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

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