“Understanding a fury in your words”: The effects of posting and viewing electronic negative word-of-mouth on purchase behaviors

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Highlights:

• We distinguish the effects of posting and viewing e-NWOM on purchase behavior.

• We identify two moderators of e-NWOM and test their effects in two studies.

• Viewing e-NWOM decreases subsequent purchases.

• Posting e-NWOM has a positive interaction effect with company usefulness.

• Company apology only works for e-NWOM viewers, not posters.

摘要

•We distinguish the effects of posting and viewing e-NWOM on purchase behavior.•We identify two moderators of e-NWOM and test their effects in two studies.•Viewing e-NWOM decreases subsequent purchases.•Posting e-NWOM has a positive interaction effect with company usefulness.•Company apology only works for e-NWOM viewers, not posters.

论文关键词:Word-of-mouth (WOM),Complaint,Company usefulness,Company apology,Webcare,Propensity score matching

论文评审过程:Received 29 May 2015, Revised 14 August 2015, Accepted 18 August 2015, Available online 10 September 2015, Version of Record 10 September 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.015