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Analysing cycling as a social practice: An empirical grounding for behaviour change (2015)
Journal Article
Spotswood, F., Chatterton, T., Tapp, A., & Williams, D. (2015). Analysing cycling as a social practice: An empirical grounding for behaviour change. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 29, 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2014.12.001

© 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Despite significant national and local efforts over the last decade to stimulate uptake of cycling in the UK, levels of cycling (particularly utility cycling) remain at around 2% of journeys. Understandi... Read More about Analysing cycling as a social practice: An empirical grounding for behaviour change.

From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix (2013)
Journal Article
Gordon, R., Tapp, A., & Spotswood, F. (2013). From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix. Journal of Social Marketing, 3(3), 206-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-01-2013-0011

In this paper, the authors aim to contend that the 4Ps of social marketing have been stretched beyond breaking point. Originally designed for social marketing mixes that contained products and prices, the social marketing 4Ps are no longer fit for pu... Read More about From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix.

Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour (2013)
Journal Article
Spotswood, F., & Tapp, A. (2013). Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour. Journal of Social Marketing, 3(3), 275-294. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-01-2013-0006

Purpose: This research suggests that understanding problem behaviours through a cultural lens may offer multifarious layers of insight and provide opportunities for more effective intervention than the classical psychological perspective and cognitiv... Read More about Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour.

Overcoming the self-image incongruency of non-cyclists (2012)
Journal Article
Leonard, S., Spotswood, F., & Tapp, A. (2012). Overcoming the self-image incongruency of non-cyclists. Journal of Social Marketing, 2(1), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/20426761211203238

Purpose: The image of cyclists has been increasingly recognised as an important factor in social marketing programmes aimed at increasing cycling. The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a multi-stage research project exploring image in... Read More about Overcoming the self-image incongruency of non-cyclists.

Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing (2012)
Journal Article
Spotswood, F., French, J., Tapp, A., & Stead, M. (2012). Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing. Journal of Social Marketing, 2(3), 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/20426761211265168

The purpose of this paper is to explore the scope of social marketing by re-examining some of its core concepts: the balance between the “wants” of individuals with the “needs” of society; the nature of exchange; the inclusion of techniques not expli... Read More about Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing.

Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, T., Tapp, A., & Hughes, R. (2008). Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing. Journal of Marketing Management, 24(1-2), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1362/026725708X274019

Marketing management research and teaching has been criticised for some time as being divorced from practice. However, there has been little research into the nature of knowledge exchange between academics and practitioners in the marketing field. In... Read More about Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing.

Physics envy (2007)
Journal Article
Tapp, A. (2007). Physics envy. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 25(3), 229-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/02634500710747743

Purpose - This paper seeks to identify and discuss a phenomenon with a hidden but severe impact on the conduct of research and teaching in marketing. Design/methodology/approach - Solicited as a viewpoint contribution, with permission to think aloud.... Read More about Physics envy.

From CRM to FRM: applying CRM in the football industry (2006)
Journal Article
Adamson, G., Jones, W., & Tapp, A. (2006). From CRM to FRM: applying CRM in the football industry. Journal of Database Marketing and Customer Strategy Management, 13(2), 156-172

In this paper, the authors develop a conceptual and implementation framework for 'fan relationship management' (FRM) that learns from the successes and failures of conventional customer relationship management (CRM) but considers the special nature o... Read More about From CRM to FRM: applying CRM in the football industry.

Why practitioners don't read our articles and what we should do about it (2005)
Journal Article
Tapp, A. (2005). Why practitioners don't read our articles and what we should do about it. Marketing Review, 5(1), 3-13

This article questions the value of much academic marketing's 'top' journal literature. The argument made is that current strong pressures (driven by the RAE) to publish in journals that are dominated by positivistic approaches is damaging to both pu... Read More about Why practitioners don't read our articles and what we should do about it.