Explicit versus Implicit Country Stereotypes as Predictors of Product Preferences: Insights from the Stereotype Content Model

Autor(en)
Adamantios Diamantopoulos, Arnd Florack, Georgios Halkias, Johanna Palcu
Abstrakt

Drawing on the stereotype content model (SCM), we investigate the impact of both explicit and implicit country stereotypes on consumer preferences. In Study 1, we show that the competence dimension of the SCM (measured both explicitly and implicitly) drives purchase intention by positively influencing brand affect. In Study 2, we disentangle further the role of explicit and implicit stereotypes and show that explicit judgments of country competence are better predictors of deliberate consumer choices, whereas implicit judgments of country warmth dominate spontaneous choice. Managerially our findings indicate that sole reliance on explicit stereotypes may result in an incomplete picture of consumers’ responses to country-of-origin cues.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Rechnungswesen, Innovation und Strategie, Institut für Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie
Journal
Journal of International Business Studies
Band
48
Seiten
1023-1036
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
0047-2506
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-017-0085-9
Publikationsdatum
05-2017
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501021 Sozialpsychologie, 502052 Betriebswirtschaftslehre, 502019 Marketing
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Economics and Econometrics, Business, Management and Accounting(all), Management of Technology and Innovation, Business and International Management, Strategy and Management
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/782fc0a4-2948-412a-948e-df6a6bdece1d