“What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention
In this study, the main objective is to identify the effect of ideological polarization on the generation of both hate and purchase intent (PI), in relation to a brand. A survey encouraged 206 participants to think that a significant brand would support a political candidate antagonistic to their pe...
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| description | In this study, the main objective is to identify the effect of ideological polarization on the generation of both hate and purchase intent (PI), in relation to a brand. A survey encouraged 206 participants to think that a significant brand would support a political candidate antagonistic to their personal beliefs. We identified the political ideology declared and then measured the hatred generated in this situation, in addition to the regulatory focus (preventive versus promotional), and PI in relation to the brand. The results showed the relationship between the participant’s ideological polarization (right-wing or left-wing) and the PI. We also identified that involvement and brand hate - as generated by a non-congruent positioning between the brand and the ideological respondent - mediated the relationship between self-congruence and PI. Additionally, regulatory focus moderated the effects of the relationships among involvement and brand hate and the PI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c10cfbbc197a435ab3761d391c9cd4252024-03-21T19:30:20ZengFUCAPE Business SchoolBBR: Brazilian Business Review1807-734X2022-01-01195565583http://dx.doi.org/10.15728/bbr.2022.19.5.6.pt“What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase IntentionEduardo MesquitaEvandro Luiz LopesEliane HerreroIn this study, the main objective is to identify the effect of ideological polarization on the generation of both hate and purchase intent (PI), in relation to a brand. A survey encouraged 206 participants to think that a significant brand would support a political candidate antagonistic to their personal beliefs. We identified the political ideology declared and then measured the hatred generated in this situation, in addition to the regulatory focus (preventive versus promotional), and PI in relation to the brand. The results showed the relationship between the participant’s ideological polarization (right-wing or left-wing) and the PI. We also identified that involvement and brand hate - as generated by a non-congruent positioning between the brand and the ideological respondent - mediated the relationship between self-congruence and PI. Additionally, regulatory focus moderated the effects of the relationships among involvement and brand hate and the PI.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123075329006political polarizationpurchase intentionbrand hateregulatory focus |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Mesquita Evandro Luiz Lopes Eliane Herrero “What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention BBR: Brazilian Business Review political polarization purchase intention brand hate regulatory focus |
| title | “What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention |
| title_full | “What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention |
| title_fullStr | “What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention |
| title_full_unstemmed | “What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention |
| title_short | “What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention |
| title_sort | what if a person gets the vaccine and turns into an alligator a study of the effect of ideological polarization on purchase intention |
| topic | political polarization purchase intention brand hate regulatory focus |
| url | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123075329006 |
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