Examining Customer Motivation and Its Impact on Customer Engagement Behavior in Social Media: The Mediating Effect of Brand Experience

This study investigates the mediating effect of brand experience on the relationship between customer motivation and engagement behavior and conceptualizes customer motivation from the multiple dimensions of information seeking, entertainment, and social interaction. Based on 565 valid questionnaire...

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Main Authors: Xi Chen, Chunlan Jiao, Ran Ji, Yu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-10-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211052256
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Summary:This study investigates the mediating effect of brand experience on the relationship between customer motivation and engagement behavior and conceptualizes customer motivation from the multiple dimensions of information seeking, entertainment, and social interaction. Based on 565 valid questionnaires, it analyzes the impact of customer motivation on brand experience and customer engagement behavior using SPSS and AMOS. First, customer motivation with information seeking, entertainment, and social interaction significantly impacts customer brand experience. Second, customer brand experience significantly impacts customer engagement behavior of reuse, feedback, and WOM intentions. Finally, this study explores the mediating role of customer brand experience between customer motivation and customer engagement behavior and its impact on social media. It provides a reference for social media literature research. These findings will provide insights on motivating customers to participate in social media.
ISSN:2158-2440