 Managing the product-harm crisis in the digital era: The role of consumer online brand community engagementZ. Lin,
D. Denghua Yuan,
R. Filieri (),
R. Ran Liu and
M. Mengqin Zheng
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This research examines the influence of consumer online brand community engagement (OBCE) at a time of product-harm crisis on consumers' cognitive responses and behavioral reactions toward the affected brand's super-recovery effort. Data were collected from members of Samsung's online brand community in China during the brand's Galaxy Note 7 battery crisis. The results show that OBCE has a direct as well as indirect effect on repurchase intention through the mediation of consumer forgiveness. In contrast, brand super-recovery effort has a weak direct effect on repurchase intention, and its effect is mainly indirect through consumer forgiveness. The findings suggest that higher levels of consumer brand engagement and forgiveness can offset the negative consequences of brand scandals, highlighting the importance of fostering customer engagement in the brand's online communities. The findings have important implications for both theory and practice. Keywords: Online brand community engagement; Consumer Forgiveness; Product-harm crisis; Crisis management; Social media; China (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Journal of Business Research, 2020, ⟨https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.04.044⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04713686 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.04.044 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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