China Business and Market

The Subsequent Negative Behavior and Psychologi­cal Path of Consumers in Favorable Comment Reward Program

- ——A Moderated Mediation Model SONG Hong-lei and ZHANG Bo

(China Women’s University,Beijing100­101,China) Abstract:In recent years,to promote the sale of product and enterprise­s’word of mouth,e- commerce enterprise­s encourage consumers to issue more good evaluation informatio­n by the implementa­tion of favorable comment reward program. But this program also leads to some subsequent negative behaviors. To solve this problem,and based on Self- determinat­ion Theory,Social Exchange Theory and Cognitive Dissonance Theory,the authors adopt 3(Shopping Experience:good,medium and poor) x2 (reward level:high and low)6 way between-subjects factorial design to explore the effect of shopping experience and reward level on consumers’the subsequent negative behaviors and psychology after they participat­e in Favorable Comment Reward Program. The results showed that first,shopping experience negatively affected consumers’subsequent negative behaviors and cognitive dissonance. Second,shopping experience and reward level have interactiv­e effects on consumers' subsequent negative behavioral intention and cognitive dissonance. In the medium shopping experience situation, when consumers get high rewards,consumers' subsequent negative behavioral intention and cognitive dissonance are all higher than that when they get low rewards. But in good or poor shopping experience situation,rewards level has no significan­t influence. Shopping experience moderates the mediating effect of cognitive dissonance between reward level and subsequent negative behavioral intention. When consumers get medium shopping experience,reward level will have a significan­t negative mediating effect on subsequent negative behavioral intention through cognitive dissonance. When consumers get poor or good shopping experience,the mediating effect of reward amount on subsequent negative behavioral intention through cognitive dissonance is not significan­t. So not all enterprise­s are suitable to economic incentive. From the angle of enterprise­s,they should adopt different favorable comment reward program according to the level of shopping experience­s provided by them;and from the angle of society,it is suggested that e-commerce platform should lead the scientific and rational favorable comment reward program,and fairly encourage consumers to issue their comment to increase the quantity and quality of word of mouth.

Key words:favorable comment reward program;online reviews;negative behavior;shopping experience;rewards level

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