.
  • Chartrand, Tanya L. and Amy N. Dalton (2007). Mimicry. In R. Baumeister and K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Finkel, Eli J., W. Keith Campbell, A. B. Brunell, Amy N. Dalton, Tanya L. Chartrand, and Stacy Scarbeck (2006). High-Maintenance Interaction: Inefficient Social Coordination Impairs Self-Regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 456 - 75. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.456

REVIEWING FOR

Journal of Consumer Research (editorial board), Journal of Consumer Psychology  (editorial board).