

Dr Mahsa Ghaffari
Biography
I joined the Faculty of Business and Law in October 2015. I did my PhD in Marketing and MSc in Management with Marketing with Merits at University of Bath, and my undergraduate studies in BEng in Natural Resources at University of Guillan. I had more than five years of commercial experience in sales in a number of International companies spanning around different sectors, such as oil and gas industry to agricultural commodities.
Research interests
My research interests are regarding creativity in commercial creative industries, organisational ethnography, cultural studies, and practice based studies. I am also interested in exploring the interdependence between socio-cultural conditions and the marketing practices especially in the globalised era where these might lead to social conflicts; for example, conspicuous consumption in Islamic states which is in contrary to the spirit of religious 'heroic' anti-consumerism.
Another interest of mine is regarding the use of theories of practice to implement change and promote sustainable practices. Furthermore, I have a deep interest for understanding the micro-level formation of a phenomenon and legitimizing the work.
Research outputs
2023
Choosing the discount size in the software industry: how to incentivise the salesforce
Bergers , D., Ghaffari, M., Viglia, G., Filieri, R.
15 Feb 2023, In: Industrial Marketing Management. 109, 13p.
Research output: Article
2021
Consumers’ motivations for adopting a vegan diet: a mixed‐methods approach
Ghaffari, M., Rodrigo, P. G. K., Ekinci, Y., Pino, G.
14 Sep 2021, In: International Journal of Consumer Studies
Research output: Article
Corporate social responsibility in the luxury sector: the role of moral foundations
Hang, H., Rodrigo, P., Ghaffari, M.
12 Aug 2021, In: Psychology and Marketing
Research output: Article
Cracking the box or stretching its walls? Exploiting institutional plasticity in Iranian creative advertising
Ghaffari, M., Svystunova, L., Jarvis, L.
21 Apr 2021, In: Human Relations
Research output: Article
2020
Counterfeit luxury consumption strategies in a collectivistic culture: the case of China
Li, J., Ghaffari, M., Su, L.
1 Sep 2020, In: Journal of Brand Management. 27, 5, p. 546-560, 15p.
Research output: Article