The impact of the macro-environment on consumer scepticism towards cause-related marketing: Insights from an economic crisis setting

Priporas, Constantinos-Vasilios, Kamenidou, Irene (Eirini), Nguyen, Nga and Shams, Riad (2019) The impact of the macro-environment on consumer scepticism towards cause-related marketing: Insights from an economic crisis setting. International Marketing Review, 37 (5). pp. 841-861. ISSN 0265-1335

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/imr-04-2019-0124

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how the macro-environment influences consumer scepticism towards cause-related marketing (CRM), especially in a turbulent economic setting.
Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory qualitative research study utilising open-ended, semi-structured Skype interviews with 26 respondents was conducted in a country experiencing economic crisis.
Findings – The findings demonstrate that respondents hold a strong scepticism towards CRM campaigns and they are more negative towards the CRM campaigns initiated by foreign enterprises as compared to the domestic ones. This can be attributed to ethnocentrism, or even antipathy or animosity towards foreign companies due to crisis. Furthermore, results reveal that the political and legal elements of the macro-environment have an impact on consumer scepticism towards CRM campaigns, while the impact of the economic crisis itself did not seem to be equally significant.
Originality/value – This work contributes to the existing literature of CRM as it is the first study that explores the impact of macro-environmental elements on consumer scepticism towards CRM within an economic turbulence setting.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CRM, Greece, Economic crisis, Consumer scepticism, Macro-environment, Foreign enterprises
Subjects: N100 Business studies
N500 Marketing
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User: Elena Carlaw
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2020 12:16
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 14:02
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/41891

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