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Perceived financial constraints and normative influence: discretionary purchase decisions across cultures.


ABSTRACT: Five studies examine how perceived financial constraints and abundance determine when consumers will engage in solitary or social purchases. When financially constrained, consumers prefer solitary (vs. social) purchases. We also identify self-construal as a moderator of how consumers spend their discretionary income. While independent consumers prefer solitary (vs. social) purchases, interdependent consumers prefer social (vs. solitary) purchases. Interestingly, when consumers have adequate discretionary income, independent as well as interdependent consumers have similar preferences for solitary and social purchases. In addition, for interdependent consumers, communal norms mediate the preference for social purchases. Finally, for independent consumers, making the communal norm salient reverses their preference for solitary purchases, resulting in a preference for social purchases. Our findings suggest how managers can effectively promote different types of purchases under varying financial resource conditions in their global communication strategy.

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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11747-021-00814-x.

SUBMITTER: Malika M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8507509 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perceived financial constraints and normative influence: discretionary purchase decisions across cultures.

Malika Malika M   Maheswaran Durairaj D   Jain Shailendra Pratap SP  

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 20211012 2


Five studies examine how perceived financial constraints and abundance determine when consumers will engage in solitary or social purchases. When financially constrained, consumers prefer solitary (vs. social) purchases. We also identify self-construal as a moderator of how consumers spend their discretionary income. While independent consumers prefer solitary (vs. social) purchases, interdependent consumers prefer social (vs. solitary) purchases. Interestingly, when consumers have adequate disc  ...[more]

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