KENNETH GARY MCCAIN

Professor of Marketing

Department of Marketing and Finance

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Oregon, 1977 .Major Field: Marketing

Minor Fields: Quantitative Methods, Consumer Behavior, Organization Theory , Economics

"Source Credibility and Attitude Change: A Multidimensional Scaling Approach"

M.B.A. Eastern Washington University, 1971 Major Field: Quantitative Methods

B.A. Eastern Washington University, 1969

Major Field: Management (top management student of the year) , .

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1988 to Professor of Marketing, Boise State University Present

Jan. 1979 Associate Professor of Marketing, Boise State University to 1988

Aug. 1977 Assistant Professor, Kansas State University to Jan. 1979

Sept. 1971 Visiting Instructor and Instructor, Eastern Washington University to June 1973

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY Refereed Journal Articles Basic Research

"Legacy Tourism: The Search for Personal Meaning in Heritage Travel," with Nina Ray, Tourism

Management, December 2003.

"The Search for Personal Meaning in Legacy Travel to Ulster," with Nina Ray, The Journal of Scotch-lrish Studies. Fall 2002.

"Managing Atmospherics Effects on Consumers and Retail Workers," Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Fa111991.

"Black Holes, Cash Pigs, and Other Hospital Portfolio Problems," Journal of Health Care Marketing, Spring 1987.

"Marketing Decision-Making , Problems Faced by Small Business Retailers," Journal of the Academv of Marketinq Science,' (Summer 1985) (with D.J. Lincoln).

"Women in Industrial Sales," Business and Economic Perspectives, Spring 1982, (with T. Hogue).

"An Investigation of Return to Different Shopping Strategies," Journal of Consumer Affairs, (Summer 1979). (with D.I. Hawkins).

"Business Decision Researchers Can't Afford to be Pure," Business and Economic Perspectives, (Spring 1979).

 

Applied Research

"Transferring Rapid Prototyping Technology to Idaho Small Business", Final Report to U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, Boise State University,

Boise, Idaho, (September, 2002), (with Steve Tennyson, Rudy Eggert).

"U.S. Trout Markets: A Survey of Trout Wholesalers and Retailers," University of Idaho College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension System, Bulletin No.750, November 1993. (with Joseph Guenthner).

Instructional Research

"Design and Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Business Language Foreign Study Tour," Global Business Lanquaqes, (1996). (G. McCain with Nina M. Ray and Jason T. Ellsworth).

"Choice Criteria Model for Selecting Live-Case Marketing Research Class Projects," Journal of Marketinq Education, (Fall 1982) (with D.J. Lincoln).

"Women Entrepreneurs Really Are Different: A Comparison of Constructed Ideal Types of Male and Female Entrepreneurs," Proceedings, Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston, April 1982, with N.R. Smith.

"Retail Warranty Disclosure: Still Uneven Compliance," Proceedings, Southwest Marketing Association, March 1982, (refereed).

"Supermarket Background Music: Do Employees and Customers Dance to the Same Tune? ," Proceedings, Western Marketing Educators Association, Oakland, April 1981, with D.J. Lincoln, (refereed).

"Testing the Novelty Postage Hypothesis in Mail Questionnaire Response Rates," Proceedings, Southwestern Marketing Association, March 1981, with D.J. Lincoln, (refereed).

"A Contemporary Model of Entrepreneurial Style," Proceedings, International Council for Small Business, June 1980, with N.R. Smith.

"Marketing Planning Preferences of New Manufacturers," Proceedings, Small Business Institute Directors Conference, March .1g80.

"A Contemporary Model of Entrepreneurial Style," Proceedings, Midwest Business Administration Association, Apri11979, with N.R. Smith.

"Relating Teaching Methods with Educational Objectives in the Business Curriculum," Insights Into Experiential Pedagogy, Association for Business Simulation and Experimental Learning, April 1979, with J. Gentry and A. Burns, (refereed).

"A Segmentation Strategy Test: Two Income Families vs. Single Income Families," Proceedings, Western American Institute for Decision Sciences, April 1979, with N.R. Smith and J.H. Barnes, (refereed).

"Business Decision Researchers Can't Afford to be Pure," Proceedings, Midwest Business Administration Association, Apri11978.

"Approaching Cases from Other Angles," Proceedings, Midwest Case Research Association, April 1978.

Chapters In Books

A section of the book Value leadership: Winning Competitive Advantage in the Information Age, Michael C. Harris, 1997, ASQ Quality Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

"The Role of Multi-lingual Print Advertising," chapter in Global Marketing Perspectives and Cases, ed. Salah Hassan and Roger D. Blackwell, Dryden Press, 1994. (G. McCain with Mary Ellen Ryder, Nina Ray, and Stanley V. Scott).

 

 

Membership in Professional Organizations

Product Management Development Association, 2000 American Marketing Association, 1971 -1994.

Western Marketing Educators Association, 1981 -1996 BYU Management Association, 1981 -1998.

SPONSORED PROJECT ACTIVITIES/RESEARCH REPORTS ISSUED

Non-user Attitude Change Study of Free Use BUS Trial, Ada Planning Association, July 1993.

Rainbow Trout, A.E. Research Series, No.91-3, University of Idaho, March 1991, with J.F. Guenthner.

Market Demand Analysis for RONZ Aluminum Producers. Inc., Idaho Small business Development Center, August 1987, with A. Bassett.

INEL Technology Transfer Project Process Methodology, December 1986, with S.V. Scott and D.J. Lincoln.

How to Design and Write a Marketing Plan for Rural or Small Urban Transit Systems, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, June l' 1986, with D.J. Lincoln.

Idaho Transit Library Clearinghouse Master Bibliography Index, Ada Planning Association, September 1985.