William E. Kilbourne

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

William E. Kilbourne is a scholar working on Marketing, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Kilbourne has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Marketing, 16 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in William E. Kilbourne's work include Environmental Sustainability in Business (19 papers), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (18 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (16 papers). William E. Kilbourne is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Sustainability in Business (19 papers), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (18 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (16 papers). William E. Kilbourne collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. William E. Kilbourne's co-authors include Gregory M. Pickett, Suzanne C. Beckmann, Andrea Prothero, Pierre McDonagh, Bertrand Urien, John D. Mittelstaedt, Eva Thelen, Susan Dobscha, Michael G. Luchs and Lucie K. Ozanne and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Business Research and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.

In The Last Decade

William E. Kilbourne

57 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

How materialism affects environmental beliefs, concern, and environmentally responsible behavior

2007 626 citations William E. Kilbourne et al. Journal of Business Research profile →
Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities for Consumer Research and Public Policy

2011 534 citations Andrea Prothero, Susan Dobscha et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William E. Kilbourne United States	28	2.9k	1.5k	961	704	561	59	4.2k
Seonaidh McDonald United Kingdom	22	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	822 0.9×	697 1.0×	402 0.7×	37	3.5k
Pam Scholder Ellen United States	21	2.3k 0.8×	868 0.6×	962 1.0×	703 1.0×	573 1.0×	32	3.5k
Vanessa Apaolaza Spain	29	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	491 0.7×	294 0.5×	69	4.0k
Jasmin Bergeron Canada	17	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	787 1.1×	796 1.4×	21	4.0k
Marylyn Carrigan United Kingdom	34	3.6k 1.3×	838 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.6k 2.3×	693 1.2×	94	5.7k
Andrea Prothero Ireland	25	3.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	887 0.9×	719 1.0×	357 0.6×	67	4.7k
Deirdre Shaw United Kingdom	31	3.1k 1.1×	943 0.6×	949 1.0×	1.2k 1.8×	317 0.6×	57	4.7k
Patrick Hartmann Spain	38	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	572 0.8×	306 0.5×	129	5.6k
Edward Shiu United Kingdom	29	2.3k 0.8×	522 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	832 1.2×	915 1.6×	60	3.8k
Ken Peattie United Kingdom	28	3.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	910 0.9×	2.0k 2.8×	410 0.7×	65	5.3k

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Kilbourne, William E. & Anastasia Thyroff. (2019). STIRPAT for marketing: An introduction, expansion, and suggestions for future use. Journal of Business Research. 108. 351–361. 18 indexed citations

Mittelstaedt, John D., Clifford J. Shultz, William E. Kilbourne, & Mark Peterson. (2014). Sustainability as Megatrend. Journal of Macromarketing. 34(3). 253–264. 157 indexed citations

Prothero, Andrea, Susan Dobscha, James Freund, et al.. (2011). Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities for Consumer Research and Public Policy. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 3 indexed citations

Urien, Bertrand & William E. Kilbourne. (2010). Generativity and self-enhancement values in eco-friendly behavioral intentions and environmentally responsible consumption behavior. Psychology and Marketing. 28(1). 69–90. 202 indexed citations

Urien, Bertrand & William E. Kilbourne. (2008). On the Role of Materialism in the Relationship Between Death Anxiety and Quality of Life. ACR North American Advances. 10 indexed citations

Kilbourne, William E.. (2008). How Macro Should Macromarketing Be?. Journal of Macromarketing. 28(2). 189–191. 12 indexed citations

Kilbourne, William E. & Les Carlson. (2008). The Dominant Social Paradigm, Consumption, and Environmental Attitudes: Can Macromarketing Education Help?. Journal of Macromarketing. 28(2). 106–121. 76 indexed citations

Kilbourne, William E.. (2006). The Role of the Dominant Social Paradigm in the Quality of Life/Environmental Interface. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 1(1). 39–61. 24 indexed citations

Mittelstaedt, John D., William E. Kilbourne, & Robert A. Mittelstaedt. (2006). Macromarketing as Agorology: Macromarketing Theory and the Study of the Agora. Journal of Macromarketing. 26(2). 131–142. 138 indexed citations

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Duffy, Michael, et al.. (2005). Utility of the Salamon-Conte Life Satisfaction in the Elderly Scales (LSES) in Measuring Life Satisfaction in Great Britain and United States Nursing Homes Residents. Clinical Gerontologist. 28(4). 17–28. 3 indexed citations

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Kilbourne, William E. & Michael Jay Polonsky. (2005). Environmental Attitudes and Their Relation to the Dominant Social Paradigm among University Students in New Zealand and Australia. Australasian Marketing Journal (AMJ). 13(2). 37–48. 49 indexed citations

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Kilbourne, William E., Marko Grünhagen, & Janice Foley. (2005). A cross-cultural examination of the relationship between materialism and individual values. Journal of Economic Psychology. 26(5). 624–641. 124 indexed citations

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Sower, Victor E., et al.. (2001). The Dimensions of Service Quality For Hospitals: Development and Use of the KQCAH Scale. Health Care Management Review. 26(2). 47–59. 85 indexed citations

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Duffy, Jo Ann, Michael Duffy, & William E. Kilbourne. (2001). A Comparative Study of Resident, Family, and Administrator Expectations for Service Quality in Nursing Homes. Health Care Management Review. 26(3). 75–85. 37 indexed citations

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Kilbourne, William E. & James W. Gentry. (1998). Our Economic Roots: the Harm Done to Consumer Research. ACR European Advances.

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Kilbourne, William E. & Suzanne C. Beckmann. (1998). Review and Critical Assessment of Research on Marketing and the Environment. Journal of Marketing Management. 14(6). 513–532. 228 indexed citations

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Kilbourne, William E.. (1995). Green Advertising: Salvation or Oxymoron?. Journal of Advertising. 24(2). 7–20. 136 indexed citations

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Kilbourne, William E.. (1992). On the Role of Critical Theory in Moving Toward Voluntary Simplicity. 4 indexed citations

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Kilbourne, William E.. (1986). An exploratory study of the effect of sex role stereotyping on attitudes toward magazine advertisements. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. 14(4). 43–46. 14 indexed citations

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Kilbourne, William E.. (1986). An Exploratory Study of the Effect of Sex Role Stereotyping on Attitudes Toward Magazine Advertisements. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. 14(4). 43–46. 14 indexed citations

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