Understanding the origin and evolution of affinity as a multidisciplinary concept: a conceptual approach to consumer affinity
M. Mar Serrano-Arcos,
Raquel Sánchez-Fernández,
Juan Carlos Pérez-Mesa and
Petra Riefler
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Abstract:
The use of the term affinity has been gradually spreading in several disciplines from multiple viewpoints. Among all these approaches, the concept of consumer affinity, which explains how consumers’ positive dispositions toward a particular foreign country affect their purchase decisions of products from that origin, has recently emerged in the marketing discipline. In addition to the scarcity of theoretical and empirical studies on this concept, the marketing literature lacks a systematic review detailing the origin, evolution, and relevance of this notion and the remaining gaps to be investigated in this field. This research aims to examine the complex nature of consumer affinity and the difficulties that arise in its analysis at a conceptual and methodological level to examine its nature, characteristics, dimensionality, and relationship with other variables. To this end, through a systematic review using the PRISMA protocol, this research provides an integrated framework of the existing literature, analyzing the etymological origin and conceptual foundations of consumer affinity, its publication trajectory and the main contributions to its study. Finally, this paper provides a roadmap for future research based on the convergences, inconsistencies, and knowledge gaps identified in the literature.
Keywords: Consumer affinity; emotional feelings; foreign products; international marketing; positive consumer dispositions; PRISMA; systematic review. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Psychology & Marketing 11.39(2022): pp. 2130-2152
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