期刊
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE
卷 47, 期 2, 页码 216-237出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11747-018-0608-3
关键词
Assemblage theory; Consumer journeys; Consumer experience; Object experience; Internet of things; Intelligent devices
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Consumers' interactions with smart objects have a relational nature, and extensive research has supported the relationship metaphor as a fruitful way to understand consumer responses to consumption objects. But, smart objects pose unique challenges for considering the emergence of consumer-object relationships, because their degrees of agency, autonomy, and authority lend them their own unique capacities for interaction. We present a new framework for consumer-object relationships based on the circumplex model of interpersonal complementarity and situated in assemblage theory and object-oriented ontology. Consumer-object relationship styles are defined in terms of two foundational dimensions of behavior, agency, and communion, based on the expressive roles played by consumer and object. The overlay of assemblage theory provides a conceptually rich understanding of the space of master-servant, partner, and unstable relationship styles, along with their concomitant positive (enabling) versus negative (constraining) consumer experiences. The model's underlying geometry supports extensive empirical work and provides a powerful managerial framework for measuring and tracking consumer-object relationships and the journeys they take over time.
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