Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.

This study examines the influence of social facilitation and self-defense motives on consumers’ word-of-mouth behaviours. The results reveal that the above motives can affect the valence of word-of-mouth presented. Social facilitation motive arises when consumers wish to foster positive relationship...

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Main Authors: Chan, Wan Ying., Heng, Wei Shan., Lee, Ley Bing.
Other Authors: Chung, Cindy Mann Yien
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/8557
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-85572023-05-19T07:23:11Z Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour. Chan, Wan Ying. Heng, Wei Shan. Lee, Ley Bing. Chung, Cindy Mann Yien Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Marketing::Consumer behavior This study examines the influence of social facilitation and self-defense motives on consumers’ word-of-mouth behaviours. The results reveal that the above motives can affect the valence of word-of-mouth presented. Social facilitation motive arises when consumers wish to foster positive relationships with others. Self-defense motive may override social facilitation motive in the event that consumers wish to preserve their self-image. 2008-09-24T07:22:35Z 2008-09-24T07:22:35Z 2002 2002 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/8557 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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topic DRNTU::Business::Marketing::Consumer behavior
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Chan, Wan Ying.
Heng, Wei Shan.
Lee, Ley Bing.
Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.
description This study examines the influence of social facilitation and self-defense motives on consumers’ word-of-mouth behaviours. The results reveal that the above motives can affect the valence of word-of-mouth presented. Social facilitation motive arises when consumers wish to foster positive relationships with others. Self-defense motive may override social facilitation motive in the event that consumers wish to preserve their self-image.
author2 Chung, Cindy Mann Yien
author_facet Chung, Cindy Mann Yien
Chan, Wan Ying.
Heng, Wei Shan.
Lee, Ley Bing.
format Final Year Project
author Chan, Wan Ying.
Heng, Wei Shan.
Lee, Ley Bing.
author_sort Chan, Wan Ying.
title Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.
title_short Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.
title_full Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.
title_fullStr Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.
title_sort investigation of social facilitation and self-defense motives on word-of-mouth behaviour.
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