{"title":"Highlighting Discrepancies in Brand Messaging Increases Social Media Engagement","authors":"Todd Pezzuti","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00983-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00983-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>How can marketers increase social media engagement? This research argues that a simple adjustment to the language used in brand messaging can help. Specifically, that marketers can increase social media engagement by using language that directs the attention of consumers to a discrepancy. A field study that analyzed the text of brand messages across 17 product categories found that consumers are more likely to interact with brands when their messages include words that direct attention to discrepancies between actual and desired states (e.g., words such as <i>could</i>, <i>should</i>, <i>wish</i>, <i>want</i>, and <i>lacking</i>). Controlled experiments reveal the mechanism underlying this effect. Specifically, that using language that directs attention to a discrepancy about the self makes messages seem more relevant, which, in turn, increases the likelihood that consumers will interact with the brand. This type of language is especially effective at making messages seem more relevant (and hence more engaging) among consumers that feel like they lack personal control in their lives. These findings provide marketers with a simple, yet theoretically-grounded technique for engaging more consumers with their brand messaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91398699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amir Javadinia, Manpreet Gill, Satish Jayachandran
{"title":"Recall environment and post-recall stock market response","authors":"Amir Javadinia, Manpreet Gill, Satish Jayachandran","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00979-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00979-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When a firm announces a product recall it typically incurs a market penalty in the form of a decline in its stock price. But a specific recall announcement often happens among recalls by other firms in the industry. Could recent recalls by other firms in the industry impact the market penalty for a new recall announcement? To capture and test this effect, the authors conceptualize recall environment intensity. Using salience theory, they identify the dimensions of the recall environment intensity construct, confirm these dimensions using interviews and a survey, and develop a measure for the construct. The authors then develop hypotheses for the effect of recall environment intensity on the stock penalty for a new recall announcement and propose boundary conditions for the effect. The hypotheses are tested using data from the automobile industry to show that a firm that announces a recall in a high intensity recall environment will have a smaller decline in stock price, though the effect varies with the reliability reputation of the brand and the age of the recalled products. The study provides a nuanced understanding of the stock market response to recall announcements and offers guidance on how to conceptualize and measure recall environment intensity.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"62 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72365244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erik Hermann, Gizem Yalcin Williams, Stefano Puntoni
{"title":"Deploying artificial intelligence in services to AID vulnerable consumers","authors":"Erik Hermann, Gizem Yalcin Williams, Stefano Puntoni","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00986-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00986-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite offering substantial opportunities to tailor services to consumers’ wants and needs, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies often come with ethical and operational challenges. One salient instance of such challenges emerges when vulnerable consumers, consumers who temporarily or permanently lack resource access or control, are unknowingly discriminated against, or excluded from the marketplace. By integrating the literature on consumer vulnerability, AI for social good, and the calls for rethinking marketing for a better world, the current work builds a framework on how to leverage AI technologies to detect, better serve, and empower vulnerable consumers. Specifically, our AID framework advocates for designing AI technologies that make services more <i>accessible</i>, optimize customer experiences and journeys <i>interactively</i>, and to <i>dynamically</i> improve consumer decision-making. Adopting a multi-stakeholder perspective, we also discuss the respective implications for researchers, managers, consumers, and public policy makers.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"50 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72365851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dayle Childs, Nick Lee, John W. Cadogan, Belinda Dewsnap
{"title":"How within-person research can extend marketing knowledge","authors":"Dayle Childs, Nick Lee, John W. Cadogan, Belinda Dewsnap","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00978-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00978-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Much existing research in marketing examines theory using between-persons research designs, yet draws implications that are based on within-person causal logics. This mismatch is problematic in developing marketing knowledge, and in impacting marketing practice effectively. The present article discusses the importance of conducting within-person research in marketing, alongside suggesting marketing constructs that could benefit from within-person analyses. We provide details on how to conceptualize within-person theories, and compare them with the more common between-persons approach. Furthermore, a set of important methodological considerations and recommendations for designing within-person studies is elaborated on, and theoretical and empirical principles are applied to an empirical demonstration. The results show how theories and relationships can sometimes differ across levels, but in other instances can remain consistent. We draw out a set of important implications and directions for future marketing research, and encourage researchers to incorporate within-person approaches into their toolkit of theoretical and empirical methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"77 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71435710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abhi Bhattacharya, Joseph Johnson, Ashkan Faramarzi, Niket Jindal, Ross W. Johnson
{"title":"Marketing capability and the turnaround of financially distressed firms","authors":"Abhi Bhattacharya, Joseph Johnson, Ashkan Faramarzi, Niket Jindal, Ross W. Johnson","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00985-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00985-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Financial distress befalls even well-managed firms, many of which find ways to turn around. Hence, it is pertinent to explore how distressed firms recover. Unfortunately, extant research sheds little light on the role of marketing in enabling distressed firms’ turnaround. Using a longitudinal dataset of U.S. firms, we empirically show that when the source of distress is firm-specific, it is marketing capability (as opposed to R&D and operations capabilities) that enables a turnaround. However, when distress is industry-driven, R&D capability is also beneficial. Further, although operations capability and cost-reduction actions do help distressed firms survive, they do not help firms regain financial well-being. Overall, these results highlight the importance of capabilities in the context of distressed firms and have implications for both firm managers and shareholders.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"2 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71417728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Russell W. Belk, Gopal Das, Shailendra Pratap Jain
{"title":"The ubiquity of scarcity","authors":"Russell W. Belk, Gopal Das, Shailendra Pratap Jain","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00984-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00984-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"20 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136233572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How lack of knowledge on emissions and psychological biases deter consumers from taking effective action to mitigate climate change","authors":"Karen Page Winterich, Rebecca Walker Reczek, Tamar Makov","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00981-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00981-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this research, we document knowledge gaps between consumers and experts about what consumer actions most effectively help mitigate climate change. We then identify three sources for lack of consumer knowledge on greenhouse gas emissions associated with consumption: carbon emissions labeling, awareness of indirect versus direct emissions, and orders of magnitude differences in carbon intensity across behaviors. We further propose that this lack of knowledge and several cognitive and motivational biases lead consumers away from effective climate actions, including the tendency to focus on first- versus second-order effects of “green” behaviors, motivated reasoning that easier, more accessible actions are more impactful, and a focus on individual behavior versus systemic changes. We close with a research agenda designed to address the lack of knowledge and biases we identify, while acknowledging that shifting marketers and consumers to focus on systemic changes may be both most challenging and most impactful. </p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"18 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50166987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Get the picture? Using visuals to represent theory","authors":"Dina Rasolofoarison, Cristel Antonia Russell","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00980-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00980-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Visualization can assist the process of narrating theory. Although most researchers realize the benefit of figures to efficiently and effectively convey the essence of a theory, many lack the visual grammar and tools to create those figures. This editorial presents a five-step iterative process, NETSA, to assist the process of theory visualization.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"18 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50166991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The positive effects of integrated advertising, featuring diverse ensembles, on societal identification and mainstream brand value","authors":"Conor M. Henderson, Marc Mazodier, Jamel Khenfer","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00977-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00977-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present research employs the <i>Assess Symptoms</i>, <i>Diagnose Causes</i>, <i>Identify and Test Interventions</i> paradigm to measure, understand, and address a grand challenge facing prominent brands: weakness with minority consumers in increasingly diverse societies. First, an analysis of six-hundred thousand consumer-brand ratings reveals that the purchase intention advantage enjoyed by more prominent brands weakens among racial minorities. We posit that these symptoms of weakness are due to the erosion of ingroup identification that would advantage mainstream brands. A diagnostic survey of American consumers confirms the role of societal identification and points to symbolic marginalization from segregation in advertising as one contributor under brands’ influence. Minorities are less likely to report that advertising depicts diverse people together, which predicts lower societal identification and mainstream brand purchase intentions. Experiments confirm that advertising with minority representation and featuring (but lacking) diversification through multi-racial ensembles lessens (perpetuates) a sense of segregation, strengthens (undermines) societal identification, and strengthens (weakens) prominent brands’ value. Advertisements with representation and diversification can contribute to greater societal unification while protecting advantages afforded by social influence, an opportunity for brands to do good while doing well.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"17 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50167001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Short-Asking with Long-Encouraging (SALE): A simple method to increase purchase quantity","authors":"Zoe Y. Lu, Christopher K. Hsee, Kaiyang Wu","doi":"10.1007/s11747-023-00975-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00975-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Marketers often use messages such as “Stock up and save” to encourage consumers to buy more units of a product. Governments use messages such as “Store at least a two-week supply of water and food” to encourage consumers to stock up on essentials for emergencies. This research finds that these messages may not work as effectively as hoped and introduces a method that can increase consumers' purchase quantity in these situations. Dubbed as SALE (“Short-Asking with Long-Encouraging”), this method couples a “long-encouraging” statement (e.g., “Stock up for two weeks”) with a “short-asking” statement (e.g., “Think about how many you will consume in one day”) in an advertisement. Two field studies, four lab experiments and a survey with salespeople demonstrated the effectiveness and novelty of SALE and identified the mechanism, moderators and boundary conditions of the effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":17194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science","volume":"17 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50166995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}