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Kim, Jungkeun

Jungkeun Kim

Associate Professor
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Email:  
[email protected]
Phone:  
(979) 314-2939
Website: https://hmgt.tamu.edu

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S., Business Administration, Korea University
Graduate Education
M.A., Marketing, Korea University
Ph.D., Marketing, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Awards
Best Conference Paper Award, International Conference of Asian Marketing Association, Osaka, Japan, 2024.
Best Conference Track Paper Award, Global Marketing Conference at Seoul, 2023
Best Reviewer Award, Psychology & Marketing (in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the quality of the journal), 2021
Faculty Research Team Award, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, 2021
Faculty Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, 2020
Charles R. Goeldner Article Excellence Award (for the best article published in the Journal of Travel Research), 2019
Outstanding Service Award as Track Chair, GFMC at Paris, 2019
Faculty of Business and Law Excellence in Academic Research Award, Auckland University of Technology, 2018
Best Conference Paper Award, Global Marketing Conference at Tokyo, 2018
APD X ANZMAC Research Innovation Competition Award, 2017
Faculty of Business and Law Emerging Researcher Award, Auckland University of Technology, 2013
Vaile Graduate Fellowship, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Consumer and Tourist Decision-Making and Judgment: Compromise and decoy effects, behavioral pricing, behavioral decision-making, moral and ethical consumption, brand management and marketing communications, COVID-19 research, decision-making in new technology, and research methodology.

Professional Summary

Jungkeun Kim (Ph.D. in Marketing, University of Minnesota) is an Associate Professor of Hospitality, Hotel Management, and Tourism at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining Texas A&M, he was an Associate Professor of Marketing at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

His research focuses on consumer and tourist decision-making and judgment, drawing from behavioral decision theory and nudging theory. He applies these concepts across various consumption contexts, including marketing, advertising, communications, and ethical consumption. Grounded in psychological theories of human behavior, his research predominantly employs experimental methods.

Kim’s work on consumer behavior, comprising over 100 journal articles utilizing experimental methods, has been published in top-tier marketing journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, and Journal of Consumer Psychology. His research is also featured in leading tourism and hospitality journals, including the Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and more.

He has led workshops and presentations on experimental methods, focusing on design, analysis, and practical applications in academic research. He has worked with organizations such as the GAMMA Global Marketing Conference, ANZMAC Doctoral Colloquium, Korean Marketing Association, and Japan Society for Distributive Science, with participants from the U.S., Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, the U.K., and Spain. Additionally, he has delivered keynote speeches and provided expert guidance on conducting experiments and publishing research in leading international journals.

Kim also serves as an Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed Australasian Marketing Journal and was one of four panelists for the 2019 ABDC journal ranking.

In his free time, he enjoys golf and tennis as a way to cultivate a curious mindset.

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