Research
My research program spans six interconnected areas at the intersection of marketing, technology, and consumer behavior. Over more than twenty years, these streams have produced peer-reviewed publications in leading journals including the Journal of Advertising, Journal of Retailing, Computers in Human Behavior, and Psychology & Marketing. Each research area addresses fundamental questions about how consumers build, maintain, and sometimes dissolve relationships with technologies that increasingly behave like social actors.
AI Relationships
Research exploring how consumers form emotional bonds, parasocial relationships, and psychological dependencies with AI-powered chatbots, social companions, robo-advisors, and voic…
7 publicationsSocial Media
Studies on how social media platforms shape brand trust, luxury brand engagement, and consumer persuasion. This research covers SME adoption of social media, online review dynamics…
34 publicationsCross-Cultural
Comparative studies across Ukraine, France, China, and the US examining how cultural values influence technology adoption, privacy attitudes, and consumer behavior. This work draws…
12 publicationsDigital Payment
Research on consumer adoption of tap-and-go payments, mobile apps, and emerging financial technologies. This stream extends the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with privacy parad…
10 publicationsInclusive Advertising
Studies examining diversity representation in advertising, sustainability messaging, and alternative consumption movements like freeganism. This research explores how marketing can…
6 publicationsE-Commerce
Research on online shopping experiences, multichannel retail strategies, and the performance drivers of e-commerce businesses. This stream investigates how digital and physical ret…
19 publications