Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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880091 | International Journal of Research in Marketing | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We reinvestigate what constitutes hedonic customer experiences in collectivistic versus individualistic cultures using four country samples (N=2,336) in Germany and the U.S. as well as Oman and India. Across country samples, intrinsically enjoyable customer experiences are associated with the same underlying hedonic shopping motivations as shown in the original U.S. context. In comparison with individualistic cultures, we find that a hedonic shopping experience in collectivistic cultures is less strongly associated with selforiented gratification shopping, yet more strongly associated with others-oriented role shopping.
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Authors
Heiner Evanschitzky, Oliver Emrich, Vinita Sangtani, Anna-Lena Ackfeldt, Kristy E. Reynolds, Mark J. Arnold,