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Erschienen in: Marketing Letters 1/2016

01.03.2016

Speaking to the mind or the heart: effects of matching hedonic versus utilitarian arguments and products

verfasst von: Kristina Klein, Valentyna Melnyk

Erschienen in: Marketing Letters | Ausgabe 1/2016

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Abstract

Message arguments influence beliefs about product benefits which influence overall product evaluations. Three studies show that matching hedonic versus utilitarian arguments and products enhance evaluations of utilitarian products, but not hedonic products. The results generalize across several argument manipulations and several product categories.

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As quality perceptions differed between the two stimuli (M hedonic = 4.64, M utilitarian = 4.14; t[162] = −2.76, p < 0.01), we controlled for this difference in the ANOVA and used marginal means in the further analyses (Tukey’s HSD test).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Speaking to the mind or the heart: effects of matching hedonic versus utilitarian arguments and products
verfasst von
Kristina Klein
Valentyna Melnyk
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Marketing Letters / Ausgabe 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0923-0645
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-059X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-014-9320-3

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