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The Effects of Impression Management on Coupon Redemption across Cultures
Author(s) -
Kim Claire Heeryung,
Yi Youjae
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
psychology and marketing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.035
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1520-6793
pISSN - 0742-6046
DOI - 10.1002/mar.20898
Subject(s) - impression management , collectivism , coupon , context (archaeology) , social psychology , psychology , impression , regulatory focus theory , individualism , advertising , marketing , business , political science , law , paleontology , finance , creativity , biology
This research examines the effects of impression management on consumers’ coupon redemption and suggests different underlying mechanisms with respect to cultural self‐construal. Four studies show that, when primed with impression management, individualistic (vs. collectivistic) consumers are more likely to redeem coupons, because individualists believe that coupon redemption creates the impression of being smart. On the other hand, collectivistic consumers are less likely to redeem coupons when coupon usage is visible to others, because they believe that coupon redemption gives the impression of being cheap. These findings are explained within the context of cultural self‐construal and regulatory focus theory.