Candice Marti is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Marketing at
the E. J. Ourso College of Business at 海角社区 (海角社区). Candice earned
her B.A. in social science with a minor in psychology and her M.B.A. with an emphasis
in marketing and international business from Chapman University in Orange, CA. Her
research interests include frontline employee-customer interactions, the influence
of service leaders in service firm strategy, superstition, vulnerable consumers, retailing,
and atmospherics. Prior to pursuing a Ph.D. at 海角社区, Candice held marketing leadership
positions in multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, public
health, and transportation.
Marti, Candice L., Huimin Liu, Gurpreet Kour, Anil Bilgihan, and Yu Xu (2024), 鈥淟everaging
Artificial Intelligence in Firm-Generated Online Customer Communities: A Framework
and Future Research Agenda,鈥 Journal of Service Management. (CiteScore: 16.6, Impact
Factor: 10.6, ABDC: A)
Lindsey Hall, Kristina K., Candice L. Marti, Nicole M. Boylan, Thomas L. Baker, and
Jessica L. Ogilvie (2024), 鈥淔rontline Ambidexterity: A Systematic Review and Future
Research Agenda,鈥 Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 44, no. 1: 50鈥73.
(CiteScore: 6.0, Impact Factor: 4.9, ABDC: A).
*Marti, Candice L., Kristina K. Lindsey Hall, and Ji (Miracle) Qi, 鈥淓nhancing Customer
Engagement Through Frontline Employee Brand Psychology and Customer-Driven Proactive
Behaviors,鈥 Frontiers in Service, Amelia Island, FL, 2024
*Marti, Candice L., Kristina K. Lindsey Hall, and Ji (Miracle) Qi, 鈥淓mbodying the
Brand: How Employees鈥 Psychological Brand Ownership and Proactive Behaviors Drive
Customer Engagement,鈥 海角社区 Graduate Research Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 2024
*Marti, Candice L., Kristina K. Lindsey Hall, and Ji (Miracle) Qi, 鈥淓nhancing Customer
Engagement,鈥 Southeast Marketing Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, 2024
*Lindsey Hall, Kristina K., *Susana Jaramillo, Patrick Fennell, Melanie Lorenz, and
*Candice L. Marti, 鈥淣avigating Frontline Employee Dilemmas Regarding CDB Policy Enforcement,鈥
Organizational Frontlines Research Pre-Conference, AMA Winter Marketing Educators鈥
Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL, 2024
*Marti, Candice L. and Rice, D. H., 鈥淔antasy Sports and the Influence of Social Media
on Athlete Selection and Wagering,鈥 Southeast Marketing Symposium, Athens, GA, 2022
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Liam Glynn Research Scholarship Award, Summer 2024
Third Place, Oral Presentation, Business and Mass Communication Section, 海角社区 Graduate
Research Conference, Spring 2024
The Daryl McKee Memorial Ph.D. Award, 2023
Invited Workshop Participant, Graduate Scholar Roundtable Forum, 鈥淲here the Worlds
Collide: Customer Experience as an Outcome of the Intersection Between the Virtual
and Physical Worlds,鈥 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 2023