产品伤害事件对消费者品牌忠诚度的影响机制研究

本文从产品伤害事件的感知损失程度的角度,研究了产品伤害事件的感知损失程度与品牌感知风险、品牌情感、品牌信任、品牌忠诚之间的关系。文章认为,产品伤害事件中的感知损失与感知风险正相关,与品牌情感、品牌信任负相关;感知风险与品牌情感、品牌信任负相关;品牌情感、品牌信任与品牌忠诚正相关。产品伤害事件对品牌忠诚度影响的机制是产品伤害事件以及与该事件相关的各项信息形成消费者的感知损失与感知风险,进而影响品牌情感与品牌信任,最后导致品牌忠诚度的改变。文章提出,在产品伤害事件不幸发生后,最佳的处理方式是尽量通过各种可能的措施使消费者感到本公司值得信赖,相信公司能够在未来避免此类事件再次发生,能够确保消费者的利益,从而减少消费者对该品牌的疑虑,减弱对该品牌的感知风险,只有这样才能尽量维持消费者对该品牌的喜爱与信任,并进而维持对该品牌的忠诚度。

Research of the Influence of Product Harm on Consumers'Brand Loyalty

The author believes that research of the influence of perceived loss of product harm on consumers' brand loyalty analyzes the relationship between level of perceived loss of product harm and consumers' brand loyalty, and the role brand trust, brand emotion and consumers' gender play in adjusting this relationship. The result shows that the relationship between the level of perceived loss of product harm and consumers' brand loyalty is negative, brand trust can positively adjust this relationship, and brand emotion and consumers' gender has no effect on this relationship.