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Sotires Pagiavlas

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Assistant Professor of Marketing

Department Marketing

Phone Number 814-865-4091
Email Address spp5669@psu.edu

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Sotires ("Sotos") is an Assistant Professor of Marketing who joined Penn State in the Fall of 2020. He received a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Marketing concentration) from the University of South Carolina. Sotos also has BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Expertise

The impact of regulatory interventions on welfare; consumer safety; bargaining power; product and service failures; online complaint handling

Education

Ph D, Business Administration (Marketing), The University of South Carolina, 2020

BS, Business Administration (Marketing), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015

Courses Taught

MKTG 342 – Marketing Research (3)
Research approaches, methods, and applications studied as a formal approach to problem solving for marketing decisions.

MKTG 494H – Research Project (Variable)
Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.

Selected Publication

Pagiavlas S., Kalaignanam K., Gill M., Bliese P. D., "Regulating Product Recall Compliance in the Digital Age: Evidence from the "Safe Cars Save Lives" Campaign." Journal of Marketing, vol. 86, no. 5, 2022, pp. 135-152, journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00222429211023016

Research Impact and Media Mentions

"Digital marketing’s role in consumer vehicle recall compliance", University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, Internet, www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/about/press_room/news_and_announcements/2022/vehiclerecallresearch.php
"Digital marketing campaigns focused on auto recalls can improve consumer safety", The Pennsylvania State University, Internet, www.psu.edu/news/research/story/digital-marketing-campaigns-focused-auto-recalls-can-improve-consumer-safety/
"Regulating Product Recall Compliance in the Digital Age", American Marketing Association, Internet, www.ama.org/2021/07/26/regulating-product-recall-compliance-in-the-digital-age/

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