Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference Track
Marketing Research/ Demographics/ Consumer Behavior
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
When a new alternative introduces to a choice set, the preferences for the original alternatives will be effected (Mourali, Böckenholt and Laroche 2007). Consumers often feel uncertainty about the true values of options when they want to purchase products (Simonson 1989). Huber, Payne, and Puto (1982) defined the attraction effect as “when adding an alternative that is inferior to another alternative in the choice set increases the share of the relatively superior alternative.” Compromise effect is defined as “when adding an extreme option to the choice set shifts the choice preferences in favor of the compromise option” (Simonson 1989). The size of compromise effect and attraction effect may differ based on self-construal. Independent self-construal has attributes that make them separate from others (Markus and Kitayama 1991). They emphasize on positive information and try to make achievements (Lee, Aaker and Gardner 2000). In contrast, Interdependent self-construal focus being a member of a group (Markus & Kitayama, 1991) and attempt to avoid mistakes (Lee, Aaker and Gardner 2000). Therefore, we expect that independent consumers are more sensitive to attraction effect and interdependent consumers are more sensitive to compromise effect and self-regulatory mediates this relationship. Consequently, the current research first shows the relationship between self-construal and context effects. Then, introduces self-regulatory as mediator to explain how distinct self-construal behave through context effects.
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
Digital Commons@Georgia Southern License
Recommended Citation
Bagherzadeh, Ramin; Rawal, Monika; and Saavedra, Jose Luis, "Compromise and Attraction Effects under Interdependent and Independent Self-Construal" (2017). Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings 2017. 52.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/amtp-proceedings_2017/52
About the Authors
Ramin Bagherzadeh is currently a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and earned his M.B.A. from IKIU in Iran. His current research interests include social networking and online consumer behavior.
Monika Rawal is currently a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and earned her M.B.A. from Jamia Millia Islamia University in India. Her current research interests include advertising, social networking, and consumer behavior.
Jose Saavedra Torres is currently a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and earned his M.B.A. from IESA in Venezuela and Emory University in USA. His current research interests include branding, strategy, and social networking.