Reassessing Relationships in Consumer Markets: Emotion, Cognition, and Consumer Relationship Intention
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This article shows the importance of consumer relationship intention and its cognitive and emotional motivations in the development of a relational approach in buyer–seller relationships in business-to-consumer settings. The article presents empirical research that used a cross-sectional survey of 222 consumers followed by discriminant analysis to highlight the fact that different relationships may exist in consumer markets. We found that cognition-based motivations explain functional relationship outcomes and that emotion-based motivations explain higher forms of dedication to the provider, such as altruism, switching intentions, and acquiescence. The article shows that consumer proneness and motivations are highly significant in discriminating relationships.
Authors: Teresa Fernandes, João Proença
Institution: Universidade do Porto
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2112928811