2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Standards of Comparison Used by Consumers in Assessing Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction with Attribute-Specific Brand Performance: A Conceptual Evaluation
Author : Richard A. Werbel
Published in: Proceedings of the 1985 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Both the strengths and weaknesses of three standards of comparison are discussed. The standards evaluated are ideal points, focal brand expectations, and product class experience. A number of new hypotheses are generated by this evaluation. Taken together, these hypotheses suggest a relationship between satisfaction/dissatisfaction and standards of comparison which is more complex than suggested previously.