Regulatory focus and consumption of counterfeit luxury goods: Roles of functional theories of attitudes and perceived similarity
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Zhiyong Yang, Professor and Department Head (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Four studies show that promotion (vs. prevention) focus leads to greater counterfeit consumption, and that social functions of attitudes and perceived similarity form a chain mediation underlying these effects. Study 1 links chronic regulatory focus to counterfeit consumption behavior in both China and South Korea. Study 2 replicates Study 1's findings using primed regulatory focus and a behavioral measure of counterfeit preference. Study 3 tests the effect of regulatory focus on counterfeit consumption in a different context and demonstrates the mediating roles of social functions of attitudes and perceived similarity. Study 4 examines the boundary condition of social functions of attitudes: When social-adjustive function is made salient (compared to a control condition), prevention-focused consumers’ counterfeit consumption is elevated, whereas promotion-focused consumers’ counterfeit consumption is unaffected. However, when value-expressive function is made salient (compared to a control condition), promotion-focused consumers’ counterfeit consumption is reduced, whereas prevention-focused consumers’ counterfeit consumption is unaffected.
Regulatory focus and consumption of counterfeit luxury goods: Roles of functional theories of attitudes and perceived similarity
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Business Research, 107, 50–61
- Language: English
- Date: 2020
- Keywords
- promotion focus, prevention focus, counterfeit consumption, social-adjustive function, value-expressive function, perceived similarity