Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval

This research study explores social media user engagement and its relationship with brand preference. Furthermore, the mediating role of social approval in this relationship and the moderating effect of consumers’ self- brand congruence on the association between social media user engagement and soc...

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Main Author: Onasanya, Yoyinsola Arinola
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79106
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description This research study explores social media user engagement and its relationship with brand preference. Furthermore, the mediating role of social approval in this relationship and the moderating effect of consumers’ self- brand congruence on the association between social media user engagement and social approval are examined. Using an abductive approach, the hypotheses of this study are tested. The findings provide an insight into how consumers on social media platforms, develop their brand preferences.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-791062020-05-14T09:19:29Z Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval Onasanya, Yoyinsola Arinola This research study explores social media user engagement and its relationship with brand preference. Furthermore, the mediating role of social approval in this relationship and the moderating effect of consumers’ self- brand congruence on the association between social media user engagement and social approval are examined. Using an abductive approach, the hypotheses of this study are tested. The findings provide an insight into how consumers on social media platforms, develop their brand preferences. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79106 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Onasanya, Yoyinsola Arinola
Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval
title Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval
title_full Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval
title_fullStr Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval
title_full_unstemmed Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval
title_short Does Social Media User Engagement Impact Brand Preference? Exploring the Interactive Roles of Self-Brand Congruence and Perceived Social Approval
title_sort does social media user engagement impact brand preference? exploring the interactive roles of self-brand congruence and perceived social approval
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79106