University of Pittsburgh

Faculty

J. Jeffrey Inman

Albert Wesley Frey Professor of Marketing and Professor of Business Administration

Office: 356 Mervis Hall
Phone: 412-648-1570
E-mail: jinman@katz.pitt.edu
Homepage: www.pitt.edu/~jinman

Degrees

BSME, General Motors Institute
MBA, Indiana University
PhD in Marketing, University of Texas

MBA Courses Recently Taught
BMKT 2411 Marketing Management
BMKT 2538 Category Management
BMKT 2546 Data-Based Marketing Insights

Interest Group

Marketing

Profile

J. Jeffrey Inman joined the faculty of the Katz School in 2000 as the Thomas Marshall Professor of Marketing. He was named the Albert Wesley Frey Professor of Marketing in 2003. Prior to joining Katz, he was on the faculties at the University of Wisconsin (1994–2000) and the University of Southern California (1991–94). He currently is on the editorial board of the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Marketing Science, and Journal of Retailing. He is also president of the Journal of Consumer Research Policy Board.

Inman’s interests include consumer decision making, channel blurring (for example, grocery store vs. drug store), and eating behaviors. His work has appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, and Marketing Letters. Before entering academia, he worked at General Motors as a production supervisor and Texas Instruments Inc. as a semiconductor distribution manager.

Recent Publications

Adwait Khare and J. Jeffery Inman,"Habitual Behavior in American eating Patterns: The Role of Meal Occassions," Journal of Consumer Research, in press.

Ashish Sinha, J. Jeffrey Inman, Joonwook Park, and Yantao Wang (2005),"Attribute Drivers: A Factor Analytic Choice Map Approach for Understanding Choices Among SKUs," Marketing Science, 24 (Summer), 351-359

Nitika Garg, J. Jeffrey Inman, and Vikas Mittal (2005),"Incidental and Task-Related Affect: A Re-Inquiry and Extension of the Influence of Affect on Choice," Journal of Consumer Research, 32 (June), 154-159.

Rebecca J. Slotegraaf and J. Jeffrey Inman (2004),"Longitudinal Shifts in the Drivers of Perceived Product Quality: The Role of Attribute Resolvability," Journal of Marketing Research, 41 (August), 269-280.

J. Jeffrey Inman, Venkatesh Shankar, and Rosellina Ferraro (2004),"The Roles of Channel-Category Associations and Geodemographics in Channel Patronage," Journal of Marketing, 68 (April), 51–71.

Priya Raghubir, J. Jeffrey Inman, and Hans Grande (2004),"The Three Faces of Price Promotions: Economic, Informative, and Affective," California Management Review, 46 (summer), 23–42.

Kirk L. Wakefield and J. Jeffrey Inman (2003),"Situational Price Sensitivity: The Role of Consumption Occasion, Social Context, and Income," Journal of Retailing, 79 (4), 199–212.

Rebecca J. Slotegraaf, Christine Moorman, and J. Jeffrey Inman (2003),"The Role of Firm Resources in Returns to Market Deployment," Journal of Marketing Research 40 (August), 295–309.

J. Jeffrey Inman and Marcel Zeelenberg (2002),"Regret in Repeat Purchase versus Switching Decisions: The Attenuating Role of Decision Justifiability," Journal of Consumer Research, 29 (June), 116–128.

J. Jeffrey Inman (2001),"The Role of Sensory-Specific Satiety in Attribute-Level Variety Seeking," Journal of Consumer Research, 28 (June), 105–120.

Working Papers

J. Jeffrey Inman, Joonwook Park, Ashish Sinha, and Yantao Wang," A Choice Map Approach to Modeling Attribute-Level Varied Behavior Among SKUs."

Gergana Yordanova, J. Jeffrey Inman, and John Hulland, "Expectations about the Future: Elaboration of Potential Outcomes as a Determinant of Self-Regulation."

Tansev Geylani, Frenkel ter Hofstede, and J. Jeffrey Inman, "Image Reinforcement or Impairment: The Effects of Co-Branding on Attribute Uncertainty.”

Nitika Garg, Brian Wansink, and J. Jeffrey Inman, "The Influence of Incidental Affect on Consumers’ Food Intake.”

J. Jeffrey Inman, Rosellina Ferraro, and Russell S. Winer, "In-Store Decision Making: The Role of Category-Level and Shopping Trip-Level Factors.”

Xin He, J. Jeffrey Inman, and Vikas Mittal, "The Effects of Issue Capability and Gender in Risk Taking.”

Karen L. Page, Vikas Mittal, and J. Jeffrey Inman, "Who Chose the Forgone Alternative?: The Effects of Social Comparison on Regret.”

Maureen Morrin, Susan Broniarczyk, J. Jeffrey Inman, and John Broussard, "The Diversification Fallacy of Large Fund Assortments.”

Awards and Honors

2004 AMA Marketing Communications SIG award for best marketing communications article written in 1998

2003 Journal of Marketing Reviewer Award

2003 Katz Excellence in Teaching Award

2001 Distinguished Professor Award, University of Pittsburgh

Personal Interests

Inman enjoys spending time with his family and playing basketball.