Jikyeong Kang, PhD
President and Dean
MVP Chair in Marketing
EXPERTISE
Strategic Brand Management, Market Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Branding; Services Marketing, Customer Insights
Jikyeong Kang, PhD
President and Dean
MVP Chair in Marketing
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- 1991 PhD, University of Minnesota, USA
- 1987 MSc, Colorado State University, USA
- 1984 BSc (summa cum laude), Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL, MANCHESTER, UK
- 2015 – Honorary Professor of Marketing
- 2010 – 2014 Director of the DBA Programme
- 2005 – 2009 Director of KEPCO Executive Management Programme
- 2005 – 2007 Director of MBA Programmes
- 2004 – 2005 Director of Executive MBA Programme
- 2002 – 2007 Director of the Postgraduate Centre
- 2001 – 2005 Director of the Full-Time MBA Programme
VISITING PROFESSOR
- 2009 – 2014 Sogang Graduate School of Business, Seoul, Korea
- 2008 – 2014 Grenoble Graduate School of Business, Grenoble, France
- 2008 – 2011 EADA, Barcelona, Spain
- 2007 – 2010 IE Business School, Madrid, Spain
- 2007 HEC, Montreal, Canada
- 2007 ESSEC, Paris, France
- 2005 Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 2002 CEIBS (China Europe International Business School), Shanghai, China
AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS AND HONORS
- 2017 – Independent Director, Security Bank, The Philippines
- 2017 – Board Member, EFMD
- 2016 – International Board Member, AACSB
- 2015 – Steering Committee, Co-Chair, EFMD
- 2014 Academic of the Year Award, MSc Programmes, MBS
- 2014 Academic of the Year Award, Doctoral Programmes, MBS
- 2005 Highly Commended – Public Sector, Asian Women of Achievement Award, UK
- 2004 Finalist, AT Kearney MBA Teaching Excellence Award, MBS
- 2003 Finalist, AT Kearney MBA Teaching Excellence Award, MBS
- 2002 Inducted to the Institute for Learning and Teaching, UK
PUBLICATIONS
- Pusaksrikit, T., & Kang, J. (2016). The impact of self-construal and ethnicity on self-gifting behaviors. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 26(4), 524-534. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2016.02.001