Susan Dobscha
Biographic Data
| ID | 115247 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Dobscha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Dobscha |
| SIGNATURE | DOBSCHA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bentley University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1803-3850 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Decolonizing marketing
In January 2021, the ETHOS Research Center at Bayes Business School, along with the CRIS Research Center at Royal Holloway University of London, hosted an event entitled Decolonizing the Business School. Over 500 attendees participated, from all business disciplines, testifying to the strong levels of interest in this topic. Marketing was particularly active, with over 100 participants. In this article, I (Giana Eckhardt, one of the organizers of…
Feminist academic organizations: Challenging sexism through collective mobilizing across research, support, and advocacy
This paper examines the establishment of a feminist academic organization, GENMAC (Gender, Markets, and Consumers; genmac.co), serving gender scholars in business schools and related fields. In so doing, it builds on the emerging literature of feminist academic organizations, as situated within feminist organizational studies (FOS). Through a feminist case study and by assessing the reflections of GENMAC's board members, we tell the story of the …
"Death consumes us - dispatches from the "death professors
This special issue on consumption and death marks another point on an upward trajectory of the mainstreaming of death and death-related consumption and marketing research. Death, like sex, is all around us; marketing and consumption is interwoven into the services we choose, the products we prefer, and the relationships we revere. This introduction provides a brief overview of consumption and death research, and summarizes the papers included in …
Romancing the wild: Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism
Tourism provides a fascinating intellectual landscape for scholars interested in the cultural and social beliefs that shape our experiences when interacting with the physical “other.” Engaging in t
Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities for Consumer Research and Public Policy
This essay explores sustainable consumption and considers possible roles for marketing and consumer researchers and public policy makers in addressing the many sustainability challenges that pervade the planet. Future research approaches to this interdisciplinary topic must be comprehensive and systematic and would benefit from a variety of different perspectives. There are several opportunities for further research; the authors explore three are…
Buying into motherhood? Problematic consumption and ambivalence in transitional phases
Current theory on transitional consumption seems to rest on the premises that (1) consumption facilitates role transitions; (2) consumers know how to consume their way through these transitions; (3) consumers are motivated to approach new roles; and (4) consumption solves liminality. This perspective, however, offers an incomplete picture of consumption’s role in the management of major life transitions. This article explores the ways in which am…
Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities for Consumer Research and Public Policy
This essay explores sustainable consumption and considers possible roles for marketing and consumer researchers and public policy makers in addressing the many sustainability challenges that pervade the planet. Future research approaches to this interdisciplinary topic must be comprehensive and systematic and would benefit from a variety of different perspectives. There are several opportunities for further research; the authors explore three are…
Buying into motherhood? Problematic consumption and ambivalence in transitional phases
Current theory on transitional consumption seems to rest on the premises that (1) consumption facilitates role transitions; (2) consumers know how to consume their way through these transitions; (3) consumers are motivated to approach new roles; and (4) consumption solves liminality. This perspective, however, offers an incomplete picture of consumption’s role in the management of major life transitions. This article explores the ways in which am…
Feminist academic organizations: Challenging sexism through collective mobilizing across research, support, and advocacy
This paper examines the establishment of a feminist academic organization, GENMAC (Gender, Markets, and Consumers; genmac.co), serving gender scholars in business schools and related fields. In so doing, it builds on the emerging literature of feminist academic organizations, as situated within feminist organizational studies (FOS). Through a feminist case study and by assessing the reflections of GENMAC's board members, we tell the story of the …
"Death consumes us - dispatches from the "death professors
This special issue on consumption and death marks another point on an upward trajectory of the mainstreaming of death and death-related consumption and marketing research. Death, like sex, is all around us; marketing and consumption is interwoven into the services we choose, the products we prefer, and the relationships we revere. This introduction provides a brief overview of consumption and death research, and summarizes the papers included in …
Buying into motherhood? Problematic consumption and ambivalence in transitional phases
Current theory on transitional consumption seems to rest on the premises that (1) consumption facilitates role transitions; (2) consumers know how to consume their way through these transitions; (3) consumers are motivated to approach new roles; and (4) consumption solves liminality. This perspective, however, offers an incomplete picture of consumption’s role in the management of major life transitions. This article explores the ways in which am…
Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities for Consumer Research and Public Policy
This essay explores sustainable consumption and considers possible roles for marketing and consumer researchers and public policy makers in addressing the many sustainability challenges that pervade the planet. Future research approaches to this interdisciplinary topic must be comprehensive and systematic and would benefit from a variety of different perspectives. There are several opportunities for further research; the authors explore three are…
Romancing the wild: Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism
Tourism provides a fascinating intellectual landscape for scholars interested in the cultural and social beliefs that shape our experiences when interacting with the physical “other.” Engaging in t
"Death consumes us - dispatches from the "death professors
This special issue on consumption and death marks another point on an upward trajectory of the mainstreaming of death and death-related consumption and marketing research. Death, like sex, is all around us; marketing and consumption is interwoven into the services we choose, the products we prefer, and the relationships we revere. This introduction provides a brief overview of consumption and death research, and summarizes the papers included in …
Decolonizing marketing
In January 2021, the ETHOS Research Center at Bayes Business School, along with the CRIS Research Center at Royal Holloway University of London, hosted an event entitled Decolonizing the Business School. Over 500 attendees participated, from all business disciplines, testifying to the strong levels of interest in this topic. Marketing was particularly active, with over 100 participants. In this article, I (Giana Eckhardt, one of the organizers of…
Feminist academic organizations: Challenging sexism through collective mobilizing across research, support, and advocacy
This paper examines the establishment of a feminist academic organization, GENMAC (Gender, Markets, and Consumers; genmac.co), serving gender scholars in business schools and related fields. In so doing, it builds on the emerging literature of feminist academic organizations, as situated within feminist organizational studies (FOS). Through a feminist case study and by assessing the reflections of GENMAC's board members, we tell the story of the …
Sociology (5 works) · Consumption (sociology (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works)