Dean Wilkie

Dr Dean Wilkie

Senior Lecturer

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My research interests encompass a diverse array of topics within the dynamic realm of branding. I am deeply engaged in exploring the intricacies of social media's influence on brand perception, investigating the potential of brand activism to create meaningful change, and delving into the realms of brand transparency and authenticity.

My curiosity extends to the intersections between brands and human psychology, where I draw insights from evolutionary psychology to understand the profound connections individuals form with brands. I am also an advocate for methodological diversity; I embrace various research approaches that uncover the mechanisms, drivers, and outcomes underlying effective branding initiatives.

By unravelling the complexities of branding, I seek to provide marketers with actionable insights that can shape responsible and impactful strategies. Moreover, I aspire to push theoretical boundaries, expanding my academic understanding of consumer behaviour and branding dynamics.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2012 - 2015 Senior Lecturer University of New South Wales
    2010 - 2011 Adjunct Lecturer University of New South Wales and University of Sydney
    2009 - 2010 Senior Global Product Manager Blackmores vitamins
    2007 - 2009 Senior Brand Manager Johnson and Johnson
    2001 - 2006 Senior Brand Manager Pfizer Healthcare
    1995 - 2001 National Grocery Buyer Franklins supermarkets

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2019 Teaching Award Executive Dean Award for Student-Centred Learning University of Adelaide Australia -
    2019 Research Award Adelaide Business School Research Leadership Award University of Adelaide Australia -
    2015 Award AGSM MBA Teaching Excellence Award - - -
    2013 Award Australasian Marketing Journal reviewer of the year - - -
    2012 Award ANZMAC Best Paper in Product Innovation and Entreprenuer Track - - -
    2010 Award ANZMAC Best Paper in Product Innovation and Entreprenuer Track - - -

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2010 - 2012 University of Sydney Australia PhD
    2001 - 2004 University of New South Wales Australia Masters of Commerce
    1995 - 1998 University of Western Sydney Australia Bachelor of Commerce

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Sansome, K., Wilkie, D., & Conduit, J. (2024). Beyond information availability: Specifying the dimensions of consumer perceived brand transparency. Journal of Business Research, 170, 15 pages.
    DOI Scopus2
    2024 Gray, H., Dolan, R., Wilkie, D. C., Conduit, J., & Burgess, A. (2024). Social purpose branding approaches: a typology of how brands engage with a social purpose. European Journal of Marketing, 58(5), 34 pages.
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    2024 Lipnickas, G., Plewa, C., Conduit, J., & Wilkie, D. (2024). Reducing Resource Expenditure in Value Co-Creation: A Path to Market-Shaping. Australasian Marketing Journal.
    2023 Burgess, A., Wilkie, D. C. H., & Dolan, R. (2023). Brand approaches to diversity: a typology and research agenda. European Journal of Marketing, 57(1), 60-88.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS2
    2023 Pink, C., Wilkie, D., & Graves, C. (2023). The impact of brand perceptions on the post-to-purchase journey: a family branding perspective. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 32(5), 737-751.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS3
    2023 Wilkie, D. C. H., Burgess, A. J., Mirzaei, A., & Dolan, R. M. (2023). Inclusivity in Advertising: A Typology Framework for Understanding Consumer Reactions. Journal of Advertising, 52(5), 721-738.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1
    2022 Hugh, D. C., Dolan, R., Harrigan, P., & Gray, H. (2022). Influencer marketing effectiveness: the mechanisms that matter. European Journal of Marketing, 56(12), 3485-3515.
    DOI Scopus18
    2022 Wilkie, D. C. H., & Rao Hill, S. (2022). Beyond brand personality. A multidimensional perspective of self-congruence. Journal of Marketing Management, 38(13-14), 1529-1560.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS7
    2022 Charles Hugh Wilkie, D., Mirzaei, A., Pham, N., & Johnson, L. W. (2022). Reassessing product line breadth effectiveness: The role of heterogeneity, moderation, and cumulative effects. Journal of Business Research, 149, 434-447.
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    2021 Burgess, A. J., Wilkie, D. C. H., & Dolan, R. (2021). Towards successful diversity initiatives: the importance of building audience connectedness. Journal of Marketing Management, 37(1-2), 1-18.
    DOI Scopus9 WoS7
    2021 Mirzaei, A., Wilkie, D. C., & Siuki, H. (2021). Woke brand activism authenticity or the lack of it. Journal of Business Research, 139, 1-12.
    DOI Scopus84
    2020 Lipnickas, G., Conduit, J., Plewa, C., & Wilkie, D. (2020). How much is enough? The role of effort in market shaping. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 35(9), 1441-1451.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS4
    2020 Dwivedi, A., Miles, M., Oczkowski, E., Weerawardena, J., Johnson, L., & Wilkie, D. (2020). Buyer-seller relational engagement and seller brand equity. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 35(8), 1311-1322.
    DOI Scopus9 WoS8
    2018 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., & Chin, W. (2018). Does the type of attribute matter? Examining whether underlying factors explain product attribute preference. Journal of Brand Management, 25(4), 305-321.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS3
    2018 Dwivedi, A., Johnson, L. W., Wilkie, D. C., & De Araujo-Gil, L. (2018). Consumer emotional brand attachment with social media brands and social media brand equity. European Journal of Marketing, 53(6), 1176-1204.
    DOI Scopus155 WoS116
    2017 Wilkie, D., & Johnson, L. W. (2017). The existence of double jeopardy within the order of entry effect. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 25(4), 334-341.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS3
    2017 Gosink, M. M., Chapin, R. E., Wilkie, D., Davenport, S., Kumpf, S. W., Enerson, B. E., . . . Lawton, M. P. (2017). Use of Rat Primary Mesenteric Cells for the Prediction of PDE4 Inhibitor Drug-Induced Vascular Injury. TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 159(1), 42-49.
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    2016 Dwivedi, A., Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., & Weerawardena, J. (2016). Establishing measures and drivers of consumer brand engagement behaviours. Journal of Brand Management, 23(5), 41-69.
    DOI Scopus44 WoS40
    2016 Wilkie, D., & Johnson, L. (2016). Is there a negative relationship between the order-of-brand entry and market share?. Marketing Letters, 27(2), 211-222.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2015 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., & White, L. (2015). The line extension dilemma: greater difference or similarity to existing products?. Journal of Brand Management, 22(6), 534-550.
    DOI Scopus9 WoS9
    2015 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., & White, L. (2015). Asymmetric preferences for leaders and implications for followers. European Journal of Marketing, 49(7-8), 1256-1275.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2
    2015 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., & White, L. (2015). Overcoming late entry: the importance of entry position, inferences and market leadership. Journal of Marketing Management, 31(3-4), 409-429.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1
    2015 Bagi, C. M., Berryman, E., Zakur, D. E., Wilkie, D., & Andresen, C. J. (2015). Effect of antiresorptive and anabolic bone therapy on development of osteoarthritis in a posttraumatic rat model of OA. ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY, 17(1), 15 pages.
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    2015 Bagi, C. M., Zakur, D. E., Berryman, E., Andresen, C. J., & Wilkie, D. (2015). Correlation between μCT imaging, histology and functional capacity of the osteoarthritic knee in the rat model of osteoarthritis. JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 13(1), 12 pages.
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    2015 Tartaro, K., VanVolkenburg, M., Wilkie, D., Coskran, T. M., Kreeger, J. M., Kawabata, T. T., & Casinghino, S. (2015). Development of a fluorescence-based <i>in vivo</i> phagocytosis assay to measure mononuclear phagocyte system function in the rat. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY, 12(3), 239-246.
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    2012 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., & White, L. (2012). The impact of low-price brands on the order of entry advantage. Journal of Marketing Management, 28(7-8), 957-973.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS4
    2012 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., & White, L. (2012). Strategies used to defend pharmaceutical brands from generics. European Journal of Marketing, 46(9), 1195-1214.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS6
    2009 Bagi, C. M., Christensen, J., Cohen, D. P., Roberts, W. G., Wilkie, D., Swanson, T., . . . Andresen, C. J. (2009). Sunitinib and PF-562,271 (<i>FAK/Pyk2 inhibitor</i>) effectively block growth and recovery of human hepatocellular carcinoma in a rat xenograft model. CANCER BIOLOGY & THERAPY, 8(9), 856-865.
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    2007 Auclair, D., Miller, D., Yatsula, V., Pickett, W., Carter, C., Chang, Y., . . . Wilhelm, S. M. (2007). Antitumor activity of sorafenib in FLT3-driven leukemic cells. LEUKEMIA, 21(3), 439-445.
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    2006 Liu, L., Cao, Y., Chen, C., Zhang, X., McNabola, A., Wilkie, D., . . . Carter, C. (2006). Sorafenib blocks the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway, inhibits tumor angiogenesis, and induces tumor cell apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma model PLC/PRF/5. CANCER RESEARCH, 66(24), 11851-11858.
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    2004 Wilhelm, S. M., Carter, C., Tang, L. Y., Wilkie, D., McNabola, A., Rong, H., . . . Trail, P. A. (2004). BAY 43-9006 exhibits broad spectrum oral antitumor activity and targets the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway and receptor tyrosine kinases involved in tumor progression and angiogenesis. CANCER RESEARCH, 64(19), 7099-7109.
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    1987 ZUCKER, S., WIEMAN, J. M., LYSIK, R. M., WILKIE, D., RAMAMURTHY, N. S., GOLUB, L. M., & LANE, B. (1987). ENRICHMENT OF COLLAGEN AND GELATIN DEGRADING ACTIVITIES IN THE PLASMA-MEMBRANES OF HUMAN CANCER-CELLS. CANCER RESEARCH, 47(6), 1608-1614.
    1986 WIEMAN, J., ZUCKER, S., WILKIE, D., & LYSIK, R. M. (1986). PURIFICATION OF A HEMOLYTIC FACTOR FROM RAS ONCOGENE TRANSFORMED FIBROBLASTS. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 140(1), 365-371.
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    1938 Wilkie, D. (1938). The septic hand. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 4(4065), 1127-1130.
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    1937 Wilkie, D. (1937). Education in surgery for general practice. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1937(4000), 439-442.
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  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2016 Wilkie, D. C. H., & Johnson, L. W. (2016). It is not about the Product Having Enhanced or Unique Product Attributes. In C. Campbell, & M. Junzhao (Eds.), Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science (pp. 762). Australia: Springer International Publishing.
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  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2014 Wilkie, D. C. H., Johnson, L. W., & Chin, W. W. (2014). Understanding what constitutes a moderate level of incongruity. In 2014 ANZMAC Proceedings. Brisbane.
    2013 Wilkie, D. (2013). The double-edged sword of being the second entrant. In 2013 ANZMAC Proceedings. Adelaide.
    2013 Wilkie, D. C. H., & Johnson, L. W. (2013). It is not about the product being enhanced or unique. In 2013 Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Conference Proceedings. Melbourne.
    2011 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L. W., & White, L. (2011). Understanding more about enhanced and unique product attributes. In 2011 ANZMAC Proceedings. Perth.
    2010 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L. W., & White, L. (2010). The impact of low price brands on the order of entry advantage. In Thought Leaders Conference in Brand Management proceedings. Lugano.
    2010 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L. W., & White, L. (2010). Leveraging brand associations in developing line extensions. In 2010 ANZMAC proceedings. Christchurch.
    2009 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L. W., & White, L. (2009). An empirical analysis of the impact of low price brands on the order of entry advantage. In 2009 ANZMAC Proceedings. Melbourne.
    2007 Elser, C., Siu, L. L., Winquist, E., Agulnik, M., Pond, G. R., Chin, S. F., . . . Chen, E. X. (2007). Phase II trial of sorafenib in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck or nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 25 (pp. 3766-3773). CZECH REPUBLIC, Prague: AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.
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    2007 Chang, Y. S., Adnane, J., Trail, P. A., Levy, J., Henderson, A., Xue, D., . . . Wilhelm, S. (2007). Sorafenib (BAY 43-9006) inhibits tumor growth and vascularization and induces tumor apoptosis and hypoxia in RCC xenograft models. In CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOLOGY Vol. 59 (pp. 561-574). PA, Philadelphia: SPRINGER.
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    2006 Adnane, L., Scott, W. J., Adams, P., Li, V., Wilhelm, S. M., Hofilena, G., . . . Bull, C. (2006). 2-Cyanopyridines as novel VEGFR-2 / VEGFR-3 inhibitors. Part 2. Inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis by a cyanopyridine. In CANCER RESEARCH Vol. 66 (pp. 2 pages). AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH.
    1985 ZUCKER, S., WIEMAN, J., RAMAMURTHY, N. S., LYSIK, R. M., WILKIE, D., & GOLUB, L. (1985). PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF B-16 MELANOMA METALLOPROTEINASES. In CLINICAL RESEARCH Vol. 33 (pp. A461). SLACK INC.

  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2019 Sansome, K., Wilkie, D., & Conduit, J. (2019). The multidimensional construct of transparency and its implications. Poster session presented at the meeting of .. Wellington, New Zealand.
    2019 Schneider, R. G., Wilkie, D., & Conduit, J. (2019). Differentiating consumer co-creation behaviour: The role of selfcongruity and culture. Poster session presented at the meeting of .. Wellington, New Zealand.
    2019 Fens, M., Wilkie, D., & Rao Hill, S. (2019). Self-congruity: Self-concept as a multidimensional construct. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the Annual ANZMAC Conference. Wellington.
    2019 Gray, H., Wilkie, D., & Dolan, R. (2019). Authenticity in social media sponsored posts. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2019. Wellington.
    2019 Moss, L., Wilkie, D., & Plewa, C. (2019). An evolutionary perspective of sports consumption. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference proceedings. Wellington.
    2017 Wilkie, D., Johnson, L., Dolan, R., & Dwivedi, A. (2017). The Two Traditional Concepts Underlying Customer - Brand Engagement. Poster session presented at the meeting of ANZMAC 2017 Conference proceedings. Melbourne.
    2016 Wilkie, D., Mirzaei, A., & Johnson, L. (2016). Product line length: Identifying underlying factors driving market share success.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Marketing in a Post-Disciplinary Era ANZMAC 2016. Canterbury, New Zealand.
    2016 Wilkie, D., Mirzaei, A., & Johnson, L. W. (2016). Product line length: identifying underlying factors driving market share success. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC 2016), as published in Marketing in a Post-Disciplinary Era: Proceedings. Christchurch, NZ: University of Canterbury.
    2015 Wilkie, D., Mirzael, A., & Johnson, L. W. (2015). A forward looking framework to evaluate the product proliferation success. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2015 ANZMAC Proceedings. Sydney.
    2015 Wilkie, D., & Dwivedi, A. (2015). Perceived quality–brand equity relationship: proposing and testing a mediating role of brand authenticity. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2015 ANZMAC Proceedings. Sydney.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Normalising sustainable food purchasing and consumption: Are consumer sustainable behaviours habitual or occasional? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Chamali Amarakoon Mudiyanselage
    2024 Principal Supervisor Exploring Learning Theories within Higher Degree Marketing Courses Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Maria Neledva
    2020 Co-Supervisor The power of purposeful brands: An exploration of purposeful brands and their interactions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Harriet Gray
    2020 Principal Supervisor Evolutionary Psychology triggers to engagement Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Liam Craig Moss

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor A Consumer-Based Conceptualisation of Brand Transparency: Understanding the Mechanisms and Dynamics of Perception Formation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kate Louise Sansome
    2019 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Moving Towards a More Effective Consideration and Application of Diversity in Marketing Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Amelie Jay Burgess
    2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor EVOLUTION OF MARKETS: MARKET SHAPING AND THE ROLE OF THE CONSUMER Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Gediminas Lipnickas

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2018 - ongoing Principal Supervisor The role of culture in moderating atmospherics The University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Amelie Burgess

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2019 - 2019 Co-Chair 2018 ANZMAC organising committee University of Adelaide Australia
    2014 - ongoing Co-Chair 2015 ANZMAC organising committee - -
    2014 - 2015 Director UNSW Industry engagement University of New South Wales -

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2020 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of Marketing Management University of Adelaide Australia
    2013 - ongoing Board Member Australasian Marketing Journal - -
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83137112
  • Email: dean.wilkie@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Nexus 10, floor 10
  • Org Unit: Marketing
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