The effects of company offshoring strategies on consumer responses |
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Authors: | Silvia Grappi Simona Romani Richard P Bagozzi |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, viale Berengario 51, 41121, Modena, Italy 2. Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli, Viale Romania, 32, 00197, Roma, Italy 3. Stephen M. Ross School of Business, The University of Michigan, 701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Abstract: | This paper develops a unique theoretical framework for explaining consumer reactions to corporate offshoring by testing the impact of the decision to offshore or to maintain domestic activities on two dependent variables: consumer attitudes toward the company and word-of-mouth communication. We conduct two controlled experiments administered in the field with adult consumers. Study 1 analyzes the processes underlying consumer reactions to corporate offshoring from the perspective of the perceived moral harm and good that offshoring produces. Results verify the mediating role of positive and negative moral emotions (i.e., gratitude and righteous anger) felt by consumers. Study 2 demonstrates the moderating role of consumer perceived risk of offshoring on the linkage between company offshoring and the same moral emotions and through these moral emotions on consumer attitudes toward the company and word-of-mouth communication. An unexpected finding is the mediation of the positive moral emotion of elevation on consumer attitudes. |
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