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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 451-451 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Advances in Consumer Research |
| Volume | 37 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
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Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Association-for-Consumer-Research (ACR), Oct 22-25, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ISBN of the source publication: 9780915552658
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Be tolerable or be angry? A situation of relationship norm conflict in failure. / WAN, Lisa C.; HUI, Michael K.
In: Advances in Consumer Research, Vol. 37, 01.01.2010, p. 451-451.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
TY - JOUR
T1 - Be tolerable or be angry? A situation of relationship norm conflict in failure
AU - WAN, Lisa C.
AU - HUI, Michael K.
N1 - Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Association-for-Consumer-Research (ACR), Oct 22-25, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ISBN of the source publication: 9780915552658
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - While previous literature has agreed that friendships work well in mitigating consumer dissatisfaction in failures, this paper argues that a friendship may not always work. Drawing from the communal-exchange relationship framework (Clark and Mills 1979) and the psychological contract theory (Rousseau 1989), this paper suggests that communal (vs. exchange) consumers would be less dissatisfied in an implicit promise breach, but a reverse pattern would occur in an explicit promise breach. In addition, self-construal would moderate the interactive relationship between relationship type and promise breach type on consumer dissatisfaction. Two experiments with different consumption contexts provide convergent evidence of the hypotheses.
AB - While previous literature has agreed that friendships work well in mitigating consumer dissatisfaction in failures, this paper argues that a friendship may not always work. Drawing from the communal-exchange relationship framework (Clark and Mills 1979) and the psychological contract theory (Rousseau 1989), this paper suggests that communal (vs. exchange) consumers would be less dissatisfied in an implicit promise breach, but a reverse pattern would occur in an explicit promise breach. In addition, self-construal would moderate the interactive relationship between relationship type and promise breach type on consumer dissatisfaction. Two experiments with different consumption contexts provide convergent evidence of the hypotheses.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/7241
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 37
SP - 451
EP - 451
JO - Advances in Consumer Research
JF - Advances in Consumer Research
SN - 0098-9258
ER -