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JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102574
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Consumer-brand interaction; Consumer-consumer interaction; Consumer participation; Consumer-brand engagement; Ongoing search behavior; Social media
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This study examines the impact of consumer-consumer interaction and consumer-brand interaction on consumer-brand engagement, finding that cognitive engagement drives ongoing search behavior, while emotional and behavioral engagement predict repurchase intention. The findings provide insights for marketers to effectively manage consumer participation on social media platforms.
Grounded on service-dominant logic (S-D logic), a vital issue for marketers is to understand how the multiple approaches encouraging consumer participation (CP), as manifested by consumer-consumer interaction (CCI) and consumer-brand interaction (CBI), reflect on the extent of consumer-brand engagement (CBE). This study examines the role of CCI and CBI in driving the CBE's cognitive, emotional and behavioral dimensions, and their effect on consumers' behavioral intentions based on repurchase intention and ongoing search behavior. Data collected from 316 Malaysian consumers using a self-administrated online survey was analyzed using Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings demonstrate the importance of the two forms of CP in strengthening the CBE dimensions, revealing that the cognitive engagement is an influential driver of consumers' ongoing search behavior, while emotional engagement and behavioral engagement are significant predictors of consumers' repurchase intention. We provide meaningful implications for marketers to manage CP on social-media platforms.
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