Brand as a leader or a servant? The effect of anthropomorphized brand roles and goal types on consumer responses

Using research from brand roles and goal pursuit as our theoretical framework, we find that the type of goal pursuit influences how consumers respond to the brand role of leader (i.e., leader brand) vs. servant (i.e., servant brand). Two experiments show that consumers in the goal attainment conditi...

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Main Authors: Rai Dipankar, Lin Chien-Wei Wilson, Jiraporn Napatsorn, Juntongjin Panitharn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2022-12-01
Series:Management şi Marketing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2022-0026