Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior
Purpose: This paper explores the moderating effects of four personal cultural orientations or PCOs (independence, interdependence, risk aversion and ambiguity intolerance) on the relationships among counterfeit proneness, subjective norms, ethical judgments, product evaluation and purchase intentio...
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| author | Sharma, Piyush Chan, Ricky YK Davcik, Nebojsa Ueno, Akiko |
| author_facet | Sharma, Piyush Chan, Ricky YK Davcik, Nebojsa Ueno, Akiko |
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This paper explores the moderating effects of four personal cultural orientations or PCOs (independence, interdependence, risk aversion and ambiguity intolerance) on the relationships among counterfeit proneness, subjective norms, ethical judgments, product evaluation and purchase intentions for counterfeit products.
Design/methodology/approach:
A field study with 840 consumers in Hong Kong using a self-administered structured questionnaire is used to test all the hypotheses.
Finding:
Consumers with high (low) scores on interdependence (independence) show stronger positive effects of counterfeit proneness on subjective norms and its effects on the counterfeit evaluation and purchase intentions. In contrast, consumers with high (low) scores on independence (interdependence) show stronger positive effects of counterfeit proneness on ethical judgments and its effects on counterfeit evaluation and purchase intentions. Consumers with higher scores on risk aversion and ambiguity intolerance show negative moderating effects on most of the relationships in the unified conceptual framework.
Research limitations/implications:
The authors collected data in Hong Kong, which is predominantly Chinese in culture. Hence, future research in other parts of the world with more diverse cultural values would help test the validity and generalizability of the results.
Practical implications:
The findings would be useful for managers of genuine brands to learn more about the process that explains deliberate counterfeit purchase behavior.
Originality/value:
The authors extend the unified conceptual framework for deliberate counterfeit purchase behavior by incorporating four PCOs to explore cultural differences in the socio-psychological decision-making process underlying this behavior. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-862702021-12-09T01:01:58Z Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior Sharma, Piyush Chan, Ricky YK Davcik, Nebojsa Ueno, Akiko Purpose: This paper explores the moderating effects of four personal cultural orientations or PCOs (independence, interdependence, risk aversion and ambiguity intolerance) on the relationships among counterfeit proneness, subjective norms, ethical judgments, product evaluation and purchase intentions for counterfeit products. Design/methodology/approach: A field study with 840 consumers in Hong Kong using a self-administered structured questionnaire is used to test all the hypotheses. Finding: Consumers with high (low) scores on interdependence (independence) show stronger positive effects of counterfeit proneness on subjective norms and its effects on the counterfeit evaluation and purchase intentions. In contrast, consumers with high (low) scores on independence (interdependence) show stronger positive effects of counterfeit proneness on ethical judgments and its effects on counterfeit evaluation and purchase intentions. Consumers with higher scores on risk aversion and ambiguity intolerance show negative moderating effects on most of the relationships in the unified conceptual framework. Research limitations/implications: The authors collected data in Hong Kong, which is predominantly Chinese in culture. Hence, future research in other parts of the world with more diverse cultural values would help test the validity and generalizability of the results. Practical implications: The findings would be useful for managers of genuine brands to learn more about the process that explains deliberate counterfeit purchase behavior. Originality/value: The authors extend the unified conceptual framework for deliberate counterfeit purchase behavior by incorporating four PCOs to explore cultural differences in the socio-psychological decision-making process underlying this behavior. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86270 10.1108/MIP-10-2020-0460 Emerald fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Sharma, Piyush Chan, Ricky YK Davcik, Nebojsa Ueno, Akiko Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior |
| title | Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior |
| title_full | Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior |
| title_fullStr | Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior |
| title_short | Cultural Differences in Deliberate Counterfeit Purchase Behavior |
| title_sort | cultural differences in deliberate counterfeit purchase behavior |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86270 |