Smeal, Marketing Dept - Research Assistant - Lapa

Job Description and Position Requirements

The Marketing Department and Professor Lapa are seeking a research assistant (RA) to support a research project on sustainable marketing strategy involving Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance. Job duties to include:

• Work up to 15 hours per week from October to December, and will collaborate with Dr. Lapa and his coauthors on the project
• Work in collaboration with the author team and attend project meetings
• Review and synthesize relevant marketing literature

Requirements, Qualifications, and/or Competencies

Looking for a current Penn State graduate student with interest and experience in marketing strategy research.

• Advanced statistical analysis skills, demonstrated through graduate level courses on methods and analysis, or through previous academic work

Ability to clean, organize, and process structured and unstructured datasets from large databases

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