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IITK
Jitender-Kumar

Jitender Kumar

PhD (IIT Roorkee)

Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences

Research Interest

Brand Management, Consumer Psychology, Online & Offline Brand Communities, Psychological Ownership, Marketplace Inequality, Homestay Tourism, Sustainable Consumption

 

Room 209, Department of Management Sciences
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Specialization

Marketing

Education

PhD, IIT Roorkee, 2019

MBA, Faculty of Management Studies – Banaras Hindu University (FMS-BHU), 2012

B. Tech., NIT Hamirpur, 2009

Teaching Area

Consumer Behaviour

Brand Management

Marketing Management

Professional Affiliations

Society for Consumer Psychology
Association for Consumer Research

Selected Publications

Sarma, N., Kumar, J., & Kumar, P. (2025). Service quality in homestay tourism: a homestay host perspective. Tourism Review, DOI: 10.1108/TR-07-2024-0563

Kumar, J. (2024). Psychological mechanisms behind access-based luxury brand consumption: Empirical investigation from the lens of new ownership paradigm. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 175

Kumar, J. & Chandra, P. (2024). Exploring psychological mechanisms behind tourists’ sustainable behaviours at homestays. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol. 32(12), pp. 2500-2517

Kumar, J. (2022). Psychological ownership towards online brand communities driving brand engagement: a visitors’ perspective. Journal of Strategic Marketing, Vol. 30(4), pp. 355-388

Kumar, J. (2022). Understanding the ties between brand gender and brand engagement in online brand communities: the moderating role of consumers’ biological sex. Journal of Product & Brand Management, Vol. 31, pp. 761-779

Kumar, J. (2021). Understanding customer brand engagement in brand communities: an application of psychological ownership theory and congruity theory. European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 55(4), pp. 969-994

Chandra, P. & Kumar, J. (2021). Linking the medicinal and aromatic plants business to sustainable resource management and economic prosperity: a value chain analysis. Area Development and Policy, Vol. 6(4), pp. 470-482

Chandra, P. & Kumar, J. (2021). Strategies for developing sustainable tourism business in the Indian Himalayan Region: Insights from Uttarakhand, the Northern Himalayan State of India. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, Vol. 19, Ref. 100546

Kumar, J. & Kumar, V. (2020). Drivers of brand community engagement. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Vol. 54, Ref. 101949

Kumar, J. (2019). How psychological ownership stimulates participation in online brand communities? The moderating role of member type. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 105, pp. 243-257

Kumar, J. & Nayak, J. K. (2019). Brand engagement without brand ownership: a case of non-brand owner community members. Journal of Product & Brand Management, Vol. 28(2), pp. 216-230

Kumar, J. & Nayak, J. K. (2019). Consumer psychological motivations to customer brand engagement: a case of brand community. Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 36(1), pp. 168-177

Kumar, J. & Nayak, J. K. (2019). Exploring destination psychological ownership among tourists: antecedents and outcomes. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Vol. 39, pp. 30-39

Kumar, J. & Nayak, J. K. (2019). Understanding the Participation of Passive Members in Online Brand Communities Through the Lens of Psychological Ownership Theory. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications. Vol. 36

Kumar, J. & Nayak, J. K. (2018). Brand community relationships transitioning into brand relationships: Mediating and moderating mechanisms. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Vol. 45, pp. 64-73

Awards & Fellowships

2025 NASMEI (North American Society for Marketing Education in India) Research Grant Award for Faculty Members
Visiting Assistant Professor (Lubar College of Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA) (May 2024 – July 2024)
2023 NASMEI (North American Society for Marketing Education in India) Research Grant Award for Faculty Members

Administrative Responsibilities at IIT Kanpur

Warden (Hall XII) - 2025 - Present

MBA Admissions Coordinator at DoMS, IIT Kanpur (For 2025-27 Batch)

MBA Admissions Coordinator at DoMS, IIT Kanpur (For 2024-26 Batch)

MBA Admissions Coordinator at IME, IIT Kanpur (For 2023-25 Batch)

PhD Admissions Coordinator at IME, IIT Kanpur (2022-23-I) 

PhD Admissions Coordinator at IME, IIT Kanpur (2021-22-II)

PhD Admissions Coordinator at IME, IIT Kanpur (2021-22-I)

PhD Admissions Coordinator at IME, IIT Kanpur (2020-21-II)

Institute Research and Development Committee (IRDC) representative for IME, IIT Kanpur (2021-22)