The Curse of Similarity: When and How Similarity Induces Persuasion Reactance
Salesperson-customer similarity can positively or negatively affect persuasiveness. Consumers more likely to take a recommendation from a dissimilar (vs. similar) salesperson when purchasing a familiar product, but the reverse is true when purchasing an unfamiliar product. Four experiments and secondary data confirm these opposing effects.
Citation:
Suntong QI, Xianchi Dai, Man Ching Canice Kwan, and Robert S. Wyer (2021) ,"The Curse of Similarity: When and How Similarity Induces Persuasion Reactance", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49, eds. Tonya Williams Bradford, Anat Keinan, and Matthew Matthew Thomson, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 273-274.
Authors
Suntong QI, The Chinese university of Hong Kong
Xianchi Dai, The Chinese university of Hong Kong
Man Ching Canice Kwan, The Open University of Hong Kong
Robert S. Wyer, University of Cincinnati
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 | 2021
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