Fred van Raaij explained
Willem Frederik (Fred) van Raaij (born 1944) is a Dutch psychologist and professor.
He studied psychology and data analysis at the Leiden University and worked at the University of Twente (1970-1972), the Catholic University Tilburg (1972-1976 and 1977-1979) and the University of Illinois (1976-1977). He was then professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1979-2000) and Tilburg University (from 2000).[1]
His field of study is economic psychology with a specialisation in (marketing) communication, consumer financial behaviour, environmentally friendly consumer behaviour and energy saving in households. He is the founder (1981) and first editor of the Journal of Economic Psychology.[2] He received an honorary doctorate from the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland in 2006.[3]
He was chairman of the GVR (Genootschap voor Reclame - Association for Marketing Communication) and board member of the SWOCC (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Commerciële Communicatie - Foundation for Scientific Research on Commercial Communication) at the University of Amsterdam.
Most cited articles
- Van Raaij WF, Francken DA. Vacation decisions, activities, and satisfactions. Annals of Tourism Research. 1984 Jan 1;11(1):101-12. (Cited 507 times, according to Google Scholar.[4])
- Van Raaij, W.F. and Verhallen, T.M., 1983. A behavioral model of residential energy use. Journal of economic psychology, 3(1), pp. 39–63.http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.897.4862&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=111 (open access) (Cited 497 times, according to Google Scholar.)
- Francken, D.A. and Van Raaij, W.F., 1981. Satisfaction with leisure time activities. Journal of leisure Research, 13(4), pp. 337–352.(Cited 437 times, according to Google Scholar
- Van Houwelingen, J.H. and Van Raaij, W.F., 1989. The effect of goal-setting and daily electronic feedback on in-home energy use. Journal of consumer research, 16(1), pp. 98–105. (Cited 433 times, according to Google Scholar.)
- Van Raaij, W.F., 1986. Consumer research on tourism mental and behavioral constructs. Annals of Tourism Research, 13(1), pp. 1–9. (Cited 315 times, according to Google Scholar.)
Notes and References
- Web site: Fred van Raaij. 2021-07-25. Tilburg University Research Portal. en.
- 2020-10-01. At the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Journal of Economic Psychology: Standards, practices, and challenges. Journal of Economic Psychology. en. 80. 102309. 10.1016/j.joep.2020.102309. 0167-4870. Alós-Ferrer . Carlos . Yechiam . Eldad . 225363103 .
- Web site: List of Honorary Doctors in Economic Sciences from the Aalto University, Finland, from 1934 to 2019.. 2021-07-25.
- https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Fred+van+Raaij&btnG=#d=gs_cit&u=%2Fscholar%3Fq%3Dinfo%3A-uqNOFTNy1IJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%26output%3Dcite%26scirp%3D0%26hl%3Den