Allan J. Kimmel is a full-time, tenured member of the Marketing Department at ESCP Europe in Paris. ESCP Europe is a French "grande ecole" and one of the top-ranked business schools in Europe. He founded and serves as director of the marketing major -- English track. Dr. Kimmel has filled visiting professor positions at Université Paris IX-Dauphine (Paris), TEC de Monterrey (Mexico), Universidad de San Andrés (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Turku School of Economics (Finland), and the University of Vaasa (Finland). He has research and writing interests in marketing and research ethics, deception, consumer behavior, rumor, marketing 2.0, connected marketing and word of mouth, and marketing communication. He is an ad hoc reviewer for several research journals and currently serves on the editorial board of the Open Ethics Journal.
Kimmel, A. J. (2004). Rumors and the financial marketplace. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 5, 232-239.
Kimmel, A. J. (2001). Ethical trends in marketing and psychological research. Ethics & Behavior, 11, 131-149.
Kimmel, A. J. (1998). In defense of deception. American Psychologist, 53, 803-805.
Kimmel, A. J., & Smith, N. C. (2001). Deception in marketing research: Ethical, methodological, and disciplinary implications. Psychology and Marketing, 18, 663-689.
Smith, N. C., Kimmel, A. J., & Klein, J. G. (2009). Social contract theory and the ethics of deception in consumer research. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 19, 486-496.
Other Publications:
Kimmel, A. J. (2010). The psychological basis of marketing. In M. J. Baker & M. Saren (Eds.), Marketing Theory (2nd ed., pp. 121-144). Thomson Learning.
Kimmel, A. J. (2005). From artifacts to ethics: The delicate balance between methodological and moral concerns in research. In D. Hantula (Ed.), Advances in Theory & Methodology in Social & Organizational Psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.
Kimmel, A. J. (2003). Ethical issues in social psychology research. In C. Sansone, C. C. Morf, & A. T. Panter (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology (pp. 45-70). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kimmel, A. J. (1999). Consumer behavior exercises that really work. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 203-206.
Rosnow, R. L., & Kimmel, A. J. (2000). Rumor. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology (Vol. 7, pp. 122-123). New York: Oxford University Press and American Psychological Association.
Courses Taught:
Consumer Behavior
Fundamentals of Marketing
Marketing Communication
Marketing Ethics
Marketing Research
Seminar in Attitudes and Attitude Measurement
Consumer Behavior
Fundamentals of Marketing
Marketing Communication
Marketing Ethics
Marketing Research
Seminar in Attitudes and Attitude Measurement
Allan J. Kimmel ESCP Europe
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