 Representing another nation: The influence of foreign citizen ambassadors on product evaluationsNathalie Spielmann and Elizabeth A. Minton Journal of Business Research, 2020, vol. 121, issue C, 409-419 Abstract: Through two studies in two different nations, this research examines the nationality of non-celebrity spokespeople (i.e., a citizen ambassador) and answers the question, how does the nationality of a citizen ambassador influence attitudes toward a product being advertised? Merging meaning transfer and schema congruity theories, the results show that the use of citizen ambassadors of a different (same) nationality as the consumer leads to higher product attitudes, but only if the product is of the same (different) nationality as the consumer (Study 1). Consumers low in identity salience experience these effects the most, such that the citizen ambassador is more influential on perceptions of nationally representative foods, in comparison to consumers high in identity salience (Study 2). Moderate incongruity (as opposed to mild or high incongruity) appears to be a more potent explanation for the effects of citizen ambassadors on product attitudes toward nationally representative products, especially in online advertising. Keywords: National identity; Advertising; Spokesperson effects; Product attitudes; Citizen ambassadors (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:121:y:2020:i:c:p:409-419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.05.035 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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