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Decoding millennials and generation Z consumers' brand behaviors in the Metaverse: The relationships among avatar identification, self‐presence, and psychological dynamics 解码千禧一代和 Z 世代消费者在 Metaverse 中的品牌行为：化身认同、自我存在和心理动态之间的关系

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2405

Mikyoung Kim, Hyun Jung Oh, Ji Hye Choi, Yumi Jung

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Driving eco‐friendly product purchases through social media: How does peer influence work? 通过社交媒体推动环保产品的购买：同伴影响如何发挥作用？

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2400

Chiyin Chen, Zhen Li, Shuai Yang, Dongmei Cao

{"title":"Driving eco‐friendly product purchases through social media: How does peer influence work?","authors":"Chiyin Chen, Zhen Li, Shuai Yang, Dongmei Cao","doi":"10.1002/cb.2400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2400","url":null,"abstract":"Social media platforms expose individuals to both peer and marketer influences. While these influences have garnered significant research attention regarding their impact on consumer behaviors, the findings have been a subject of debate. This research examines how peer influence from user‐generated content (UGC) differs from marketer influence from marketer‐generated content (MGC) in its effect on consumers' eco‐friendly product (EFP) purchases and how peer influence takes place. Study 1 uses online field data from an e‐commerce company and suggests that peer influence is associated with more sales, whereas there is no empirical evidence to support a similar effect for marketer influence. Utilizing online survey data collected from social media users, Study 2 further reveals that informational and normative peer influences significantly increase consumers' purchase intention via environmental self‐efficacy and positive moral emotion. Notably, tie strength with the influencing peer plays a crucial role in moderating the relationship between different peer influences, the mediators, and the mediation paths. Our research advances knowledge of peer influence on EFP consumer behaviors, extends the UGC literature through the lens of peer influence and tie strength, and offers practical implications for social media marketers and policymakers promoting eco‐friendly products.","PeriodicalId":48047,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Behaviour","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Financial well‐being: An integrated framework, operationalization, and future research agenda 财务福祉：综合框架、可操作性和未来研究议程

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2372

Nishant Garg, Pushpendra Priyadarshi, Ashish Malik

{"title":"Financial well‐being: An integrated framework, operationalization, and future research agenda","authors":"Nishant Garg, Pushpendra Priyadarshi, Ashish Malik","doi":"10.1002/cb.2372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2372","url":null,"abstract":"Financial well‐being occupies a pivotal juncture between money and happiness, serving as fundamental components for favorable individual and organizational outcomes. The exponential growth in literature seeking to delineate its conceptualization, mechanisms, and enablers underscores its significance and implications. However, the varied scholarly contributions have also given rise to persistent discrepancies and a subjective‐objective dichotomy within the field, necessitating a comprehensive review. To address this gap, we conducted a thorough bibliometric analysis employing citation, co‐citation, and co‐occurrence techniques. Our study enriches the theoretical underpinnings by examining its thematic nuances, underlying nomological networks, and evolutionary trends. Specifically, our findings unveil a notable shift toward subjective evaluation shaped by temporal perspectives. Moreover, we discern an increasing influence of psychological variables in shaping individuals' subjective assessments of their financial well‐being, extending beyond traditional cognitive and objective dimensions. Additionally, our analysis underscores the pivotal role of financial socialization, highlighting the impact of social and environmental factors on subjective perceptions. These insights are encapsulated within our proposed operationalization, integrated framework, and future research direction.","PeriodicalId":48047,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Behaviour","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142226093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating binge‐watching and its effect on paid subscription: A mixed‐method study based on SOR theory 调查狂欢观看及其对付费订阅的影响：基于 SOR 理论的混合方法研究

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2402

Lianlian Song, Shanji Yao, Lili Liu, Geoffrey Tso

{"title":"Investigating binge‐watching and its effect on paid subscription: A mixed‐method study based on SOR theory","authors":"Lianlian Song, Shanji Yao, Lili Liu, Geoffrey Tso","doi":"10.1002/cb.2402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2402","url":null,"abstract":"Video‐on‐demand platforms encourage binge‐watching (BW) to stimulate consumers' paid subscription. Despite decades of research, prior studies have yet to reach a consensus on the definition of BW, which results in inconsistent findings regarding its effect on paid subscription behavior. Drawing on stimuli‐organism‐response theory and parasocial interaction studies, we develop a conceptual model to explore the causal mechanism that links BW, the consumer organism (attractiveness, identification, involvement, and parasocial interaction), and responses (impulsive paid subscription). We also investigate how the boundary condition of BW (number of episodes watched) affects this causal mechanism. We conducted an online survey and two quasi‐field experiments to collect data and verify the hypotheses. Our findings confirm that, compared with non‐BW, BW offers enhanced attractiveness, identification, involvement, and parasocial interaction, which results in more impulsive paid subscription behavior. Moreover, it is valid to define BW as watching at least three episodes of a program, which reveals significant differences in viewers' impulsive paid subscription behavior. Implications for future BW research and marketing strategies for video‐on‐demand platforms are discussed.","PeriodicalId":48047,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Behaviour","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Envy and revenge buying behavior after the COVID‐19 pandemic: The moderating role of added purchasing power COVID-19大流行后的嫉妒和报复性购买行为：附加购买力的调节作用

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2392

Zaid Mohammad Obeidat, Hamzah Al‐Mawali, Rami Aldweeri

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Exploring AI technology and consumer behavior in retail interactions 探索零售互动中的人工智能技术和消费者行为

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2386

Maria Petrescu, Anjala S. Krishen, John T. Gironda, J. Ricky Fergurson

{"title":"Exploring AI technology and consumer behavior in retail interactions","authors":"Maria Petrescu, Anjala S. Krishen, John T. Gironda, J. Ricky Fergurson","doi":"10.1002/cb.2386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2386","url":null,"abstract":"This research systematically reviews artificial intelligence (AI) effects in customer‐interfacing retail applications based on an ecosystem value co‐creation framework. We conduct a bibliometric and conceptual mapping analysis study, focusing on AI‐related implications for consumers' and other stakeholders' well‐being, social interaction, and societal welfare. A co‐citation network visualization of critical AI journal articles is generated, and a network visualization of AI keyword relationships and clustered topic areas is presented and discussed, along with a conceptual map of the relationships between key concepts and substantive AI themes. In an ecosystem context, the multidisciplinary‐based bibliometric and conceptual mapping findings of our analysis reflect the need to focus not only on the positive and negative effects on stakeholder well‐being, social interaction, and societal welfare but also on how effects created in one of these levels impact the value created in the other social layers. Furthermore, the interdisciplinary characteristics necessary in effectively implementing and managing AI technologies emphasize the need for collaboration among multiple organizational departments, technology partners, and other members of the business ecosystem. The findings of this research contribute to assessing both the positive and negative effects of AI and allow for its implementation in a way that is helpful to organizations, employees, consumers, and society. This study should also help managers decide which situations are best suited for using AI and which are not.","PeriodicalId":48047,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Behaviour","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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MV‐QUAL: A tool for understanding decisions to purchase virtual products in the metaverse MV-QUAL：了解在元宇宙中购买虚拟产品决策的工具

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2380

Fabienne Cadet, John T. Gironda, Bay O'Leary, Maria Petrescu

{"title":"MV‐QUAL: A tool for understanding decisions to purchase virtual products in the metaverse","authors":"Fabienne Cadet, John T. Gironda, Bay O'Leary, Maria Petrescu","doi":"10.1002/cb.2380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2380","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops the metaverse quality (MV‐Qual) scale and explores the various factors that may impact consumers' perceptions of quality and value when purchasing virtual products in a metaverse world. Utilizing Flow Theory and SERVQUAL as theoretical lenses to conduct our research, a framework was developed and tested, demonstrating how various factors are interconnected and impact consumers' shopping experiences in the metaverse. Data were collected from a national sample of 322 metaverse users in the United States and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling in SmartPLS, complemented by a neural network causal analysis in Neusrel. The results demonstrated that several factors impact metaverse store quality and perceived virtual product value, including control, vividness, avatar design, rarity, and resale value. Subsequently, metaverse store quality and perceived virtual product value positively impact the intention to purchase virtual products in metaverse. This research contributes to the advancement of understanding consumer behavior in the metaverse and adds to the emerging marketing literature on the metaverse. Furthermore, the MV‐QUAL scale developed serves as a practical tool that both marketing researchers and practitioners can use to enhance understanding and discover new ways to improve the metaverse consumer experience.","PeriodicalId":48047,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Behaviour","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The anti‐consumption journey: Unplugging for improved well‐being 反消费之旅：拔掉插头，改善生活

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2390

Kelley Cours Anderson, Karen Anne Wallach, Magdiel Grimes

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The effect of category‐specific temporal frame on temporal reframing of price 特定类别的时间框架对价格时间重构的影响

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2395

Miri Chung, Daniel A. Sheinin

{"title":"The effect of category‐specific temporal frame on temporal reframing of price","authors":"Miri Chung, Daniel A. Sheinin","doi":"10.1002/cb.2395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2395","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the effects of temporal reframing of price (TRP), a strategy presenting the total cost of a product or service in smaller, segmented amounts (e.g., $1 per day rather than $365 in total), and its potential to intensify consumers' feelings of being misled, thereby negatively impacting their attitudes toward the product. While previous research has underscored the benefits of TRP, such as lowering perceived costs and enhancing perceived benefits through heuristic information processing, the current study, informed by theories of heuristic versus systematic processing and attribution theory, investigates whether TRP leads to increased feelings of manipulation by deviating from conventional category‐specific temporal frames of pricing. Through two experiments, we find that such deviations may prompt consumers to view TRP as manipulative, subsequently heightening feelings of being misled, especially at higher price levels, whereas lower price levels could diminish the scrutiny applied to marketers' intentions. Additionally, this study demonstrates that feelings of being misled mediate the relationship between the presentation of price information and product attitude, highlighting the potential risks of employing TRP strategies. The paper discusses optimal situations for implementing TRP, aiming to navigate its strategic use effectively.","PeriodicalId":48047,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Behaviour","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The metaverse experience: A scale development study 元宇宙体验：量表开发研究

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Journal of Consumer Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1002/cb.2396

Michela Mingione, Giovanni Mattia, Margherita Materia, Giuseppe Pedeliento

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