Biography
Dr Stephen La Macchia is a Lecturer in the Department of Marketing in Deakin Business School. Currently, Stephen researches the consumer behaviour of peer-to-peer energy sharing and other new forms of technology and commerce, as well as consumer trust and decision-making more generally.
He is a social psychologist by training, specialising in the study of trust. In addition to this, he has published (and continue to publish) on topics such as lay theories, norms, social identity, race, and collective behaviour. He mainly uses quantitative methods, gathering data using experiment and survey methods and analysing it using both lower-order and higher-order statistical analyses. Stephen also uses qualitative methods such as interviewing and thematic analysis.
Read more on Stephen's profileResearch interests
- Trust
- Consumer Behaviour
- Social Norms
Teaching interests
- Consumer Behaviour
- Psychology
- Statistics and Research Methods
Conferences
- 'N-P-Own up! Consumer responses to trust violations and subsequent repair approaches by non-profit versus commercial organisations', 46th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP), Australia, 20-22 June 2017.
- 'A test of group size and individual–group discontinuity effects using the trust game', 45th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP), Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP), Australia, 31 March - 3 April 2016.
- 'An implicit theory of group size and trustworthiness [Paper presented in the Outstanding Postgraduate Research Award plenary session]', 44th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP), Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP), Australia, 9-11 April 2015.
Professional activities
Awards
- Tutors & Clinical or Professional Practice Supervisors (TCPS) Award, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, 2014.
- Tutor Excellence Award, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, 2014.
- University of Queensland Research Scholarship (UQRS), The University of Queensland, 2013.
Publications
Corporate apologies are effective because reform signals are weighted more heavily than culpability signals
M Hornsey, C Chapman, S La Macchia, J Loakes
(2024), Vol. 177, pp. 1-11, Journal of Business Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Agency appraisal of emotions and brand trust
B Sung, S La Macchia, M Stankovic
(2023), pp. 1-27, European Journal of Marketing, Bingley, Eng., C1
Towards Human-Centred Crowd Computing: Software for Better Use of Computational Resources
Niroshinie Fernando, Chetan Arora, Seng Loke, Lubna Alam, Stephen La Macchia, Helen Graesser
(2023), pp. 90-94, ICSE-NIER 2023 : Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results, Melbourne, Victoria, E1
C Chapman, M Hornsey, H Mangan, N Gillespie, S La Macchia, S Lockey
(2022), Vol. 51, pp. 1257-1280, Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, London, Eng., C1
M Hornsey, C Chapman, H Mangan, S La Macchia, N Gillespie
(2021), Vol. 172, pp. 653-671, Journal of Business Ethics, C1
Healthy eating: A beneficial role for perceived norm conflict?
S Plows, F Smith, J Smith, C Chapman, S La Macchia, W Louis
(2017), Vol. 47, pp. 295-304, Journal of applied social psychology, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Crowd behaviour and collective action
S La Macchia, W Louis
(2016), pp. 89-104, Understanding peace and conflict through social identity theory: contemporary global perspectives, Cham, Switzerland, B1-1
The impact of unpunished hate crimes: when derogating the victim extends into derogating the group
A Sullivan, A Ong, S La Macchia, W Louis
(2016), Vol. 29, pp. 310-330, Social justice research, New York, N.Y., C1-1
In small we trust: lay theories about small and large groups
S La Macchia, W Louis, M Hornsey, G Leonardelli
(2016), Vol. 42, pp. 1321-1334, Personality and social psychology bulletin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., C1-1
The whitewashing effect: using racial contact to signal trustworthiness and competence
S La Macchia, W Louis, M Hornsey, M Thai, F Barlow
(2016), Vol. 42, pp. 118-129, Personality and social psychology bulletin, London, Eng., C1-1
A Saeri, C Ogilvie, S La Macchia, J Smith, W Louis
(2014), Vol. 154, pp. 352-369, Journal of social psychology, Philadelphia, Pa., C1-1
H Bodimeade, E Anderson, S La Macchia, J Smith, D Terry, W Louis
(2014), Vol. 44, pp. 739-750, Journal of applied social psychology, Hoboken, N.J., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
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