 Consumer mindsets matter: Benefit framing and firm–cause fit in the persuasiveness of cause-related marketing campaignsOzge Yucel-Aybat and Meng-Hua Hsieh Journal of Business Research, 2021, vol. 129, issue C, 418-427 Abstract: The current research investigates the factors associated with the efficacy of cause-related marketing campaigns. A pilot study and three experiments using different supported causes demonstrate that consumers’ beliefs about changeability influence their responses to CRM efforts. Specifically, we examine under what conditions and why self-benefit frames (vs. other-benefit frames), which highlight how supporting a cause can also be beneficial for consumers (vs. emphasize helping those in need), promote or inhibit the persuasiveness of CRM campaigns. We demonstrate that growth mindsets respond more positively to CRM campaigns with other-benefit (vs. self-benefit) frames when the fit between the firm and the supported cause is high. The findings show that procedural-fairness beliefs and positive-outcome perceptions drive this effect. Conversely, fixed mindsets respond more favorably to CRM campaigns focused on helping others when the firm–cause fit is lower. Positive-outcome perceptions appear to drive this effect. Keywords: Cause-related marketing; Implicit mindsets; Benefit framing; Firm-cause fit (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:129:y:2021:i:c:p:418-427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.02.051 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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