Customer engagement in idea contests: Emotional and behavioral consequences of idea rejection
dc.contributor.author | Schaarschmidt, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Dose, DB | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-13T14:18:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-24 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-04-13T13:58:51Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Idea contests are well-accepted and cost-efficient approaches to tap the creativity of customers. At the same time, idea contests enable customer engagement, defined as voluntary resource provision beyond financial patronage. However, although much research has been devoted to the factors that motivate consumers to participate in such contests, research that investigates how idea rejection as a stressor affects future engagement behavior is comparatively rare. This research draws on cognitive dissonance literature combined with stress appraisal theory to explain rejection-induced emotional and behavioral consequences. Study 1 assesses the different effects of company appreciation of customer engagement (i.e., idea acceptance vs. rejection) in an experimental setting and tests emotional reactions to rejection as a stressor, as well as the moderating effects of firm acknowledgment. Study 2, which was organized as a randomized field experiment, is devoted to assessing differences in firm acknowledgment versus individualized firm feedback in a real-world setting. Taken together, the studies show that the way rejection is communicated is important. The findings have important theoretical and managerial implications for service management and for stimulating customer engagement through idea contest initiatives. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 40 (5), pp. 888-909 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21794 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/132903 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-9791-8907 (Dose, David B) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 The Authors. Psychology & Marketing published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | consumer stress | en_GB |
dc.subject | customer engagement | en_GB |
dc.subject | emotions | en_GB |
dc.subject | field experiment | en_GB |
dc.subject | idea contest | en_GB |
dc.subject | idea rejection | en_GB |
dc.title | Customer engagement in idea contests: Emotional and behavioral consequences of idea rejection | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-13T14:18:47Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0742-6046 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Wiley via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1520-6793 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Psychology and Marketing | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Psychology and Marketing | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-01-12 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-01-24 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-04-13T14:16:33Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-04-13T14:18:49Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-01-24 |
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