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Examining the influence of forgiveness and its antecedents on consumer behavior: the moderating role of service failure severity

Ramakrishna Salagrama (Marketing, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India)
Sanjeev Prashar (Marketing, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India)
Sai Vijay Tata (Marketing, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Ranchi, India)

International Journal of Emerging Markets

ISSN: 1746-8809

Article publication date: 16 December 2021

Issue publication date: 21 November 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to investigate antecedents of forgiveness from the non-complainers point of view after a service failure in India.

Design/methodology/approach

This study bases itself on the theoretical foundations of the Cognitive Emotive Coping model. In the first study, a survey-based design was used for soliciting responses from 291 respondents. An experimental research design was undertaken in the second study, and data were recorded from 120 respondents. Data were analysed using both SPSS and AMOS.

Findings

All the antecedent variables, except, affective commitment was found to influence forgiveness significantly. Further, forgiveness also positively influenced repurchase intentions and had a negative influence on negative word-of-mouth. The findings also suggest that the service failure severity effectively moderates the relationship between empathy and forgiveness.

Originality/value

This paper extends the cognitive emotive coping model from the non-complainers point of view by adding relational constructs to it. This study observes that affective commitment is not necessarily related to forgiveness in contrast to existing literature. The relationship between empathy and forgiveness is stronger when failure severity is low.

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Citation

Salagrama, R., Prashar, S. and Tata, S.V. (2023), "Examining the influence of forgiveness and its antecedents on consumer behavior: the moderating role of service failure severity", International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 18 No. 10, pp. 3973-3994. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-11-2020-1378

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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