Self-concept,individual characteristics,and counterfeit consumption: Evidence from an emerging market |
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Authors: | Aneela Malik Dwight Merunka Muhammad S Akram Bradley R Barnes Annie Chen |
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Institution: | 1. Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester, UK;2. Aix-Marseille University (Cergam, IAE Aix-Marseille), Puyricard, France;3. School of Business, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;4. Roehampton Business School, University of Roehampton, London, UK |
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Abstract: | The study draws on a sample of over 350 consumers from 10 department stores in an emerging market where counterfeit products are available in abundance and there is a huge demand for such goods. The findings reveal that interdependent and independent self traits significantly affect individual characteristics, that is, susceptibility to normative influence, readiness to take social risk, and status acquisition (SA), which in turn influences counterfeit purchase intention. It was discovered that such individual characteristics play a mediating effect on the self-concept—purchase intention relationship and that high degrees of interdependent self traits positively affect consumers' purchase intention. The study adds to the theory of reasoned action (TRA) by incorporating SA variables into the TRA framework and discovers their significant influence on purchase intention. Some novel insights surrounding counterfeit consumption in an emerging economy context are presented and several implications are extracted to help practitioners appeal to such individual characteristics for combating counterfeit consumption. |
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Keywords: | counterfeit consumption emerging markets self-concept social risk status acquisition and susceptibility to normative influence |
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