Overview
Background
I am the Co-Lead for the Alliance for Social Impact Research Hub. The Alliance for Social Impact is a community of UQ Business School researchers focused on organisations with a social purpose. This includes charities, nonprofits, social enterprises, hybrid organisations, and businesses engaged in socially responsible practices.
Availability
- Professor Peter Popkowski-Leszczyc is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, New York University
- Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, New York University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas
Research interests
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Research Interests
Peter T.L. Popkowski Leszczyc is Professor of Marketing, Co-Lead of the Alliance of Social Impact Research Hub, Director of Higher Degree Research and a member of the School of Business Executive Team at the University of Queensland. His primary research interests include: Auctions (bidding behavior in auctions and auction mechanism design, Charity auctions, Application of controlled field experiments); Charity and Sustainability (charitable giving, Fundraising, Charity auctions, Cause related marketing, sustainable consumption); Retailing (Consumer shopping behavior, Robotics in retailing, Consumer search and influence of information on price formation, Pricing and price dispersion). He has published over 60 articles, including papers in top journals like, Marketing Science, Management Science, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Product and Operations Management, Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Retailing, International Journal of Research in Marketing and other outlets. Peter was the founder of CampusAuctionMarket.com, a local Internet auction site created for academic research purposes and charitable fundraising. CampusAuctionMarket raised over $4,000,000 for various charities.
Works
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1990
Journal Article
The effects of national and local advertising on price sensitivity
Rao, Ram and Popkowski Leszczyc, Peter (1990). The effects of national and local advertising on price sensitivity. Marketing Letters, 1 (2), 149-160.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Peter Popkowski-Leszczyc is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The adoption of service robots: A comparison between people-processing and possession-processing service settings
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicolas Pontes
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the Role of Different Motivations in Donor Decision-Making: Implications for Competitive Fundraising in the Charity Sector
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cassandra Chapman
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Doctor Philosophy
Peer influence and Sustainable Purchases
Principal Advisor
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Humanoid Social Robots in Retailing: Barriers to Consumer Use
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicolas Pontes
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Service Robots and Consumer Self-Perception: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Service Interactions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicolas Pontes
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