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Research supervisors

The School of Marketing has a number of research supervisors available for higher degree by research programs. The table shown below lists some supervisors and their research interests. Please click on a staff member's name to see their profile.

Supervisor

Research Interests

Prof B (Ram) Ramaseshan
  • Global Customer Relationship Marketing
  • Models for Optimal Allocation of Retail Shelf Space
  • Use of Technology in Services
Assoc Prof Ian Phau
  • Country Image – Brand Origin, Country Animosity, Ethnocentrism, Regiocentrism, Country of Ownership
  • Branding Issues – Brand Extensions, Brand Personality, Piracy and Counterfeits
  • Advertising Appeals – Nostagic Appeals, Guilt Appeals
Dr Nigel de Bussy
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Corporate Reputation and Branding
  • Integrated Communication
  • Public Relations and New Media
Dr Sonia Dickinson
  • Brand Authenticity
  • Advertising & Highly Attractive Models
  • Ethical Issues in Advertising
  • Societal Marketing Issues
  • Cooperative Branding
Dr Steve Dix
  • Advertising Effectiveness
  •  Ad Avoidance
  •  Media Planning
  •  Leadership
Dr Rajat Roy
  • Regulatory focus and fit
  • Preference reversal
  • Hedonic consumption
  • Emotions in marketingInternational business
Dr Christine Daymon
  • Organisational communication
  •  Organisational cultures and creativity
  • Intercultural communication
  • Managing organisations in the media and creative sectors
  • Qualitative research methods
Vanessa Quintal
  • Attributes and Strategies of Australian Tertiary Institutions in Marketing Education Internationally
  • Risk and uncertainty of Consumers in selecting tourism destinations
  • Cross Cultural Behaviours related to Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
Dr Tekle Shanka
  • Destination Branding/Image/Personality
  • Tourism Marketing in developing countries
  • Special interest tourism marketing
  • Higher Education
  • Not for Profit Organisations
Dr David Wong
  • Banking Industry
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Marketing of Higher Education
  • Service Quality (and use of SERVQUAL – Parasuraman)
  • Adoption Theory (eg. work by Rogers)
  • Diffusion Theory/Innovativeness (eg. Bass Model)
  • Expectancy Theory (eg. Vroom Model)