Dr Sheena Leek

 

Senior Lecturer & Director of the MSc Programme

Marketing

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 6226

Fax +44 (0) 121 414 7791

Email s.h.leek@bham.ac.uk

Birmingham Business School
University House
Birmingham
B15 2TT

About

Sheena joined the Birmingham Business School from the University of Cardiff in September 2004. In the area of business to business marketing she is interested in the role of information technology on communication within business relationships, and the role of social capital in initiating relationships. Within consumer behaviour her research interests include consumer confusion in high tech areas such as the mobile phone industry and convenience and healthy eating.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Birmingham
MSc Applied Psychology, Cranfield University
BSc (Hons) Combined Studies – biology and psychology, University of Leicester

Teaching

Sheena is responsible for Research Skills (2nd Yr) on the Undergraduate courses. She is jointly responsible for the MSc level Research Methods module with Dr Caroline Moraes.
Sheena is Programme Director for the MSc marketing suite.

Research

 

  • The initiation of relationships through networking and social capital

 

  • The development of networks

 

  • Communication within business-to-business relationships

 

  • Consumer confusion

 

  • Healthy eating and convenience

Publications

Leek S. and Canning L., (2011), Entering and Developing a Service Network, Journal of Services Marketing , Vol. 25, No. 1, pp.58-67

Leek S. and Mason K., (2010), The Utilisation of Network Pictures toExamine A Company’s Employees’ Perceptions of a Supplier Relationship, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 400-412

Leek S. and Mason K., (2009), Network Pictures: Building an HolisticRepresentation of a Dyadic Business to Business Relationship, Industrial Marketing Management,  Vol. 38, No. 6, pp.599-607

Leek S. and Christodoulides G.,  (2009), Next Generation Mobile Marketing: How Young Consumers React to “Bluetooth-enabled”Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp.44-53

Mason K. and Leek S., (2008), Learning to Build a Supply Network: The Role of New Business Models., Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 45 No. 4 pp.774-799 

Leek S., Turnbull P.W. and Naudé P., (2006), ClassifyingRelationships Across Cultures as Successful and Problematic:Theoretical Perspectives and Managerial Implications, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 892-900

Leek S. and Chansawatkit S., (2006), Consumer Confusion: The Mobile Phone Market in Thailand, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Vol. 5, pp.518-532

Carrigan M., Szmigin I. and Leek S., (2006), Managing Routine Food Choices in UK Families: The Role of ConvenienceConsumption., Appetite, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp.372-383

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