The effects of observing punishment on consumers’ decisions to punish other companies during industry-wide crises

Industry-wide crises, characterized by multiple companies within an industry allegedly engaging in similar misconduct, lead to disruptions in the social order. During such crises, one or a few of the involved companies often attract more media attention and receive punishment ahead of the others. Wi...

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Vydané v:Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science Ročník 52; číslo 6; s. 1741 - 1760
Hlavní autori: Chen, Shijiao (Joseph), Li, Yi, Yao, Jun
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: New York Springer US 01.11.2024
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Springer Nature B.V
Predmet:
Altruism
Attribution
Blame
Boundary conditions
Business
Business and Management
Companies
Consumers
Crises
Crisis management
Experiments
Industrial enterprises
Marketing
Marketing research
Misconduct
Moderators
Original Empirical Research
Punishment
Scandals
Social order
Social Sciences
Supply chains
Australia
Industry-wide crisis
Altruistic punishment
Third party
Blame attribution certainty
Social order restoration
ISSN:0092-0703, 1552-7824
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Shrnutí:Industry-wide crises, characterized by multiple companies within an industry allegedly engaging in similar misconduct, lead to disruptions in the social order. During such crises, one or a few of the involved companies often attract more media attention and receive punishment ahead of the others. Will such punishments take the heat off other involved companies or increase their risk of further punishment? This research shows that the observation of these punishments increases consumers’ intent to punish other involved companies. Observing one involved company get punished signals that the involved companies are indeed at fault, thereby increasing consumers’ certainty in blame attribution. Subsequently, consumers increase their motive to restore social order and their intent to punish other involved companies. Four theoretically and managerially relevant moderators have been identified and tested. Seven studies involving secondary data and experiments with both hypothetical and real behavioral outcomes support the proposed effects.
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ISSN:0092-0703
1552-7824
DOI:10.1007/s11747-024-01035-8