
Pushpinder Gill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Marketing
pgill@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3152
Office: OB 512
Education
- Ph.D. Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2022.
Honours and Awards
- 2021: Outstanding Doctoral Research Award, Iowa State University.
- 2020: Fellowship, AMA Sheth Doctoral Consortium, Indiana University (Bloomington).
- 2020: Graduate College Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University.
- 2018: Best Paper Award in Inter-Organizational Research, American Marketing Association Summer conference, Boston.
- 2017: Best Paper Award in Inter-Organizational Research, American Marketing Association Summer conference, San Francisco.
INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Journal Articles
- Gill, P. & Kim, S. (Forthcoming). Do unit failures strengthen survivors? Insights from multiunit franchisees. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. (FT-50).
- Kaur, P., Kim S., & Gill, P. (2025). When does social media experience improve franchisee performance? A knowledge value chain perspective. Journal of Retailing. (ADBC -A*) [October]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2025.10.003
- Gill, P., Kim, S., & Kaur, P. (2025). When does ownership concentration improve franchise store performance? European Journal of Marketing. (ADBC - A) [January]. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-10-2023-0789
- Kim, S. K. & Gill, P. (2022). Turning aligned interests into higher chain performance in franchising. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. (ADBC - A) [December], http://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-05-2022-0200.
- Gill, P. & Kim, S. (2021). From franchisee experience to customer experience: Their effects on franchisee performance. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 1175-1200. (FT-50) [June], http://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-021-00788-w.
- Jayashankar, P., Nilakanta, S., Johnston, W. J., Gill, P., & Burres, R. (2018). IoT adoption in agriculture: The role of trust, perceived value and risk. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing. (ADBC - A) https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-01-2018-0023.
Book Chapters
- Tiwana, A., Kim, S., & Gill, P. (Forthcoming). Decision rights alloocation as governance within and between organizations. Handbook of Interorganizational Relationships.
Presentations - Refereed
- Kaur, P., Gill, P., & Kim, S. (2025). On the effects of changes in spatial competition on incumbent store performance. Academy of Marketing Science conference, Montreal, Canada.
- Gill, P., Hur, T., & Kim, S. (2025). Surprise, surprise! The dual effects of surprises on customer satisfaction. American Marketing Association Winter conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
- Gill, P. (2024, January). Learning from social media: The performance effect of social media experience. American Marketing Association Winter conference, Virtual.
- Kim, S. & Gill, P. (2024, January). Good neighbor or bad neighbor? The performance effects of co-location with corporate stores. American Marketing Association Winter conference, Virtual.
- Kaur, P., Gill, P., & Kim, S. (2023, February). Digital and physical interplay: The role of franchise owners' social media experience on customer experience and sales. American Marketing Association Winter conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
- Kim, S. & Gill, P. (2022). A good neighbor or a bad neighbor? On the performance effect of colocation. American Marketing Association Summer conference, Chicago, Illinois.
- Gill, P., Ramaswami, S. N., & Kaur, P. (2021). Returns to social media and the role of customer satisfaction. American Marketing Association Summer conference, Virtual.
- Gill, P. & Kim, S. (2020). Role of multi-unit franchising in shaping customer performance. American Marketing Association Winter conference, San Diego, California.
- Kim, S. & Gill, P. (2019). Chain's structure and store performance: An attention-based perspective. Marketing Strategy Symposium, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana.
- Kim, S. & Gill, P. (2018). After the courtship is over: On the effect of ongoing support on a chain and franchisees. American Marketing Association Summer conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Kim, S. & Gill, P. (2018). After the courtship is over: On the effect of ongoing support on a chain and franchisees. Mittelstaedt Doctoral Symposium, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Kim, S. & Gill, P. (2017). When does a manager matter in franchising? Unpacking the effect of routine enforcement. American Marketing Association Summer conference, San Francisco.
Presentations - Invited
- Gill, P. (2021). From franchisee experience to customer experience: Their effects on franchisee performance. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
- Gill, P. (2021). Learning from failures in a multi-unit franchising chain. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
- Gill, P. (2021). Learning from failures in a multi-unit franchising chain. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
- Gill, P. (2021). Returns to social media and the role of customer satisfaction. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
- Gill, P. (2021). Learning from failures in a multi-unit franchising chain. University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Service - Professional
- 2022: Reviewer, American Marketing Association Conference (International). 2019-2022