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Psycholinguistics, Decision-making, Time perception, Theory of mind

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Alican MECIT

Assistant Professor

Academy: Globalization

Research centre: Marketing Interactions

Location: PARIS

email: alican.mecit@skema.edu

Publications

Career

Peer-reviewed journal articles

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2022). COVID-19 is feminine: Grammatical gender influences danger perceptions and precautionary behavioral intentions by activating gender stereotypes. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 32(2), pp. 316-325.

MECIT, A., LOWREY, T.M. and SHRUM, L.J. (2022). Grammatical Gender and Anthropomorphism: “It” Depends on the Language. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(3), pp. 503-517.

Book chapters

POGACAR, R., MECIT, A., GAO, F., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2022). Language and Consumer Psychology. In: Joel Huber, Lynn R,. Kahle, Tina M. Lowrey eds. APA Handbook of Consumer Psychology. 1st ed. American Psychological Association, pp. 451–470.

Conference proceedings

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2022). Blurring the Boundary between Consumers and Consumption Objects: Dehumanizing Consequences of Anthropomorphism.

Conference presentations

MECIT, A., GU, Y. and YANG, Y. (2023). Identifying and Correcting Prediction Biases in Medical Decision-Making. In: La Londe Conference. Porquerolles.

MECIT, A., GU, Y. and YANG, Y. (2023). Identifying and Correcting Prediction Biases in Medical Decision-Making. In: The European Association for Consumer Research Conference (EACR). Amsterdam.

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2023). Technology-Mediated Morality: Moral, Ethical and Fairness Judgments Arising from Technological Contexts. In: The Society for Consumer Psychology Conference. Puerto Rico.

MECIT, A., SCEKIC, A. and KRISHNA, A. (2023). The Effect of Inconsistent Reviews on Consumer Memory. In: The Association for Consumer Research Conference (ACR). Seattle.

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2022). Blurring the Boundary between Consumers and Consumption Objects: Dehumanizing Consequences of Anthropomorphism. In: European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC). Budapest.

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2021). Language and Gender. In: Association for Consumer Research Conference. Seattle.

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2020). Time Is Running! Should I Run Too? Time Metaphors Affect Consumer Response to the Perceived Speed of Time. In: EMAC Conference (European Marketing Academy). Budapest.

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2019). You Run When Time Flies: Perceived Speed of Time as a Cue to Self-Speed. In: The Society of Consumer Psychology Conference. Savannah.

MECIT, A. (2018). Linguistic antecedents of anthropomorphism: Cultural differences in attributing humanlike states to non-human agents. In: SCP - Society for Consumer Psychology. Dallas.

MECIT, A. (2018). You run when time flies: Time metaphors affect inferences from the speed of time. In: Società Italiana Marketing Doctoral & Research Colloquium. Florence.

MECIT, A. (2017). Cost Transparency: Is it too Much? In: INFORMS Marketing Science Conference. Los angeles.

MECIT, A. (2017). Cost transparency: When does it matter. In: EMAC Conference (European Marketing Academy). Groningen.

MECIT, A. (2017). Tabula Rasa To Tabula Incripta: The Effects Of Knowledge On Construal. In: EMAC Conference (European Marketing Academy). Groningen.

MECIT, A. (2016). Consumer Perceptions of Price Fairness: The Role of Cost Transparency. In: ISMS Marketing Science Conference. Shangai.

Faculty research seminar presentations

MECIT, A., SCEKIC, A. and KRISHNA, A. (2023). Online Reviews and False Consumer Memory. In: EmLyon Lifestyle Research Center. Lyon.

MECIT, A., SHRUM, L.J. and LOWREY, T.M. (2019). Anthropomorphism: It Depends on the Language. In: HEC-INSEAD-ESSEC Marketing Research Seminar. Paris.

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MECIT, A. and MICHAELIDES, M.J. (2023). Peter Pan and climate scepticism: why do people act like children? SKEMA Podcast.

Education

2021 Ph.D. in Marketing, HEC Paris, France

2016 Master of Arts, Business administration, Marketing, Bogaziçi University, Turkey

2014 Bachelor, Business Administration, Management, Bogaziçi University, Turkey

Experience

Full-time academic positions

Since 2021 Assistant Professor, Marketing, SKEMA Business School, France

Research grants, Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

2023 Outstanding Junior Researcher, SKEMA Business School, France

Other research activities

Reviewer for:

American Psychologist, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Perspectives on Psychological Science

Affiliations

Since 2019 American Marketing Association

Since 2018 Society for Consumer Psychology

Since 2018 European Marketing Academy

Since 2018 Association for Consumer Research

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