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Kirk L. Wakefield

Kirk L. Wakefield

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Business and Management

D-Index
33
Citations
14071
World Ranking
2386
National Ranking
939

Overview

Kirk L. Wakefield is affiliated with Baylor University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans several subfields such as Marketing, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Social Psychology, and Communication.

Wakefield's research focuses on areas including Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Media, Gender, and Advertising, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Social Media and Politics, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, and Sports, Gender, and Society.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wakefield include Lane Wakefield, Kevin Lane Keller, Robin L. Wakefield, Anne Rivers, and Priya Raghubir.

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Advertising
  • Information Systems Journal
  • Journal of Advertising Research
  • Internet Research
  • Journal of Service Research

Representative papers by Kirk L. Wakefield include:

  • Have We Got a Deal for You: Do You Want the Good News or Bad News First? (2022), Journal of Service Research
  • Understanding Sponsorship: A Consumer-Centric Model of Sponsorship Effects (2020), Journal of Advertising
  • Are Brands Wasting Money On Sport Sponsorships? (2020), Journal of Advertising Research
  • The antecedents and consequences of intergroup affective polarisation on social media (2022), Information Systems Journal
  • How intergroup counter-empathy drives media consumption and engagement (2023), Internet Research

Best Publications

  • Excitement at the mall: Determinants and effects on shopping response

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Julie Baker

  • The effect of the servicescape on customers’ behavioral intentions in leisure service settings

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Jeffrey G. Blodgett

  • The Importance of Servicescapes in Leisure Service Settings

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Jeffrey G. Blodgett

  • Factors leading to group identification: A field study of winners and losers

    Robert J. Fisher;Kirk Wakefield

  • Customer response to intangible and tangible service factors

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Jeffrey G. Blodgett

  • The Effects of Team Loyalty and Selected Stadium Factors on Spectator Attendance

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Hugh J. Sloan

  • Can a Retail Web Site Be Social

    Liz C. Wang;Julie Baker;Judy A. Wagner;Kirk Wakefield

  • The effects of customer service on consumer complaining behavior

    Jeffrey G. Blodgett;Kirk L. Wakefield;James H. Barnes

  • Situational price sensitivity: the role of consumption occasion, social context and income

    Kirk L Wakefield;J.Jeffrey Inman

  • Measurement and Management of the Sportscape

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Jeffrey G. Blodgett;Hugh J. Sloan

  • Retailing hedonic consumption: A model of sales promotion of a leisure service

    Kirk L. Wakefield;James H. Barnes

  • THE PERVASIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE ON SPORTING EVENT ATTENDANCE

    Kirk L. Wakefield

  • How consumer shopping orientation influences perceived crowding, excitement, and stress at the mall

    Julie Baker;Kirk L. Wakefield

  • Planning to Make Unplanned Purchases? The Role of In-Store Slack in Budget Deviation

    Karen M. Stilley;J. Jeffrey Inman;Kirk L. Wakefield

  • An Examination of Dysfunctional Sport Fans: Method of Classification and Relationships with Problem Behaviors

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Daniel L. Wann

  • I Spy a Sponsor: The Effects of Sponsorship Level, Prominence, Relatedness, and Cueing on Recall Accuracy

    Kirk L. Wakefield;Karen Becker-Olsen;T. Bettina Cornwell

  • Who Are the Price Vigilantes? An Investigation of Differentiating Characteristics Influencing Price Information Processing

    Kirk L. Wakefield;J.Jeffrey Inman

  • The Effect of Perceived Ethical Climate on the Search for Sales Force Excellence

    William A. Weeks;Terry W. Loe;Lawrence B. Chonko;Kirk Wakefield

  • Spending on the Fly: Mental Budgets, Promotions, and Spending Behavior:

    Karen M . Stilley;J. Jeffrey Inman;Kirk L . Wakefield

  • How Event Sponsors Are Really Identified: A (Baseball) Field Analysis

    Gita Venkataramani Johar;Michel Tuan Pham;Kirk L. Wakefield

  • How website socialness leads to website use

    Robin L Wakefield;Kirk L Wakefield;Julie Baker;Liz C Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Jeffrey Inman
J. Jeffrey Inman University of Pittsburgh
Kevin Lane Keller
Kevin Lane Keller Dartmouth College
T. Bettina Cornwell
T. Bettina Cornwell University of Oregon
Lawrence B. Chonko
Lawrence B. Chonko The University of Texas at Arlington
John F. Tanner
John F. Tanner Old Dominion University
Priya Raghubir
Priya Raghubir New York University
Barbara B. Stern
Barbara B. Stern Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Daniel L. Wann
Daniel L. Wann Murray State University
Aviv Shoham
Aviv Shoham University of Haifa
Michel Tuan Pham
Michel Tuan Pham Columbia University

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