Patterns of Vietnamese buying behaviors on luxury branded products
Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
ISSN: 1355-5855
Article publication date: 11 September 2017
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss and test the combined effects of openness to experience (OE) and power, and the moderator effects of social norms (SN) and perceived resources on the choice of luxury attributes for branded products in Vietnam.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on a self-administered survey data of 207 Vietnamese consumers, a structural equation modeling approach for moderator analysis with latent constructs is used to test the hypotheses.
Findings
OE and power have both direct and interactive positive influences on the choice of luxury product attributes. In particular, the effect of OE is weakened by the negative moderator effect of SN, but the effect of power is strengthened by the positive moderator effect of perceived resources. The inclusion of interactions increases the explained variance of the choice of luxury product attributes from 24.8 to 35.8 percent.
Research limitations/implications
Future studies would benefit to investigate other personality traits (e.g. extroversion or agreeableness), personal values (e.g. achievement), SN (e.g. descriptive norms) and resources (e.g. time).
Practical implications
The study findings suggest that brand managers should attend the how individual and social factors interacts in explaining the choice of luxury product attributes.
Originality/value
This study is the first discussing, testing and finding empirical evidence supporting the combined effects of OE and power on the choice of luxury product attributes as well as moderator effects in these relationships.
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Citation
Tuu, H.H., Olsen, S.O. and Cong, L.C. (2017), "Patterns of Vietnamese buying behaviors on luxury branded products", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 778-795. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-07-2016-0134
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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