Purpose – The purpose of this research is to differentiate and examine how country image (cognitive and affective image) has different impacts on product judgment and purchase intention in rational versus experiential purchases. Design/methodology/approach – A large-scale survey involving...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how consumers’ affective goal pursuit influences the relationship between their affect and satisfaction in services. In particular, it examines when affect can directly influence satisfaction and when such an impact is mediated by perceived...

Purpose – As an alternative explanation of incongruent findings in the literature, the purpose of the present study is to introduce the concept of hedonic versus utilitarian service context as a moderating variable in the relationship between the affect (pleasure and arousal) and perceived...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how young Chinese consumers' money attitudes influence their compulsive buying behavior. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 303 undergraduate students from Tianjin and Ningbo (two major cities in coastal China) answered a...