Otterbring, Tobias, Bhatnagar, Roopali, Samuelsson, Peter and Borau, Sylvie (2021) Positive gender congruency effects on shopper responses: Field evidence from a gender-egalitarian culture. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, vol.63.

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Official URL : http://iast.fr/pub/126659
Identification Number : 10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102738

Abstract

This field study examined how customer-employee interactions are affected by the congruency between an employee's gender and the perceived gender image of the consumption context in one of the most gender equal cultures in the world (Scandinavia). Mystery shoppers had a service encounter with an employee across a set of physical commercial settings that were classified according to their gender image. The mystery shoppers noted the gender of the employee, provided employee evaluations, and indicated word-of-mouth (WOM) ratings. Shoppers who had a gender congruent service encounter (e.g., a female employee in a “feminine” consumption context) reported more favorable employee evaluations and WOM ratings than shoppers who had a gender incongruent service encounter (e.g., a female employee in a “masculine” consumption context), with the impact of gender congruency on WOM ratings mediated by employee evaluations, particularly with respect to competence inferences. These findings highlight the ethical dilemma of a positive gender congruency effect, as it can generate superior consumer responses but also risks resulting in gender occupational segregation.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: November 2021
Refereed: Yes
Place of Publication: London
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 22 Feb 2022 15:28
Last Modified: 22 Feb 2022 15:30
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:126659
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/44555
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