
Doctor of Philosophy, Management (University of Queensland)
Dr Amanda Beatson is an Associate Professor in Marketing at the QUT Business School. She is the Research Director in the School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, and the Program Lead of the Behavioural Change for Social Good program in the Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology at QUT. Amanda previously held the posts of Marketing Subject Area Coordinator and Higher Degrees Research Coordinator within the School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations. Prior to becoming an academic she worked in service organisations in Australia and New Zealand. In line with QUT’s industry focus, Amanda's work is reinforced by her desire to act as a change agent, transforming the way organisations look at contemporary societal challenges. By providing a voice to vulnerable groups, her goal is to create a better society in terms of inclusivity and environmental sustainability by lobbying for improvements to organisations and government. Underpinning this is a transformative service research (TSR) lens, whereby she ensures the well-being of individuals is focal in these improvements. Through her unique approach of innovative research methodologies, Amanda has received competitive research funding with industry partners, specialising in government and not-for-profit organisations, to find solutions for these societal challenges. Various government bodies and private organisations within Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand have funded her research. She has published over eighty peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers and scholarly book chapters relating to her research. A selection of Amanda's current and past projects include:
- Seamless Journeys to Work for Young Adults with Physical Disabilities (funded by Australian Research Council Grant (ARC Linkage) and Jobs Australia);
- Retail ready - Employment Pathways for Young Adults with Psychosocial Disability (funded by Information, Linkages and Capacity Building - Economic and Community Participation Program - Building Employer Confidence and Inclusion in Disability grant with Australian Retailers Association, Disability Employment Australia)
- Designed-led Advanced Manufacturing of Smart Orthotics for Remote Australia (funded by Cooperative Research Centre Projects (CRC-P 11) with i-Orthotics);
- Social Impact Investigation (funded by Healthy Waterways);
- Social Impact of Red Meat Processing in Australia (funded by AMPC);
- Enhancing consumer evaluation of technology enabled service delivery (funded by Australian Government, Cooperative Research Centre, Smart Services);
Research Focus: Amanda focuses on optimising inclusivity and supporting vulnerable consumers. She achieves this by investigating; how to improve consumer experiences, support, and engage employees and consumers, public sentiment and social impact, and how to improve service delivery options, with the goal of delivering enhanced well-being. Research Interests:
- Transformative services
- Vulnerable consumers
- Online Trolling and cyberbullying
- Health and wellbeing
- Behavioural change
- Social Marketing
- Service design
Research Supervisions: Amanda is interested in supervising Honours, Masters by Research and PhD students. Examples of projects and areas of research she is interested in supervising include (but are not limited to);
- Supporting vulnerable consumers
- Strategies for mitigating negative online behaviours
- Optimising value through service design
Awards:
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award (QUT) 2017
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award (QUT) 2016
- Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Research Award, 2002
- The University of Queensland Graduate School Award, 1999
- The University of Otago Commerce Award, 1996
Additional information
- Beatson, A., Riedel, A., Chamorro-Koc, M., Marston, G. & Stafford, L. (2021). Factors influencing the journey to work for young people with physical and/or neurological conditions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/197263
- Pontes, V., Pontes, N., Greer, D. & Beatson, A. (2021). Thank you but no thank you: the impact of negative moral emotions on customer responses to preferential treatment. European Journal of Marketing, 55(12), 3033–3058. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212808
- Beatson, A., Riedel, A., Chamorro-Koc, M., Marston, G. & Stafford, L. (2020). Encouraging young adults with a disability to be independent in their journey to work: A segmentation and application of Theory of Planned Behaviour approach. Heliyon, 6(2), 1–10.
- Chamorro-Koc, M., Marston, G., Stafford, L., Beatson, A. & Riedel, A. (2020). Increasing the independence of vulnerable consumers through social support. Journal of Services Marketing, 34(2), 223–237. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199825
- Stafford, L., Marston, G., Beatson, A., Chamorro-Koc, M. & Drennan, J. (2019). Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities. Disability and Society, 34(6), 885–903. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127772
- Riedel, A., Weeks, C. & Beatson, A. (2018). Am I intruding? Developing a conceptualisation of advertising intrusiveness. Journal of Marketing Management, 34(9-10), 750–774. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119899
- Gottlieb, U. & Beatson, A. (2018). High on emotion! Perceived value: influencing decision-making processes at international student recruitment trade shows. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 28(2), 282–297. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119619
- Huang, C., Lings, I., Beatson, A. & Chou, C. (2018). Promoting consumer environmental friendly purchase behaviour: a synthesized model from three short-term longitudinal studies in Australia. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61(12), 2067–2093. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123047
- Dootson, P., Lings, I., Beatson, A. & Johnston, K. (2017). Deterring deviant consumer behaviour: when 'it's wrong, don't do it' doesn't work. Journal of Marketing Management, 33(15-16), 1355–1383. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/110376
- Dootson, P., Johnston, K., Beatson, A. & Lings, I. (2016). Where do consumers draw the line? Factors informing perceptions and justifications of deviant consumer behaviour. Journal of Marketing Management, 32(7 - 8), 750–776. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91385
- Title
- Seamless Journeys to Work for Young Adults with Physical Disabilities
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100168
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- A model of transformative destination image (2022)
- Designing Digitally-Enabled Tranformative Services for Vulnerable People's Mobility (2021)
- Culinary Destination Consumer-based Brand Equity: Exploring the Influence of Tourist Gaze in Relation to FoodPorn on Social Media (2020)
- Improving The Customer Experience Through The Use of Unearned Preferential Treatment (2020)
- Self-regulation and Intertemporal Consumer Impatience (2020)
- Engagement With Digital Health Technologies (2019)
- Destination Consumer-based Brand Equity: The Effects of Social Media on Travel Planning (2018)
- Examining the Effects of Varying Levels of Consumer Control over Advertising Intrusiveness on the Advertising Brand (2018)
- Where do consumers draw the line? An investigation of deviant consumer behaviour (2014)