负面网络口碑对品牌忠诚影响因素的实证研究

研究负面网络口碑对品牌忠诚的影响因素,对于企业认识负面网络口碑,维护消费者对本品牌的忠诚有理论和实践意义。本文在对北京地区进行大样本调查的基础上,运用实证的研究方法分析了负面网络口碑对品牌忠诚的影响,指出负面网络口碑的数量、信息传送者与接收者关系强度与品牌忠诚不相关,而来源可靠性与品牌忠诚呈负相关。最后,本文给出了企业减少负面网络口碑对品牌忠诚影响的几点建议。     

网络口碑影响消费者品牌态度的机理与对策研究

网络口碑会影响消费者的品牌态度,进而影响消费的购买决策,故认识网络口碑影响消费者品牌态度的机理具有重要意义。本文首先分析消费者受网络口碑的来源可靠性、关系强度、口碑数量、专业性、信任、感知风险、声誉等因素的影响,进而影响到消费者品牌态度的机理。进而,本文总结出负面网络口碑对消费者品牌态度改变有显著影响、信任在网络口碑影响消费者品牌态度中起重要作用、不同消费者对网络口碑影响消费者品牌态度认识不同三条特征。针对机理分析,本文提出了企业应把握网络口碑的主动权、通过网下宣传配合或分化网络口碑、合理利用网络媒体渠道的对策建议。     

虚拟品牌社区中消费者口碑分享行为的动机研究

虚拟品牌社区中的消费者口碑分享行为,主要分为正面口碑分享和负面口碑分享。本研究基于动机理论,对消费者在虚拟品牌社区中,实施口碑分享行为的关键动机进行探索。通过面向某手机品牌社区发放问卷的方法进行统计分析,结果表明:社会性、经济性、心理性和功能性动机,都会对消费者正面口碑分享行为产生正向影响;社会性、功能性动机会促进消费者负面口碑分享行为,经济性、心理性动机,则抑制影响消费者负面口碑分享行为;此外,社区支持感在消费者动机与口碑(正面/负面)分享行为中起调节作用。     

好评情境下口碑文本一致性对消费者购买意愿的影响

以认知评价理论为基础，本文探讨了好评情境下口碑文本一致性对消费者购买意愿的影响机制。通过二手数据的实证检验和两个实验，得出结论：口碑文本一致性对消费者的认知信任和购买意愿的正向影响显著，认知信任对消费者的购买意愿的正向影响显著。口碑文本一致性通过认知信任的中介效应对消费者购买意愿产生影响，并且该中介过程会受到品牌强度的调节作用。仅在品牌强度高的情境中，认知信任在口碑文本一致性和消费者购买意愿的关系中发挥完全中介效应。与此同时，品牌强度亦调节了口碑文本一致性对认知信任和购买意愿的影响。本文的研究结论不仅深化了口碑领域的相关研究，而且对企业的口碑营销实践工作提供了有价值的借鉴。     

品牌声誉影响消费者品牌依赖的机制研究:品牌关系利益的中介效应

用品牌依赖替代品牌忠诚,通过检验品牌关系利益的中介效应与消费者心理特质(社会归属感)的调节效应,分析品牌声誉影响消费者品牌依赖的过程机制,结果表明:品牌声誉正向影响消费者品牌依赖;品牌关系利益中信任利益与情感利益两个维度在品牌声誉对消费者品牌依赖的影响中起部分中介作用,且两个维度的中介作用存在差异性;消费者心理特质(社会归属感)在品牌声誉影响消费者感知品牌关系利益和形成品牌依赖的过程中不存在显著的直接影响.     

负面网络口碑特征对消费者品牌态度变化的影响——信息易获得性与诊断力理论视角

本文从易获得性与诊断力理论视角探索了产品涉入度和品牌熟悉度不同时,负面网络口碑对消费者品牌态度变化影响的差异。研究结果表明,面对与高涉入产品或预先态度好的熟悉品牌相关高诊断力负面网络口碑时,消费者能理性判断信息;相反地,面对低涉入产品或预先态度差的不熟悉品牌相关高诊断力负面网络口碑时,消费者易受信息影响。     

顾客主观知识对网络口碑的影响——基于社会认知理论视角

在社会认知理论中,网络环境、顾客认知和口碑行为之间的关系是辩证统一的。实证研究结果表明,顾客主观知识对网络正面/负面口碑呈显著的正向影响;社区参与自我效能感在两者间起部分中介和完全中介的作用;当网络社区是由企业创建时,社区参与自我效能感对正面口碑的影响比负面口碑更强烈,但当社区是由顾客创建时,社区参与自我效能感对正面和负面口碑的影响没有差别。企业应针对顾客主观知识的差异引导其进行网络口碑传播,在品牌社区中有意识地提高顾客社区参与自我效能感,利用不同的社区类型特点激发顾客的网络正面口碑。     

在线品牌社群投入对品牌忠诚的影响——消费者品牌投入的中介效应检验

互联网背景下,在线品牌社群在连接品牌和消费者中起着重要作用,因此,有必要研究在线品牌社群如何影响消费者与品牌的关系。基于自我知觉理论和承诺一致性原则的理论视角,以问卷调查方法收集数据,探讨在线品牌社群投入是否会通过反作用促进消费者品牌投入进而提升品牌忠诚。通过实证研究,得出以下结论:(1)在线品牌社群投入对品牌忠诚没有显著的直接作用;(2)但是除消费者品牌投入的认知维度外,在其他两个维度(情感投入和行为投入)的中介作用下,在线品牌社群投入对品牌忠诚有显著作用;(3)在线品牌社群投入对消费者品牌投入具有显著的积极影响,验证了自我知觉理论和承诺一致性原则在在线品牌社群情境下的适用性。研究结论深化了在线品牌社群投入对品牌忠诚影响的研究。     

品牌原产地困惑对消费者购买倾向的影响研究

本文通过理论分析,阐述了品牌原产地困惑对消费者购买倾向的影响机制,即品牌原产地困惑通过消费者对品牌形象的感知来影响其购买倾向,品牌知名度对品牌原产地困惑与消费者对品牌形象的感知之间的关系起着负向调节的作用。文章最后还提出了研究该课题的实证方法,并且根据理论研究结果为企业提出了相关建议。     

网络口碑的负面影响效应及应对策略研究——基于性别、价格与品牌认知视角

在信息经济时代,消费者面临更多的信息选择,也接触到更多的负面网络口碑,负面网络口碑的影响效应得到了口碑研究者的普遍关注。本文对网络口碑的负面影响效应进行了分析,并从性别、价格与品牌认知三个视角对网络口碑的负面影响效应进行了对策研究。     

对已购品牌的危机反应：不同品牌危机类型对消费者购后行为的差异化影响研究

基于自我分类理论,文章研究品牌危机类型(能力相关型与道德相关型品牌危机)对消费者购后行为(重复购买与口碑传播)的影响。通过分析实验数据以及消费者实际购后行为数据发现,道德相关型品牌危机会导致更高的矛盾态度,从而产生更低的重复购买和口碑传播。在能力相关型品牌危机下,强自我品牌联结消费者的重复购买和口碑传播都显著大于弱联结的消费者,而且强联结的消费者面对本土品牌的重复购买和口碑传播要显著高于外国品牌;在道德相关型品牌危机下,强联结消费者的重复购买显著大于弱联结的消费者,而口碑传播没有显著差异。文章拓宽了品牌危机与消费者行为研究视角,并为品牌商正确认识品牌危机与消费者群体关系提供理论指导。     

品牌与国家联结、品牌刻板印象与消费者购买意愿的研究

基于品牌全球化背景，文章探究了品牌与国家联结核心构念的两个维度对消费者购买意愿的影响机制。实证结果表明，从国家联想到品牌的维度显著影响消费者购买意愿，并显著影响品牌能力，同时品牌能力在该维度对购买意愿的影响路径中起到部分中介作用：从品牌联想到国家的维度显著影响品牌温暖，并通过品牌温暖的完全中介作用对购买意愿产生促进效应。另外，品牌典型性正向调节了从国家联想到品牌的维度对品牌能力的影响路径。上述发现在理论上洞察了品牌刻板印象内容的两个维度如何受到品牌与国家联结的影响，厘清了品牌与国家联结以及品牌刻板印象如何作用于消费者购买意愿。在实践上为中国提升国家品牌形象，中国品牌推进全球化战略提供策略参考。     

You ruined our love story,but I just cannot hate you—A moderation–mediation analysis of past experienced brand love and brand hate

The development of the consumer–brand relationship is crucial for brands as it reflects how well a consumer is emotionally connected with the brand. However, due to unacceptable behaviour, brands have become susceptible to negative consumer–brand relationships. Given the recent importance of the negative consumer–brand relationship and its consequences, little is known about the role of previously experienced brand love. Studies support the link between strongly remembered events and experiences, customer knowledge, brand association, and consumer congruence with brands in creating long-lasting influence and deep emotion towards the brand. The study examines moderation–mediation analysis of past experienced brand love and brand hate. This research, anchored in consumer brand relationship literature, builds on an analysis of data from 207 respondents. We conducted a research survey in a South-Western European country and performed the SPSS Hayes Process macro 58 to analyse the moderating role of past experienced brand love alongside the mediating role of brand hate to test our hypotheses. The moderation results show that past experienced brand love significantly moderated the link between brand hate causes (corporate wrongdoings) and brand hate. However, there is no significant moderation influence of past experienced brand love on the consequences of brand hate causes. The study also demonstrates that brand hate mediates the link between corporate wrongdoings and violations of expectations with negative word of mouth, consumer complaints, and patronage reduction/cessation. The current study is unique in that it highlights new avenues in existing research by extending the domain in consumer–brand relationships. The findings of the study have theoretical and empirical implications for brand managers.     

品牌原产地困惑对于消费者喜爱与购买本土品牌和境外品牌的影响

以消费者行为理论和品牌原产地效应的研究文献为基础，通过对调查数据进行统计分析，本文提出与检验了品牌原产地困惑对于中国消费者喜爱与购买本土品牌和境外品牌的影响作用。结论如下：第一，在中国现有环境下，消费者越是误认为一个本土品牌是境外品牌，就倾向于越喜欢这个品牌；越是误认为一个境外品牌是本土品牌，就倾向于越不喜欢这个品牌。第二，本土品牌知名度对于本土品牌原产地困惑和消费者喜好本土品牌之间的正相关关系有负向的调节作用；不过，境外品牌知名度的调节作用则不明显。第三，品牌原产地困惑对于中国消费者购买本土品牌有负向影响，对中国消费者购买境外品牌则无显著影响。     

Brand personality appeal,brand relationship quality and WOM transmission: a study of consumer markets in Vietnam

This study investigates the impact of brand personality appeal on both brand relationship quality and word-of-mouth (WOM) transmission in Vietnam. It also examines the role of consumer attitudes towards advertising and public relations on brand personality appeal as well as brand relationship quality. An empirical test with a sample of 477 consumers by means of structural equation modelling reveals that brand personality appeal has a positive impact on both brand relationship quality and WOM transmission and that brand relationship quality has a positive effect on WOM transmission. Furthermore, attitudes towards public relations have positive impacts on both brand personality appeal and brand relationship quality. Finally, attitudes towards advertising have a positive impact on brand personality appeal but not on brand relationship quality.     

The Effects of Credible Online Reviews on Brand Equity Dimensions and Its Consequence on Consumer Behavior

Consumers are using social media platform to gain and share knowledge on brands. In the virtual environment, consumers are exposed to various online reviews on brands that leave an impression of brands on the minds of the consumers. The present study combines Yale attitude change model and attribution theory to examine the effects of credible online reviews on brand equity dimensions. The present study views, through the lens of Yale attitude change model, the various factors that affect credibility evaluation of online reviews. Further, attribution theory is used as the theoretical backbone to analyze the effects of credible online reviews on brand equity dimensions and finally on purchase intention. This study uses structural equations modeling (SEM) to investigate the impact of online credible reviews on customer based brand equity (CBBE) dimensions and its consequence on consumer behavior (purchase intention). Results indicate that source and review quality are the most important factors that affect consumer's credibility evaluation of a review. Online credible reviews have more significant impact on brand awareness, perceived value and organizational associations and thus leads to consumer's purchase intention in the context of consumer electronic products in India.     

The Role of Trust in Understanding the Impact of Social Media Marketing on Brand Equity and Brand Loyalty

Abstract

In this era, social media platform is integrated into the marketing strategy. This new technology sets out new mechanisms and communication tools that companies can rely on to interact and engage with actual and potential customers. This study aimed at exploring the impact of social media marketing activities (SMM) on brand loyalty via brand trust and brand equity. Based on an online survey of 287 users who follow telecommunications companies on social media located in Egypt, data was collected and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results revealed that SMM activities comprise only three dimensions; trendiness, customization and word-of-mouth. These attributes of social media marketing directly influence brand loyalty and indirectly influence brand equity mediated by brand trust. The study emphasis the role of trust and provide guidance toward measuring the effectiveness of social media marketing.     

Investigating the antecedents of customer brand engagement and consumer-based brand equity in social media

The current research is concerned with identifying and testing the role of three main predictors: consumer involvement, consumer participation, and self-expressive brand on the customer brand engagement (CBE). The customer brand engagement is treated in the current study as multidimensional constructs comprising three main aspects: cognitive processing (CP), affection (AF), and activation (AC). It was also proposed a direct influence for these three aspects of CBE on consumer-based brand equity (CBBE). Using online surveys, we gathered data from fans/followers of mobile phone service providers, via Facebook fan pages in Jordan. The data were analysed using structural equation modelling. Based on structural equation modelling analyses (SEM), it was supported that CBE aspects were largely predicted by the role of consumer involvement (INV), consumer participation (COP), and self-expressive brand (SEB). However, we find that activation impact one dimension of the CBBE dimensions, namely, brand loyalty. Further, we find that brand awareness/associations affect perceived quality but not brand loyalty. To validate the CBE scale, future studies could investigate the impact of the scale using other social media platforms for different brands. The limited amount of empirical research on CBE was the motivation behind this research. In particular, there is no study that has investigated the main predictors of CBE and its consequences over developing context by proposing and testing the association between the antecedents of CBE with the dimensions of CBE, which in turn affect the dimensions of CBBE.     

Why do consumers prefer a hometown geographical indication brand? Exploring the role of consumer identification with the brand and psychological ownership

This research investigates the consumer purchase intention of products with geographic indications (GIs) based on a sample of 351 valid responses in three representative regions that are well known for their GIs of navel orange brands. Drawing on theories of consumer-brand relationship, social identity or consumer identification with the brand, and psychological ownership, our empirical results support our research hypotheses. Specifically, it is found that consumers tend to have a higher purchase intention for hometown GI brands than for non-hometown GI brands. Meanwhile, the impact of brand origin, that is, hometown versus non-hometown GI brand, on consumer purchase intention of GI products is found to be mediated by consumer identification with the GI brands. In addition, psychological ownership moderates the impact of hometown GI brands on purchase intention in that high psychological ownership enhances the impact of brand origin on purchase intention, whereas low psychological ownership negates this effect. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications are provided.     

Effects of Negative Brand Information: Measuring Impact of Celebrity Identification and Brand Commitment

ABSTRACT

This study investigates the relationship between negative brand publicity and a celebrity endorser. First, it explores whether identification with a celebrity moderates the relationship between negative brand publicity and evaluation of a celebrity endorser and a brand. Second, it delves into whether consumers’ brand commitment moderates the relationship between negative brand publicity and evaluation of a celebrity endorser and a brand. And the study poses the research question, “Does negative brand information impact consumer evaluation of a celebrity endorser, a brand, and purchase intention?” A 2 × 2 between-subject factorial design was used to test the proposed hypotheses. The two factors are level of identification with a celebrity endorser (low or high identification) and level of brand commitment (low vs. high brand commitment). The study found that negative brand publicity had negative impacts on the celebrity endorser, brand evaluation, and purchase intention.