Positive With Strangers, Negative With Friends: How Interpersonal Closeness Affect Word-Of-Mouth Valence Through Self-Construal
Three experiments show that the closer consumers feel to a message recipient, the greater the likelihood that they will share negative relative to positive word-of-mouth. We attribute this effect to high vs. low interpersonal closeness activating interdependent vs. independent self-construal and subsequently affecting information sharing.
Citation:
David Dubois, Andrea Bonezzi, and Matteo De Angelis (2014) ,"Positive With Strangers, Negative With Friends: How Interpersonal Closeness Affect Word-Of-Mouth Valence Through Self-Construal", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42, eds. June Cotte, Stacy Wood, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 41-46.
Authors
David Dubois, INSEAD, France
Andrea Bonezzi, New York University, USA
Matteo De Angelis, Luiss University, Italy
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42 | 2014
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