Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator

Health and psychology literature suggests the use of celebrity endorsement in organ donation advertisement in changing the attitude to register as organ donors. However, very limited literature was found that discussed the effect of source attractiveness, expertise and trustworthiness towards attitu...

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Main Authors: Sharifah Nurafizah Syed Annuar, Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr, Andreas Totu, Rayner Alfred, Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal
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Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22640/1/Celebrity%20Endorsements%20in%20Organ%20Donation%20Advertisements.pdf
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author Sharifah Nurafizah Syed Annuar
Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr
Andreas Totu
Rayner Alfred
Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal
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Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr
Andreas Totu
Rayner Alfred
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description Health and psychology literature suggests the use of celebrity endorsement in organ donation advertisement in changing the attitude to register as organ donors. However, very limited literature was found that discussed the effect of source attractiveness, expertise and trustworthiness towards attitude in the context of organ donation. In addition, there is limited knowledge established in understanding the impact of charisma and authenticity in celebrity studies. The role of altruism as a moderator in the relationship between the attributes of celebrity endorsers and attitude towards organ donation registration is also unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to fill the gaps by determining the impact of celebrity endorser attributes towards attitude towards organ donation. This paper also examines the role of altruism as a moderator to the relationship between celebrity endorser attributes and attitude towards organ donation. The target sample of this study was university students and data collection has been conducted in various universities from four regions in Malaysia. Data from 466 university students were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 23 and SmartPLS 3.0. Of five important celebrity endorser attributes that were tested in this paper, the findings show that authenticity and charisma are great predictors to attitude towards organ donation. In addition, the relationship between charisma and attitude is found to be weakened among individuals with high altruism. The findings of this paper are beneficial as they contribute to the celebrity endorsement literature and provide insights to the relevant agencies in selecting celebrity endorsers for their social marketing campaign.
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spelling ums.eprints-226402019-07-15T23:59:10Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22640/ Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator Sharifah Nurafizah Syed Annuar Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr Andreas Totu Rayner Alfred Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology RD Surgery Health and psychology literature suggests the use of celebrity endorsement in organ donation advertisement in changing the attitude to register as organ donors. However, very limited literature was found that discussed the effect of source attractiveness, expertise and trustworthiness towards attitude in the context of organ donation. In addition, there is limited knowledge established in understanding the impact of charisma and authenticity in celebrity studies. The role of altruism as a moderator in the relationship between the attributes of celebrity endorsers and attitude towards organ donation registration is also unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to fill the gaps by determining the impact of celebrity endorser attributes towards attitude towards organ donation. This paper also examines the role of altruism as a moderator to the relationship between celebrity endorser attributes and attitude towards organ donation. The target sample of this study was university students and data collection has been conducted in various universities from four regions in Malaysia. Data from 466 university students were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 23 and SmartPLS 3.0. Of five important celebrity endorser attributes that were tested in this paper, the findings show that authenticity and charisma are great predictors to attitude towards organ donation. In addition, the relationship between charisma and attitude is found to be weakened among individuals with high altruism. The findings of this paper are beneficial as they contribute to the celebrity endorsement literature and provide insights to the relevant agencies in selecting celebrity endorsers for their social marketing campaign. 2018-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22640/1/Celebrity%20Endorsements%20in%20Organ%20Donation%20Advertisements.pdf Sharifah Nurafizah Syed Annuar and Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr and Andreas Totu and Rayner Alfred and Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal (2018) Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator. Journal of Applied Structural Equation Modeling, 2 (2). pp. 78-94. ISSN 2590-4221
spellingShingle HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
RD Surgery
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Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr
Andreas Totu
Rayner Alfred
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Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator
title Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator
title_full Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator
title_fullStr Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator
title_full_unstemmed Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator
title_short Celebrity Endorsements in Organ Donation Advertisements : Altruism As a Moderator
title_sort celebrity endorsements in organ donation advertisements altruism as a moderator
topic HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
RD Surgery
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22640/1/Celebrity%20Endorsements%20in%20Organ%20Donation%20Advertisements.pdf
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