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Controversial advert perceptions in SNS advertising: the role of ethical judgement and religious commitment
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posted on 2015-08-14, 10:29 authored by Selma Kadic-Maglajlic, M. Arslanagic-Kalajdzic, Milena Micevski, Nina MichaelidouNina Michaelidou, Ekaterina NemkovaThis study attempts to advance knowledge in the area of controversial advertising by examining the antecedents and consequences of controversial advert perceptions in the context of social media, and particularly social networking sites (SNS). Specifically, we explore how ethical judgement and religious commitment shape controversial advert perceptions leading to attitudes towards the advert, brand attitudes and purchase intentions. Our results indicate that when a SNS advert is judged to be ethically acceptable, the level of perceived advert controversy is lower. However, the impact of ethical judgement on controversial advert perceptions becomes significant and positive when intra-personal commitment and inter-personal religious commitment are introduced as moderators. This result implies that the level of religious commitment changes the ethical judgement - controversial advert perceptions relationship. The results also highlight that controversial advert perceptions negatively influence attitude toward the advert. The study contributes to the limited knowledge on controversial advertising on SNS, yielding significant and relevant implications for academics and advertisers alike, in their effort to improve advertising effectiveness without offending or alienating target audiences.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Published in
Journal of Business EthicsVolume
141Issue
2Pages
249 - 265Citation
KADIC-MAGIAJLIC, S. ... et al, 2017. Controversial advert perceptions in SNS advertising: the role of ethical judgement and religious commitment. Journal of Business Ethics 141(2), pp.249-265.Publisher
© Springer VerlagVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2015-06-28Publication date
2015-12-02Notes
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2755-5ISSN
0167-4544eISSN
1573-0697Publisher version
Language
- en