The Congruence Effects between Product Emotional Appeal and Country-based Emotion: The Moderating Role of Country-of-Origin

Previous research has suggested that country-based emotions (i.e., emotions associated with a country) can influence consumer evaluations of a product from that country. However, it remains unclear when and how country-based emotions can be influential in consumer decision making. The results from a...

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Main Authors: Felix Septianto, Chiew, Tung Moi, Nguyen T.Thai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25094/7/The%20congruence%20effect%20between%20product%20emotional%20appeal%20and%20country-based%20emotion%20The%20moderating%20role%20of%20country-of-origin.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25094/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.101916
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Summary:Previous research has suggested that country-based emotions (i.e., emotions associated with a country) can influence consumer evaluations of a product from that country. However, it remains unclear when and how country-based emotions can be influential in consumer decision making. The results from an experiment reveal that only for a destination with a less favorable country-of-origin image will the match (vs. mismatch) between the country-based emotion and the emotional appeal of the product advertisement increase the purchase likelihood of the product. These findings are beneficial for local brands in that they can promote tourist spending at their destination by cooperating with destination marketers in developing integrated promotional campaigns that elicit congruent emotions.