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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

Impact of regulatory interventions on consumers and producers; consumer responses to firm actions/involvement in digital environments; product and service failures; product recalls; 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/

Honors and Awards

Marketing Strategy Consortium Junior Faculty Fellow, University of Cologne, (May 1, 2024)

Charles Coker Fellowship, The Graduate School of the University of South Carolina, (May 1, 2020)

AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, AMA-Sheth Foundation, (Jan 1, 2019)

University of South Carolina Graduate School Travel Grant Recipient, Spring 2019, University of South Carolina, (Jan 1, 2019)

University of South Carolina Graduate School Travel Grant Recipient, Spring 2018, University of South Carolina, (Jan 1, 2018)