Exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: Towards a unified conceptual framework

Prior research on counterfeit purchase behavior shows mixed findings, possibly because it focuses on the ‘direct’ and ‘independent’ effects of attitudes, ethical judgments, and subjective norms, and ignores the role of important constructs such as counterfeit proneness and product evaluations. This...

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Main Authors: Sharma, Piyush, Chan, R.
Other Authors: Rohini Ahluwalia
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Association for Consumer Research (ACR) 2011
Online Access:http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/v39/acr_v39_9327.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11140
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description Prior research on counterfeit purchase behavior shows mixed findings, possibly because it focuses on the ‘direct’ and ‘independent’ effects of attitudes, ethical judgments, and subjective norms, and ignores the role of important constructs such as counterfeit proneness and product evaluations. This paper addresses these gaps with a unified conceptual framework with counterfeit proneness as a focal construct and product evaluation as a key mediator of the process of counterfeit purchase behavior. Using a study with 610 ethnic Chinese shoppers in Hong Kong across four product categories it shows that counterfeit proneness influences the attitudes, ethical judgments, and subjective norms about buying a counterfeit product, which in turn affect the evaluation of a counterfeit product and purchase intentions
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-111402023-01-18T08:46:47Z Exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: Towards a unified conceptual framework Sharma, Piyush Chan, R. Rohini Ahluwalia Tanya L. Chartrand Rebecca K. Ratner Prior research on counterfeit purchase behavior shows mixed findings, possibly because it focuses on the ‘direct’ and ‘independent’ effects of attitudes, ethical judgments, and subjective norms, and ignores the role of important constructs such as counterfeit proneness and product evaluations. This paper addresses these gaps with a unified conceptual framework with counterfeit proneness as a focal construct and product evaluation as a key mediator of the process of counterfeit purchase behavior. Using a study with 610 ethnic Chinese shoppers in Hong Kong across four product categories it shows that counterfeit proneness influences the attitudes, ethical judgments, and subjective norms about buying a counterfeit product, which in turn affect the evaluation of a counterfeit product and purchase intentions 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11140 http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/v39/acr_v39_9327.pdf Association for Consumer Research (ACR) restricted
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title Exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: Towards a unified conceptual framework
title_full Exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: Towards a unified conceptual framework
title_fullStr Exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: Towards a unified conceptual framework
title_full_unstemmed Exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: Towards a unified conceptual framework
title_short Exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: Towards a unified conceptual framework
title_sort exploring counterfeit purchase behavior: towards a unified conceptual framework
url http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/v39/acr_v39_9327.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11140