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The emotional review–reward effect: how do reviews increase impulsivity?

Motyka, S., Grewal, D., Agguire, E. , Mahr, D., de Ruyter, K. & Wetzels, M. (2018). The emotional review–reward effect: how do reviews increase impulsivity?. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 46(6), pp. 1032-1051. doi: 10.1007/s11747-018-0585-6

Abstract

A growing reliance on customer reviews prompts firms to develop strategies to encourage customers to post online reviews of their products. However, little research investigates the behavioral consequences of writing a review. The act of sharing personal opinions through reviews is a rewarding experience and makes customers feel socially connected. With an application of reverse alliesthesia theory, the current study predicts that such rewarding experiences drive online reviewers to seek other rewards, such as impulsive buying. Three lab-based and two field studies demonstrate such an emotional review–reward effect: sharing emotional inf ormation in the public realm of customer reviews, rather than forming similar opinions privately, drives participants to make more impulsive buying decisions.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11747-018-0585-6
Publisher Keywords: Reverse alliesthesia, Impulsivity Reward, Online reviews
Departments: Bayes Business School > Management
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