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EMAC 2022 Annual


What Drives Brand Stereotypes? Investigating the Role of Consumer Characteristics on Brand Warmth and Brand Competence
(A2022-105817)

Published: May 24, 2022

AUTHORS

Ilona Sz?cs, University of Vienna; Adamantios Diamantopoulos , University of Vienna; Goran Luburic, University of Vienna

ABSTRACT

While consumer stereotyping literature has provided useful insights into how various brand characteristics drive consumers’ stereotypical perceptions of brands, the role of consumer characteristics has been neglected. Drawing on the stereotype content model (SCM), this study investigates the simultaneous role of consumer xenocentrism and consumer ethnocentrism in driving the brand stereotypes of domestic and foreign brands, and the subsequent impact of these opposing dispositions on behavioral outcomes. A structural equation model estimated on a sample of 287 consumers from Bosnia and Herzegovina reveals that domestic (foreign) brand warmth and competence are driven by consumer ethnocentrism (xenocentrism). Furthermore, domestic (foreign) brand competence mediates the impact of ethnocentrism (xenocentrism) on the purchase intent of domestic (foreign) brands, while the mediating role of brand warmth is limited to foreign brands. The findings shed light on (a) the simultaneous role of two key consumer dispositions as antecedents of brand stereotypes, and (b) the differential effects of these dispositions in driving consumer preferences for domestic vs. foreign brands via brand warmth and competence.