- PhD, Athens University of Economics and Business
- MBA, National Technical University of Athens
- BSc in Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business
The Theodore Papalexopoulos Chair in Sustainability
Professor of Marketing
He has served as the academic director of the Alba MBA (AMBA accredited) and his teaching includes Research Methods, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Analytics and Corporate Social Responsibility. His current research explores organizational social evaluations and particularly how different stakeholders—including employees, job seekers, customers, investors and financial analysts—understand and react to Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Research (section: CSR/Ethics). Among others his work has appeared in Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management, Human Relations (2022; 2023), Harvard Business Review, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Organizational Behavior (2014; 2017), Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Tourism Management, Journal of Business Ethics, European Journal of Information Systems, Industrial & Organizational Psychology (Perspectives), Industrial Marketing Management, and International Journal of Human Resource Management among others.
Kay, A., Vlachos, P.A., Tasoulis, K., & Farndale, E. (2025). “Fraught expectations: A fairness heuristic process model of the pros and cons of CSR for talent acquisition,” Human Resource Management, vol. 64, no 2, pp. 465-483 (ABS 4, FT50).
Papagiannakis, G. E., Vlachos, P. A., Koritos, C., & Kassinis, G. I. (2024). Are publicly traded tourism and hospitality providers greenwashing? Tourism Management, 103, 104893.
Kay, A., Charles, T., Reb, J., Vlachos, P.A. (in press). “Mindfully Outraged: Mindfulness Amplifies Retribution via Moral Outrage at Third-Party Injustice,” Organizational Behavioral and Human Decision Processes (ABS=4; IF=5.606) (Equal 2nd co-authorship)
Tasoulis, K., Pappas, I., Vlachos, P.A., Oruh, E. (2023) “A configurational approach to planned organizational culture change: The case of John Lewis Partnership,” Human Relations, vol. 77, no. 9, 1272-1305 (ABS 4, FT 50)
Kassinis, G., Kay, A., Papagiannakis, G., Vlachos, P.A. (in press) “Stigma as Moral Insurance: How Stigma Buffers Firms from the Market Consequences of Greenwashing?” Journal of Management Studies (ABS=4; FT; Special issue: Organizational Stigma) (equal contribution).
Bachrach, D.G., Vlachos, P.A., Irwin, K., Morgeson, F (2022). “Does how firms invest in CSR matter? An attributional model of how job seekers react to configurational variation in CSR,” Human Relations vol.73, pp.532-559 (ABS=4) (first two authors equally contributed) (IF=5.658).
Vlachos, P.A., Avramidis, P., Panagopoulos, N., (2020) How to Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Data Privacy. Harvard Business Review. Available Here
Vlachos P.A, Panagopoulos, N., Bachrach, D., Morgeson, F.P. (2017). “The effect of managerial and employee attributions of corporate social responsibility initiatives,” Journal of Organizational Behavior, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 1111-1129 (IF=10.079).
Vlachos, P., Panagopoulos, N., & Rapp, A. (2014). “Employee Cognitions of and Behaviors towards Corporate Social Responsibility Programs: A Multi-study Investigation of Direct, Moderating, and Cascading Effects,” Journal of Organizational Behavior, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 990-1017 (IF=10.079).
Vlachos, P., Panagopoulos, N., & Rapp, A. 2013. Feeling good by doing good: employee CSR-induced attributions, job satisfaction, and the role of charismatic leadership, Journal of Business Ethics, 118(3): 577-588.
Vlachos, P., Tsamakos, A., Vrechopoulos, A., & Avramidis, P. 2009. Corporate social responsibility: attributions, loyalty and the mediating role of trust, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 37(2): 170-180.
Theotokis, A., Vlachos, P., & Pramatari K. 2008. The moderating role of customer-technology contact on attitude towards technology-based services, European Journal of Information Systems, 17(4): 343-351.