Contact details +6492136257
Prof Bodo Lang PhD
Professor of Marketing Analytics
Doctoral Mentor Supervisor Massey Business School - Deputy PVC's OfficeBackground
Bodo’s career is a blend of experience from both the commercial and academic sectors.
His commercial career began in Germany in advertising, after which he worked as a management consultant in New Zealand for Deloitte Consulting, a global consulting firm. Following this, Bodo held a senior management position in Singapore at NFO WorldGroup, at the time the world's third largest market research firm.
The other half of Bodo’s career has been in academia. Bodo worked as a Senior Lecturer and Academic Director (Head of Department) at the Manukau Institute of Technology, and as an Associate Professor, and Head of Department in marketing, and as Assistant Dean – External Engagement at the University of Auckland Business School. Bodo is currently a Professor in marketing at 黑料网.
External engagement and media enquiries
Bodo believes in the importance of relevant and impactful teaching and research. Bodo's research has featured in numerous trade publications and he has presented his work at a variety of international conferences.
He is a frequent guest speaker outside the university and his research and commentary regularly feature in major print and broadcast media. For media enquiries, please call Bodo on 027-568 7480
Research
Bodo's research interests and accomplishments are outlined in the section on "Research Expertise".
Teaching
Bodo's teaching interests and accomplishements are outlined in the section on "Teaching and Supervision".
Postgraduate supervision
Bodo particularly enjoys supervising postgraduate students. He has successfully completed 25 postgraduate supervisions and he is currently supervising multiple PhD and Master's students. He welcomes applications from high-quality PhD applicants (e.g. with a high GPA). Bodo's supervision interests are outlined in the sections on "Research" and "Teaching and Supervision".
Qualifications
- PhD
- Master of Commerce (First Class Honours)
- CTT (Certified Tertiary Teacher)
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +6492136257
Location: Quadrangle B
Campus: Albany - Ph: 027 568 7480
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of Otago (2010)
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Mentor Supervisor, 黑料网
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Due to Bodo’s industry background with global leaders in advertising, market research and management consulting, his research focuses on the intersection of academic rigour and practical relevance. As a result, his research has high impact and is highly cited. Bodo’s research has more than 2400 citations on Google Scholar and his hg index, a measure of research impact, places him in the 97th percentile of marketing Associate Professors at the top universities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA and nearly in the 75% percentile of full marketing Professors. Individually and as part of research teams, Bodo has attracted 25 internal and external research grants with a total value of more than $2.8 Million. Bodo has received four awards for his research.
To date Bodo’s research has been published in a wide range of highly-ranked journals, such as Advances in Consumer Research, Appetite, Australasian Marketing Journal, Food Quality and Preference, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Internet Research, Managing Service Quality, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, Journal of Service Management, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, and Young Consumers.
His cross-disciplinary research has appeared in journals, such as Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, New Zealand Medical Journal, and Obesity (SJR Q1 ranked, h index 190). Bodo is a member of the Centre for Addiction Research run by the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland (https://cfar.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/).
Bodo's research is situated in the following areas:
- Marketing communication and advertising, particularly social media influencers and online and offline word of mouth communication (WOM) including through channels such as social media
- Services marketing in contexts such as the sharing economy (e.g,. AirBnB, Uber) and financial services (e.g., banks, insurance companies).
- Marketing for public good, such as research at the interface of marketing and public health (e.g., alcohol, vaping, sugary beverages) and social and sustainable marketing (e.g., food labelling, food waste, gene edited food).
Bodo has received the following awards for his research:
- 2021 - Literati Awards of excellence for Journal of Service Theory and Practice: Best reviewer
- 2015 - winner of the best paper at MAG Scholar conference
- 2011 - winner of the best track paper at ANZMAC conference
- 2004 - finalist for the Journal of Advertising best paper award
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management, Health and Well-being, Future Food Systems
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Banking, Finance and Investment (150200):
Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000):
Maori Health (111713):
Marketing (150500):
Marketing Communications (150502):
Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations) (150503):
Marketing Measurement (150504):
Marketing Research Methodology (150505):
Medical And Health Sciences (110000):
Public Health and Health Services (111700):
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified (111799)
Keywords
Marketing, brand, branding, marketing communication, advertising, promotion, marketing, social media, social media platform, Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, social media influencer, influencer, celebrity, micro influencer, macro influencer, word of mouth, word-of-mouth, service marketing, financial services marketing, bank, insurance, sharing economy, access economy, crowd-based capitalism, collaborative economy, community-based economy, gig economy, peer economy, peer-to-peer (P2P) economy, platform economy, renting economy, on-demand economy, Uber, Airbnb, market research, social marketing, sustainability, public health, sugar sweetened beverages, alcohol, vaping, label, labelling
Research Outputs
Journal
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Book
[Chapter]Authored by: Lang, B.
Report
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Lang, B.
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Conference
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Consultancy and Languages
Languages
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English
Last used: Daily
Spoken ability: Excellent
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German
Last used: Daily
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
Bodo is a passionate teacher. He has received two teaching awards and has sustained excellence in teaching for nearly two decades. Using the key indicator of teaching quality (e.g. “Overall, the lecturer was an effective teacher”), the mean of his teaching quality across his undergraduate, postgraduate and executive teaching from 2011-2021 is 4.77 (out of 5) and the proportion of students who Agree + Strongly Agree is 97.8%.
Bodo has received the following awards for his teaching:
- 2012 - winner of an AUSA (Auckland University Student Association) award
- 2005 - recipient of an MIT teaching award
Graduate Supervision Statement
Bodo is interested in supervising high-quality PhD students in the following areas (listed in no particular order):
1. Advertising and marketing communication
Marketing communication (e.g., advertising) continues to change in its nature and impact as consumers’ use of media evolves and their attitudes towards advertising changes.
Bodo is open to research in this area from a variety of contexts and perspectives. Two specific areas within advertising that Bodo is interested in are:
1.1 Social media influencers
Social media influencers have reshaped how brands interact with consumers. In addition, many influencers have become successful brands in themselves. Although much academic research has been conducted in this area, important gaps in our knowledge remain.
1.2 Online (e.g., social media) and offline Word of Mouth
For decades, consumer to consumer communication (i.e., Word of Mouth) has shaped what consumers think, feel, and do. Consumers’ ability to use technology has further increased Word of Mouth’s reach and impact because it occurs:
- in a variety of formats (e.g., faec-to-face, product reviews, solicited and unsolicited online comments)
- across many types of platforms, such as social media, brands websites, review websites, and consumer advocacy websites (e.g., Consumer (NZ), Choice (AU), Which? (UK), Consumer Reports (US), and OC Magazine (Canada).
2. Services marketing
The contribution of services to the global economy and their impact on consumers has increased dramatically over the past decades. Bodo is particularly interested in supervising students in:
- non-traditional, technology-mediated contexts, such as the sharing economy (e.g., AirBnB, Uber) and
- financial services (e.g., banks, insurance companies).
3. Marketing for public good
Marketing can be used for profit-driven reasons or to advance causes that have the ‘public good’ in mind. Two specific areas within marketing for public good that Bodo is interested in are:
3.1 Marketing and public health
Bodo is particularly interested in supervising students at the interface of marketing and public health, such as testing interventions (e.g., warning labels and other information at the point of sale) to reduce consumers purchase and consumption of addictive, harmful, and deadly substances (e.g., alcohol, vapes, tobacco, and sugary beverages).
3.2 Social and sustainable marketing
Bodo is also interested in research in social and sustainable marketing, where an organisation, such as a government, or a commercial entity, wishes to affect a positive behaviour change in a target market (e.g., reducing food waste, food certification).
Please email Bodo if you are:
1. a high-quality postgraduate candidate (e.g., you have a high GPA)
2. interested in one of the areas listed above and
3. eligible for PhD study at 黑料网: /study/about-postgraduate-study/phds-and-professional-doctorates/how-to-apply-for-a-doctoral-degree/
Keywords:
Communication, advertising, promotion, marketing, social media, social media platform, Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, social media influencer, influencer, celebrity, micro influencer, macro influencer, word of mouth, word-of-mouth, service marketing, financial services marketing, bank, insurance, sharing economy, access economy, crowd-based capitalism, collaborative economy, community-based economy, gig economy, peer economy, peer-to-peer (P2P) economy, platform economy, renting economy, on-demand economy, Uber, Airbnb, market research, social marketing, public health, sugar sweetened beverages, alcohol, vaping, label, labelling
Prof Bodo Lang is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
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Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Lily Liu
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Doctor of Philosophy
Undisclosed influencer posts - The effect of covert advertising of Influencer type and message sidedness on brand responses
Media and Links
Other Links
- - Connect with Bodo via LinkedIn
- - Access to Bodo's research via Google Scholar
- - Access to Bodo's research via Research Gate
- - Access to Bodo's research via Academia.edu