Shame is a Brand-Eating Emotion: Negative Effects of Consumer-Brand Identification in the Aftermaths of Brand Failures

Wolfgang Jonas Weitzl, Clemens Hutzinger

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Abstract

Brands are essential components of consumers’ identity. Consumers regard beloved brands as extensions of their self-concepts. In case of a brand failure, however, this oneness is challenged: Dissatisfied consumers may feel betrayed, which ultimately triggers anger and revenge. This effect is strongly associated to brand anger. The purpose of our research is to add an inward-oriented emotional perspective by introducing brand shame to further explain the interrelationship between dissatisfaction, brand anger, and consumer-brand identification (CBI). In line with our conceptual model, the empirical results show that brand shame mediates the relationship between dissatisfaction and brand anger. Notably, brand shame has a positive impact on brand anger. Most importantly, CBI moderates spillover-effects of customer dissatisfaction on subsequent negative emotions.
OriginalspracheEnglisch (Amerika)
TitelProceedings of the 2022 EMAC Annual Conference
ErscheinungsortBudapest
Herausgeber (Verlag)European Marketing Academy
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2022
VeranstaltungEMAC 2022 - Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Ungarn
Dauer: 24 Mai 202227 Mai 2022

Konferenz

KonferenzEMAC 2022
Land/GebietUngarn
OrtBudapest
Zeitraum24.05.202227.05.2022

Schlagwörter

  • Branding
  • Consumer-brand identification
  • Relationship marketing
  • Anger
  • Shame
  • Dissatisfaction
  • Customer experience
  • Failure

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