PROF. DR. WELF WEIGER
Kurzlebenslauf
Seit 2020
Chair of Marketing Department, Alfaisal University, Riad, Saudi-Arabien
Seit 2020
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Alfaisal University, Riad, Saudi-Arabien
2017 - 2021
Inhaber der Juniorprofessur für Digitales Marketing, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2016 - 2017
Post-Doc, Professur für Marketing und Innovationsmanagement, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2016
Promotion zum Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Dr. rer. pol.), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2010 - 2016
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Professur für Marketing und Innovationsmanagement, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2015 und 2016
Gastwissenschaftler, University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, Maryland, USA
2003 - 2010
Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim
2009
Auslandssemester, Boston University, Boston, USA
2008
Auslandssemester, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Schottland
PRAKTISCHE ERFAHRUNG
- Werkstudent und Webentwickler im Bereich Online Marketing Services (SAP AG Walldorf)
- Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft im Bereich Web-Support und EDV- Administration (Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine BWL und Marketing II, Prof. H. Bauer, Universität Mannheim)
- Werkstudent im Online Marketing (SAP Deutschland AG & Co KG Walldorf)
- Praktikant im Online Marketing (SAP Deutschland AG & Co KG Walldorf)
- Projekt Management (Weiger Design GmbH, Gorxheimertal)
AUSZEICHNUNGEN
- Finalist Best Paper Award in the track “Internet and the Digital Economy”, Hawaii International Conference on System Science, 2022
- Outstanding Research Award by Shell Saudi Arabia, College of Business, Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia, 2021
- Best Reviewer im Track "Crowds, Social Media, and Digital Collaborations" auf der International Conference on Information Systems, 2019 in München
- American Marketing Association Best Paper by Theme im Track "Metrics for Making Marketing Matter" auf der Winter AMA Conference, 2017 in Orlando, USA
- Förderpreis der Stiftung Marketing der Universität Mannheim für die Diplomarbeit "Sportlervergütung als Erfolgsfaktor im Sport - Eine empirische Untersuchung des Zusammenhanges von Gehaltsstrukturen und sportlichem bzw. unternehmerischen Erfolg am Beispiel des amerikanischen Profi-Baseballs", 2011
REVIEW-TÄTIGKEITEN
- American Marketing Association (AMA)
- European Journal of Marketing
- European Marketing Academy (EMAC)
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
- Internet Research
- Journal of Business Research
- Journal of Interactive Marketing
- Journal of Service Management
FACHARTIKEL
- Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole: How Technology Conspiracy Beliefs Emerge and Foster a Conspiracy Mindset, in: Information Systems Research, forthcoming, 2024
- Engaging Business Customers Through Online Experiences in Different Cultures, in: Journal of International Marketing, Vol. 31, No. 3, S. 59-79, 2023
- Users taking the blame? How service failure recovery and robot design affect user attributions and retention, in: Electronic Markets, Vol. 32, Issue 4, S. 2491–2505, 2022
- Deflected by the Tin Foil Hat? Word of Mouth, Conspiracy Beliefs, and the Adoption of Innovative Public Health Apps , Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 40, No. 2, p. 154-174, 2022
- The invisible leash: when human brands hijack corporate brands' consumer relationships, in: Journal of Service Management, Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 485-495, 2021
- Trust me I’m a bot – Repercussions of chatbot disclosure in different service frontline settings, in: Journal of Service Management, Vol. 33, Issue 2, p. 221-245, 2022
- Content- Versus Community-Focus in Live Streaming Services: How to Drive Engagement in Synchronous Social Media, in: Journal of Service Management, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2022
- Streamers: the new wave of digital entrepreneurship? Extant corpus and research agenda, in: Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Vol. 46, March-April, 2021
- One App to Trace Them All? Examining App Specifications for Mass Acceptance of Contact-Tracing Apps in: European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2020
- Competition versus Cooperation: How Technology-Facilitated Social Interdependence Initiates the Self-Improvement Chain, in: International Journal of Research in Marketing, Vol. 38, No. 2, p. 472-491, 2021
- Toward a Theory of Spirals: The Dynamic Relationship Between Organizational Pride and Customer-Oriented Behavior, in: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 1-22, 2020
- Experiences that Matter? The Motivational Experiences and Business Outcomes of Gamified Services, in: Journal of Business Research, Vol. 106, No. 1, p. 353-364, 2020
- Who’s pulling the strings? The motivational paths from marketer actions to user engagement in social media, in: European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 53, No. 9, p. 1808-1832, 2019
- Don't You Dare Push Me: How Persuasive Social Media Tactics Shape Customer Engagement, in: Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 364-378, 2018 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt und H. Wetzel)
- Leveraging Marketer-Generated Appeals in Online Brand Communities: An Individual User-Level Analysis, in: Journal of Service Management, Vol. 28, No. 1, p. 133-156, 2017 (zusammen mit H. Wetzel und M. Hammerschmidt), Impact Factor: 3,230
KONFERENZBEITRÄGE
- AI and the Vulnerable, in: Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2022 (zusammen mit N. Mozafari und M. Hammerschmidt)
- Claim success but blame the bot? User reactions to service failure and recovery in interactions with humanoid service robots, in: Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Vol. 55, 2022 (zusammen mit N. Mozafari, M. Schwede, M. Hammerschmidt)
- That's so Embarrassing! When not to Design for Social Presence in Human-Chatbot Interactions, in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Vol. 42, 2021 (zusammen mit N. Mozafari, M. Hammerschmidt)
- Resolving the Chatbot Disclosure Dilemma: Leveraging Selective Self-Presentation to Mitigate the Negative Effect of Chatbot Disclosure in: Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Vol. 54, 2021 (zusammen mit N. Mozafari, M. Hammerschmidt)
- The Chatbot Disclosure Dilemma: Desirable and Undesirable Effects of Disclosing the Non-Human Identity of Chatbots in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Vol. 41, 2020 (zusammen mit N. Mozafari, M. Hammerschmidt)
- Leveraging Brand Buzz for Shareholder Value Prediction: The Role of Brand Buzz Dispersion Corporate Associations and Branding Strategies in: EMAC Online Conference, 2020 (zusammen mit S. Fischer, M. Hammerschmidt)
- A Streamer’s Stream: The What and How of Successful Social Live Streaming in: 2020 AMA Winter Academic Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA, USA, 2020 (zusammen mit J. Giertz, M. Törhönen, J. Hamari)
- Same Same but Different? The Predictive Power of Association Types, in Brand Buzz for Investor Returns in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, München, 2019 (zusammen mit S. Fischer, M. Hammerschmidt)
- How Marketer-generated Content in Social Media Impacts Sales Along the Sentiment Cycle in: Proceedings of the 41st ISMS Marketing Science Conference, Rom, Italien, 2019 (zusammen mit O. Elshiewy und S. Jahn)
- Quantifying Investor Returns from Brand Buzz: The Interplay of Brand Buzz Aggregation and Dispersion Metrics in: Marketing Strategy meets Wall Street VI Conference Proceedings, 2019, Fontainebleau, France, 2019 (zusammen mit S.F. Fischer und M. Hammerschmidt)
- Another Dark Side of Gamification? How and When Gamified Service Use Triggers Information Disclosure, in: GamiFIN 2019 Conference Proceedings, Levi, Finnland, 2019 (zusammen mit S. Trang)
- Stand by me: Escaping the webrooming dilemma through integrating product presentation technologies and product reviews, in: AMA Summer Academic Conference Proceedings, Boston, MA, USA, 2018 (zusammen mit N. Ahrend, M. Hammerschmidt, W. Toporowski)
- Gamified Services: How Gameful Experiences Drive Customer Commitment, in: GamiFIN 2018 Conference Proceedings, Pori, Finland, p. 75-82, 2018 (zusammen mit T. Wolf, M. Hammerschmidt)
- Gamified digital services: How gameful experiences drive continued service usage, in: Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Vol. 51, p. 1187-1196, 2018 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt und T. Wolf)
- Antecedents and Outcomes of Sustainable Innovation: A Meta-Analytic Path Model, in: Proceedings of the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA, 2017 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt, Th. Jaskolka)
- Should Marketers Pull the Strings? How to Shape the Impact of Persuasion on Consumer Engagement, in Social Media in: Baker Retailing Center Conference Proceedings, Philadelphia, USA, The Wharton School, 2017 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt, H. Wetzel)
- Behavioral Engagement in Social Media: Measurement, Antecedents, and Purchase Consequences in: Proceedings of the ISMS Marketing Science Conference, Los Angeles, USA, 2017 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt, W.W. Moe, H.A. Wetzel)
- Who is Pulling the Strings? The Role of Self-Determination in Shaping User Engagement through Marketer-Generated Content in: Proceedings of the 24th Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Science Conference, European Institute of Retailing and Services Studies (EIRASS), Burnaby/Vancouver, BC, CA, 2017 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt und H. Wetzel)
- Signals From the Echoverse ? The Informational Value of Brand Buzz Dispersion in: AMA Winter Marketing Academic Conference Proceedings, Orlando, FL, USA, 2017 (zusammen mit S. Fischer und M. Hammerschmidt)
- Behavioral Engagement in Social Media: Measurement, Drivers, and Impact on Purchase Behavior in: Proceedings of the INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2016, Nashville, TN, USA, 2016 (zusammen mit W. Moe, H. Wetzel und M. Hammerschmidt)
- Any Chatter Matters: The Effects of Appeals on User Engagement and Brand Equity in: AMA Winter Marketing Academic Conference Proceedings, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2016 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt und H. Wetzel)
- The Rules of Regulation: Shaping User Engagement through Marketer Generated Content in: Thought Leaders in Customer Engagement and Customer Relationship Management Conference, 2015, HEC Paris (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt, H. Wetzel)
- The Role of Self-determination in Social Media: Assessing its Drivers and its Impact on Content Generation in: Proceedings of the 42nd EMAC Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 (zusammen mit H. Wetzel und M. Hammerschmidt)
- Self-Determination in Social Media Channels: Antecedents & Impact on Content Generation in: AMA Winter Educators Conference Proceedings, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2013 (zusammen mit H. Wetzel und M. Hammerschmidt)
- Integration vs. Regulation: What Really Drives User-generated Content in Social Media Channels? in: AMA Summer Educators Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL, USA, 2012 (zusammen mit H. Wetzel und M. Hammerschmidt)
- Are We All Brand Managers? Understanding The Facets And Drivers Of Brand Democratization in: Proceedings of the 41st EMAC Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt und H. Wetzel)
BEITRÄGE ZU SAMMELBÄNDEN
- Giving or Receiving in Social Media: Can Content Marketing Simultaneously Drive Productive and Consumptive Engagement?, in: Sprott D. / Hollebeek L. (Eds.): The Handbook of Research on Customer Engagement, Cheltenham, UK, 2019, p. 186-203 (zusammen mit M. Hammerschmidt, T. Scholdra)
PRAXIS-TRANSFER-PUBLIKATIONEN
- So misst Du den Return on Social Media – Metriken für ein modernes Markenmanagement, in: SocialHub Mag, 6, S. 67-73, 2018 (zusammen mit S. Fischer, M. Hammerschmidt, W. T. Schulze)
VORTÄGE
- Who is Pulling the Strings? The Role of Self-Determination in Shaping User Engagement through Marketer-Generated Content, 24th Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Science Conference (EIRASS), 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 27.06.2017
- Should Marketers Pull the Strings? How to Shape the Impact of Persuasion on Consumer Engagement in Social Media, Consumer Response to the Evolving Retailing Landscape Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 22.06.2017
- Purchase Consequences of User Engagement in Social Media, ISMS Marketing Science Conference, 2017, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 08.06.2017
- Behavioral Engagement in Social Media: Measurement, Drivers, and Impact on Purchase Behavior, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2016, Nashville, TN, USA, 14.11.2016
- Understanding Behavioral Engagement in Social Media: Measurement, Antecedents, and Purchase Consequences, 2. Passauer Digital-Marketing-Konferenz, Passau, GER, 11.03.2016
- Any Chatter Matters: The Effects of Appeals on User Engagement and Brand Equity, AMA Winter Educators Conference, 2016, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 26.02.2016
- The Rules of Regulation: Shaping User Engagement through Marketer Generated Content, Thought Leaders in Customer Engagement and Customer Relationship Management Conference, Paris, France, 04.06.2015
- The Role of Self-determination in Social Media: Assessing its Drivers and its Impact on Content Generation, 42nd EMAC Conference, Special Interest Group on Online Opinion Dynamics, Istanbul, Turkey, 07.06.2013
- Self-Determination in Social Media Channels: Antecedents & Impact on Content Generation, AMA Winter Educators Conference, 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 16.02.2013
- Digitale Mundpropaganda in sozialen Medien, Vortragsreihe des Marketing-Club Göttingen e.V., Göttingen, GER, 20.11.2012
- Integration vs. Regulation: What Really Drives User-generated Content in Social Media Channels? AMA Summer Educators Conference, 2012, Chicago, IL, USA, 19.08.2012
- Are We All Brand Managers? Understanding The Facets And Drivers Of Brand Democratization, 41st EMAC Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 24.05.2012
Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Welf Weiger
Chair of Marketing Department
Assistant Professor of Marketing
College of Business
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel.: +966 11 215 8915
College of Business
wweiger@alfaisal.edu