Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM) in the Marketing Context A State of the Art

The Internet has changed social communications and social behaviour and led to the
development of new forms of communication channels and platforms, providing …

Word of mouth and interpersonal communication: A review and directions for future research

J Berger - Journal of consumer psychology, 2014 - Elsevier
People often share opinions and information with their social ties, and word of mouth has an
important impact on consumer behavior. But what drives interpersonal communication and …

Will artificial intelligence replace human customer service? The impact of communication quality and privacy risks on adoption intention

M Song, X **ng, Y Duan, J Cohen, J Mou - Journal of Retailing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the digital environment, chatbots as customer service agents assist consumers in decision
making. Based on the computers-are-social-actors paradigm, this study examines the …

COVID-19: fear appeal favoring purchase behavior towards personal protective equipment

PC Addo, F Jiaming, NB Kulbo… - The Service Industries …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The 2019 novel coronavirus is a non-segmented positive-sense RNA virus belonging to the
Coronaviridae-Nidovirales family. We examined the swings in purchase behavior following …

Chatbot e-service and customer satisfaction regarding luxury brands

M Chung, E Ko, H Joung, SJ Kim - Journal of business research, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was undertaken to analyze whether luxury fashion retail brands can adhere to
their core essence of providing personalized care through e-services rather than through …

The impact of social media celebrities' posts and contextual interactions on impulse buying in social commerce

AU Zafar, J Qiu, Y Li, J Wang, M Shahzad - Computers in human behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Social commerce has altered the consumption experience due to various interactive factors.
Growing evidence stated that users are prone to buy impulsively in such an environment …

The effects of visual congruence on increasing consumers' brand engagement: An empirical investigation of influencer marketing on Instagram using deep-learning …

YA Argyris, Z Wang, Y Kim, Z Yin - Computers in Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Influencers are non-celebrity individuals who gain popularity on social media by posting
visually attractive content (eg, photos and videos) and by interacting with other users (ie …

Predicting the antecedents of trust in social commerce–A hybrid structural equation modeling with neural network approach

LY Leong, TS Hew, KB Ooi, AYL Chong - Journal of Business Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Trust is an essential concern in s-commerce. Though existing research has studied the
association between trust and purchasing intention; the determinants of the formation of trust …

Content marketing in e-commerce platforms in the internet celebrity economy

R Geng, S Wang, X Chen, D Song, J Yu - Industrial Management & …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose With the popularity of social media and, recently, live streaming, internet celebrity
endorsements have become a prevalent approach to content marketing for e-commerce …

Good, better, engaged? The effect of company-initiated customer engagement behavior on shareholder value

SFM Beckers, J Van Doorn, PC Verhoef - Journal of the Academy of …, 2018 - Springer
In today's connected world, customer engagement behaviors are very important. Many
companies launch initiatives to stimulate customer engagement. However, despite evidence …