Open AccessThe Links Between Social Motivational Engagements, Brand Community Commitment and Repurchase Intention Across Online Brand Communities
Author(s) -
Ramūnas Časas,
Tomas Palaima,
Lasha Mironidze
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
organizations and markets in emerging economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2345-0037
pISSN - 2029-4581
DOI - 10.15388/omee.2016.7.2.14205
Subject(s) - brand community , moderation , mediation , advertising , psychology , online community , business , moderated mediation , brand management , marketing , social psychology , sociology , political science , social science , law
The study focuses on the relationships between social motivational engagements, brand community commitment and repurchase intentions across marketer-generated and customer-generated online brand communities. The current study demonstrates that online brand community commitment mediates the effects of all the six motivational engagements (self-expression, connecting, helping, like-minded discussions, seeking assistance, and validation) on repurchase intention. The type of online brand community does not moderate any relationships between social motivational engagements and brand community commitment as expected. However, the current study demonstrates that the moderator affects the link between brand community commitment and repurchase intention indicating moderated mediation. In other words, the relationship between the two constructs becomes stronger in the marketer-generated online brand community. Consequently, the type of online brand community affects the links between the six social motivations and repurchase intention. Specifically, the effects of the six motivations on repurchase intention become stronger in the marketer-generated online community.