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ABSTRACT Some consumers exhibit aversion toward artificial intelligence (AI), particularly when it is embedded in persuasive marketing communication (MarCom). Here, we developed and validated a measure of consumer aversion to AI in MarCom and examined its downstream consequences for brand perceptions and purchase intention.
Louvins Pierre +2 more
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Inclusive or Inauthentic? Consumer Scepticism Towards LGBTQ‐Themed Cause‐Related Marketing
ABSTRACT Cause‐related marketing (CRM) is widely used to signal corporate social responsibility and engage ethically motivated consumers, yet its effectiveness remains contested in identity‐sensitive domains such as LGBTQ inclusion. Drawing on Social Identity Theory and Attribution Theory, this research examines how LGBTQ cause identification ...
Wilson N. Ndasi
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Persuasive communication and its ethics
Public relations has developed as a profession in order to manage communication between different groups of people. This communication process is a persuasive process; which has the ability to influence public opinion.
McLeod, Heidi
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Sustainable Luxury: Understanding Consumer Responses to Purpose‐Driven Brand Strategies
ABSTRACT The study examines the dilemma faced by consumers in balancing the concepts of sustainability and luxury in the context of self‐gifting. The research is based on the Affect‐Behavior‐Cognition (ABC) framework and the Consumer‐Brand Identification (CBI) theory, which seeks to understand how the perceived sustainability–luxury fit and brand ...
Subhajit Pahari +3 more
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Medicine, market and communication: ethical considerations in regard to persuasive communication in direct-to-consumer genetic testing services. [PDF]
Schaper M, Schicktanz S.
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Persuasive Communication in English
Con este OA, los usuarios pueden aprender 5 claves sencillas de la comunicación persuasiva en inglés (CPI), así como realizar un ejercicio de aplicación práctica de CPIhttps://polimedia.upv.es/visor/?id=2602e519-4739-9247-9dd7-0fcab3dc57a4Conejero López,
Conejero-López, Marta
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ABSTRACT This research provides comprehensive insight into the influence of aesthetic liking on product preference across different types of durable product categories by uncovering the underlying process. Distinguishing a direct expressive influence of aesthetic liking and an indirect influence as a quality signal, referring to signaling theory, we ...
Mariëlle E. H. Creusen +2 more
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How Consumers Contest Legitimacy: Skepticism Toward Corporate Social Responsibility
ABSTRACT Consumer skepticism toward Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives operates not only as an individual‐level response but also as a societal governance mechanism that disciplines firms and reshapes organizational legitimacy. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with consumers in an emerging Latin American economy, this study advances an ...
Francine Zanin Bagatini +2 more
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Seats at the Table, Shifts in the Actions: Board Gender Diversity and Climate Activism
ABSTRACT As regulatory and stakeholder pressures intensify, firms are increasingly expected to move beyond symbolic sustainability commitments towards corporate climate activism. This concept refers to the active institutionalisation of climate‐focused mechanisms such as external assurance, board oversight and climate‐linked incentives.
Md Tanvir Hamim, Rasim Simsek
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ABSTRACT This study examines how artificial intelligence language models influence corporate environmental, social, and governance greenwashing (GWESG$$ {\mathrm{GW}}_{\mathrm{ESG}} $$) behavior, utilizing panel data from Chinese listed firms spanning 2012–2022.
Brahim Bergougui +2 more
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