An integrated framework for the conceptualization of consumers’ perceived-risk processing |
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Authors: | Margy P Conchar George M Zinkhan Cara Peters Sergio Olavarrieta |
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Institution: | (1) East Carolina University, Carolina, USA;(2) University of Georgia, Georgia, USA;(3) Winthrop University, USA;(4) Universidad de Chile, Chile |
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Abstract: | Research on risk is built on a complex array of diverse and sometimes inconsistent definitions, constructs, models, and outcomes.
This study examines various literatures to formulate an integrated framework for the conceptualization of perceived-risk processing.
The framework specifies three phases (framing, assessment, and evaluation) and their accompanying outcomes of risk attention,
perceived risk, and risk-taking propensity. Explicit linkages are specified between situational and individual characteristics.
Perceived-risk evaluation is identified as concepturally distinct from assessment of perceived risk, and the construct of
risk-taking propensity is separated from those of risk affinity and perceived risk. The framework further presents points
of intersection between the literatures on perceived risk and the literatures on consumer decision-making, information search,
and satisfaction. Finally, it serves as an anchor for framing future research to promote conceptual and methodological consistency,
and to guide progress in directions that are consistent with some leading edge paradigms outside of marketing.
Margy P. Conchar (concharm@mail.ecu.edu; Ph.D., University of Georgia) is an assistant professor at East Carolina University. Her research
focuses on consumer behavior and advertising. Her work in consumer behavior concentrates on risk, motives, and optimal consumption
experience. Her research in advertising focuses on the interface between advertising and finance, accounting, or economics.
She has previously published in the proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Association for Consumer Research,
the American Marketing Association of Educators, and the Society for Marketing Advances.
George M. Zinkhan (gzinkhan@terry.uga.edu; Ph.D., University of Michigan) is the Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing at the University of
Georgia. His major research interests include advertising, promotion, e-commerce, and knowledge development. Two of his recent
coauthored books includeConsumers (2004, McGraw-Hill) andElectronic Commerce: A Strategic Perspective (2000, Dryden).
Cara Peters (petersc@winthrop.edu; Ph.D., University of Nebraska) is an assistant professor at Winthrop University. Her research lies
in the general areas of consumer behavior and e-commerce. Primarily using mixed methods, she examines risky consumer behaviors
as they relate to sociology and psychology. She has published in theJournal of Consumer Psychology andConsumption, Markets, and Culture, among other journals.
Sergio Olavarrieta (solavar@negocios.uchile.cl; Ph.D., University of Georgia) is an assistant professor at Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
He is assistant dean of undergraduate programs at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Chile. His research
focuses on branding and marketing strategy. He has previously published in theJournal of Strategic Marketing and theInternational Journal of Product Distribution and Logistics Management. |
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Keywords: | consumer behavior perceived risk risk processing risk affinity inherent risk risk attention risk framing risk assessment risk evaluation risk-taking propensity |
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