Haoran Liu

PhD student in management

Email: Haoran.Liu@glasgow.ac.uk

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Research title: Conceptualising and Measuring the Effects of Corporate Philanthropy on Employee-based Brand Equity

Research Summary

Haoran is doing her PhD research topic relating to exploring the effects of corporate philanthropy on employee-based brand equity. This study sets out to explore how brands can enhance competitiveness by involving their employees when doing corporate philanthropy by an exploratory sequential mixed method design. Plus, this research may shed a light on how employees can commit to social benefits while generating and strengthening brands.   

Haoran is a member of the Marketing Research Cluster.

Areas of expertise:

  • Corporate Philanthropy 
  • Creative Cultural Industries 
  • Research Methods in Marketing

 

Supervisors

Grants

Seed corn funding for primary research: £500

Conference

Presented:

Liu, H. (2022) Differentiating the brand differently: A theoretical response to the recent call for engaging employees in corporate philanthropy, In: Nineteenth International Research Colloquium on Arts, Heritage, Nonprofit and Social Marketing, Oxford, UK, 9 September 2022.

Liu, H. (2022) A Novel Perspective to Unite Our Community: Conceptualising and Measuring the Effects of Corporate Philanthropy on Employee-based Brand Equity, In: 2nd SoSS PGR Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 29-30 June 2022.

Attended:  

Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity (CRED) PhD Summer School, London/Online, UK, 16 June 2022.

 

 

Teaching

Undergraduate: MGT1023 Principles of Management; MGT2014 Entrepreneurship

Postgraguate: Marketing Management; People in Organisations

Additional Information

Education Background

  • The University of Sheffield - MSc Creative and Cultural Industries Management, 2018-2019
  • Shaanxi Normal University - BAs Chinese Language and Literature, 2014-2018
  • National Quemoy University - Exchange Programme - Chinese Studies, 2015-2016

Consulting and Working Experience

  • Freedom Community Project, Marketing and Strategy Officer, July 2021- Nov 2021 
  • WorldUnion Properties, Consultant, Oct 2019-Dec 2019 
  • Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust, Family Activities Volunteer, Aug 2019 
  • Children’s Media Conference, Reception and Production Room Volunteer, July 2019 
  • Freedom Community Project, Researcher, May 2019-Sept 2019 
  • Sheffield Carnival, Marketing and Social Media Manager, Oct 2018-Jan 2019 

  Ad- hoc reviewer in the following Academic Journals and International Conferences

  • Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing
  • 2023 Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference