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Self-congruence, brand attachment and compulsive buying

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Self-congruence, brand attachment and compulsive buying. / Japutra, Arnold; Ekinci, Yuksel; Simkin, Lyndon.

In: Journal of Business Research, 14.09.2017.

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Japutra, A, Ekinci, Y & Simkin, L 2017, 'Self-congruence, brand attachment and compulsive buying', Journal of Business Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.08.024

APA

Japutra, A., Ekinci, Y., & Simkin, L. (2017). Self-congruence, brand attachment and compulsive buying. Journal of Business Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.08.024

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Japutra A, Ekinci Y, Simkin L. Self-congruence, brand attachment and compulsive buying. Journal of Business Research. 2017 Sep 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.08.024

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Japutra, Arnold ; Ekinci, Yuksel ; Simkin, Lyndon. / Self-congruence, brand attachment and compulsive buying. In: Journal of Business Research. 2017.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Compulsive buying refers to a phenomenon that promotes excessive consumerism which may hurt the brands' reputation in the long run. This study examines the influence of actual and ideal self-congruence on brand attachment and two dimensions of compulsive buying behavior (i.e. impulsive and obsessive-compulsive buying). Based on a survey of 427 respondents, it is evident that self-congruence directly affects brand attachment, where actual self-congruence is a stronger predictor of brand attachment. Both actual and ideal self-congruence do not directly affect obsessive-compulsive buying. This indicates that brand attachment fully mediates the relationships. However, actual self-congruence directly affects impulsive buying but ideal self-congruence does not. This indicates that brand attachment partially mediates the relationship between actual self-congruence and impulsive buying and fully mediates the relationship between ideal self-congruence and impulsive buying. Interestingly, the direct effect of actual self-congruence on impulsive buying is negative. Academic and managerial implications of these findings are discussed.",
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