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D-Index
47
Citations
34189
World Ranking
1115
National Ranking
484

Overview

C. Whan Park is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics within the broader fields of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Decision Sciences. Park's work focuses on multiple subfields including Marketing, Strategy and Management, Information Systems and Management, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Social Psychology.

The scientist has explored topics that intersect Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Environmental Sustainability in Business, and Ethics in Business and Education. Park's research also covers areas concerning Aesthetic Perception and Analysis, Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Color Perception and Design, and Risk and Safety Analysis.

Recent publications reflect a diverse range of thematic interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Do CSR efforts that focus on helping the environment influence brand purchase more than other forms of CSR?" (2023, Journal of Business Research)
  • "The scarcity of beauty: how and why product aesthetics mobilize consumer acquisition effort" (2022, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science)
  • "Exploring the Conceptualization of Chemical Safety Governance: Focusing on the Analysis of Previous Studies" (2025, KOREAN SOCIETY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRACTION)

These publications demonstrate the intersections of consumer behavior, environmental and social responsibility, product aesthetics, and safety governance.

Frequent coauthors in Park's work include Andreas B. Eisingerich, Deborah J. MacInnis, Freeman Wu, Martin Reimann, and Gratiana Pol. The collaboration with these researchers spans various topics, from marketing strategies to consumer psychology.

Park's contributions have appeared across multiple academic venues, notably:

  • Journal of Business Research
  • Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
  • KOREAN SOCIETY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRACTION

Best Publications

  • Strategic Brand Concept-Image Management:

    C. Whan Park;Bernard J. Jaworski;Deborah J. MacInnis

  • The Ties That Bind: Measuring the Strength of Consumers’ Emotional Attachments to Brands

    Matthew Thomson;Deborah J. MacInnis;C. Whan Park

  • Brand attachment and brand attitude strength: Conceptual and empirical differentiation of two critical brand equity drivers.

    C. Whan Park;Deborah J. MacInnis;Joseph Priester;Andreas B. Eisingerich

  • Effects of Prior Knowledge and Experience and Phase of the Choice Process on Consumer Decision Processes: A Protocol Analysis

    James R. Bettman;C. Whan Park

  • Evaluation of Brand Extensions: The Role of Product Feature Similarity and Brand Concept Consistency

    C. Whan Park;Sandra Milberg;Robert Lawson

  • Familiarity and Its Impact on Consumer Decision Biases and Heuristics

    C. Whan Park;V. Parker Lessig

  • The Effects of Brand Extensions on Market Share and Advertising Efficiency

    Daniel C. Smith;C. Whan Park

  • Students and Housewives: Differences in Susceptibility to Reference Group Influence

    C. Whan Park;V. Parker Lessig

  • Cross-Functional Product Development Teams, Creativity, and the Innovativeness of New Consumer Products

    Rajesh Sethi;Daniel C. Smith;C. Whan Park

  • Consumer Response to Television Commercials: The Impact of Involvement and Background Music on Brand Attitude Formation:

    C. Whan Park;S. Mark Young

  • Consumer Knowledge Assessment

    C. Whan Park;David L. Mothersbaugh;Lawrence Feick

  • Composite branding alliances : an investigation of extension and feedback effects

    C. Whan Park;Sung Youl Jun;Allan D. Shocker

  • The effects of situational factors on in-store grocery shopping behavior: The role of store environment and time available for shopping.

    C. Whan Park;Easwar S. Iyer;Daniel C. Smith

  • The Differential Role of Characteristics of Music on High- and Low-Involvement Consumers' Processing of Ads

    Deborah J. Macinnis;C. Whan Park

  • Attachment-aversion (AA) model of customer-brand relationships

    C. Whan Park;Andreas B. Eisingerich;Jason Whan Park

  • Beyond fit and attitude: The effect of emotional attachment on consumer responses to brand extensions

    Alexander Fedorikhin;C. Whan Park;Matthew Thomson

  • Beyond Attitudes: Attachment and Consumer Behavior

    C. Whan Park;Deborah J. Macinnis;Joseph Priester

  • Managing Negative Feedback Effects Associated With Brand Extensions: The Impact of Alternative Branding Strategies

    Sandra J. Milberg;C. Whan Park;Michael S. McCarthy

  • Choosing What I Want versus Rejecting What I Do Not Want: An Application of Decision Framing to Product Option Choice Decisions:

    C. Whan Park;Sung Youl Jun;Deborah J. MacInnis

  • The role of brand logos in firm performance

    C. Whan Park;Andreas B. Eisingerich;Gratiana Pol;Jason Whan Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah J. MacInnis
Deborah J. MacInnis University of Southern California
Andreas B. Eisingerich
Andreas B. Eisingerich Imperial College London
Jagdish N. Sheth
Jagdish N. Sheth Emory University
Richard J. Lutz
Richard J. Lutz University of Florida
James R. Bettman
James R. Bettman Duke University
William O. Bearden
William O. Bearden University of South Carolina
Dawn Iacobucci
Dawn Iacobucci Vanderbilt University
Bernd H. Schmitt
Bernd H. Schmitt Columbia University

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