Psychology & Marketing

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology & Marketing is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Anthropomorphic Sad Expressions Reduce Waste of “Single” Imperfect Food225
The impact of childhood environments on the sunk‐cost fallacy213
To touch or not to touch: Examining the role of choice set size171
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I personally like it: Preference for minority endorsement in the early stage of the consumer decision journey134
The tip of the tongue: Language‐based chronic social exclusion and tipping as a refocusing strategy132
Bayesian inference and consumer behavioral theory113
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How Invoking Science in the Production Process of Geographical Indication Products Impacts Consumer's Perceived Authenticity and Product Valuation93
Merits matter: A new perspective on multifaceted pride and its effects on conspicuous consumption93
Charitable Triad Theory: How donors, beneficiaries, and fundraisers influence charitable giving93
The impact of financial scarcity on green consumption: Sequential mediating effects of anxiety and self‐efficacy89
Consumer guilt proneness scale—Assessing individual differences in responses to transgressive consumption situations88
Cause‐related marketing of luxury brands: Nudging materialists to act prosocially83
Mega‐influencers and brand dynamics: Shaping attitudes toward leading and challenger brands through electronic word of mouth81
The impact of COVID‐19 on consumer evaluation of authentic advertising messages77
Against the Green Schema: How Gen‐AI Negatively Impacts Green Influencer Posts77
Seeking variety on the move: The effect of residential mobility on variety seeking71
Gamification's role in fostering user engagement with healthy food‐based digital content70
Investigating the effectiveness of virtual influencers in prosocial marketing70
The effect of anthropomorphized technology failure on the desire to connect with others69
Motivating recycling behavior—Which incentives work, and why?69
Robots should be seen and not heard…sometimes: Anthropomorphism and AI service robot interactions66
Adbusting: How advertising altered by activists affects brands65
The impact of service robots on consumer response: Examining the roles of consumers' service expertise and technology expertise64
How power increases preference for experiential purchases but not for material purchases64
Virtual is so real! Consumers' evaluation of product packaging in virtual reality63
Is it risky to subscribe? Perceived control and subscription choice63
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Of happy larks and unhappy owls: Why morning versus evening types feel different levels of happiness from experiential versus material purchases57
The simultaneous sponsorship of rival teams: Beyond ingroup favoritism and outgroup animosity57
Temporary or permanent social media post? The impact of product type56
How brand gender affects consumer preference for sweet food: The role of the association between gender and taste55
More innovative but less socially responsible: The influence of using metaphors in marketing communications on product perception, choice, and adoption intention55
Empathy at the heart of customer experience: A holistic framework for understanding and enhancing consumer empathy through the lens of customer experience54
Effects of the severity of collective threats on people's donation intention53
The influence of companies' moral associations on the product consumption experience: The role of moral disgust53
A systematic review on political ideology and persuasion53
Embracing Hedonism While Being Young: The Effects of Compulsive Buying, Compulsive Hoarding, and Spendthriftness51
Mitigating the negative effects of service failure through customer identification50
Marketing analytics: The bridge between customer psychology and marketing decision‐making49
Algorithm fashion designer? ascribed mind and perceived design expertise of AI versus human48
Fear of missing out in the digital age: The role of social media satisfaction and advertising engagement47
Bragging About Valuable Resources? The Dual Effect of Companies’ AI and Human Self‐Promotion46
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The self on display: The impact of self‐objectification on luxury consumption43
The effect of material and experiential consumption on goal pursuit43
The role of sensory marketing and brand experience in building emotional attachment and brand loyalty in luxury retail stores42
Mapping the jungle: A bibliometric analysis of research into construal level theory42
Words matter: How privacy concerns and conspiracy theories spread on twitter42
Is this really me? Investigating brand personality self‐congruity on consumer behavior in video‐based social media41
Prevalent elements of consumer wellbeing in wearable technology use: An interdisciplinary systematic review and future research agenda41
NFT luxury brand marketing in the metaverse: Leveraging blockchain‐certified NFTs to drive consumer behavior41
I, chatbot! the impact of anthropomorphism and gaze direction on willingness to disclose personal information and behavioral intentions39
This article is… Consumer reactions to unfinished teasers for digital content39
Beyond humans: Consumer reluctance to adopt zoonotic artificial intelligence39
The role of social projection in consumers' commonness fallacy38
Sustaining the Shift: Mechanisms of Practice Continuation in Meat Analogue Consumption37
The more the better? The negative effect of disseminators' donations in online donation36
How do utilitarian versus hedonic products influence choice preferences: Mediating effect of social comparison36
Key factors influencing knowledge acquisition through game‐based learning36
The role of a smile in customer–employee interactions: Primitive emotional contagion and its boundary conditions35
When doing good will not save us: Revisiting the buffering effect of CSR following service failures35
Nutrition labeling, numerosity effects, and vigilance among diet‐sensitive individuals34
Reconceptualizing the desire‐intention relationship in the Model of Goal Directed Behavior34
Has the COVID‐19 pandemic made us more materialistic? The effect of COVID‐19 and lockdown restrictions on the endorsement of materialism34
You designed that yourself for me? Vicarious pride in customized gift exchange34
Understanding crowding perceptions and their impact on place experience: Insights from a mixed‐methods study34
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Embodiment, immersion, and enjoyment in virtual reality marketing experiences34
Overcoming the blockchain technology credibility gap33
Typology and impact of follower responses to social media influencer “promotional crisis”33
Privacy concerns when using augmented reality face filters? Explaining why and when use avoidance occurs33
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Dark Side of Uncertain Price Promotions32
Conceptualizing sustainable consumption priming: A scoping review32
They forgot me! The exclusionary effects among complaining consumers when others receive a response32
Two days before Friday versus 2 days from today: How future (vs. present) anchors in deadlines increase goal achievement31
Examining consumers' continuous usage of multichannel retailers' mobile applications30
Comparing Who We Are to Who We Could Be: How Future Self‐Images Influence Consumer Choices30
Strike while the iron is hot: Temperature affects consumers' appetite for risk30
Smart speakers and customer experience in service contexts30
The colorful company: Effects of brand logo colorfulness on consumer judgments29
How Promoting Access‐Based Consumption Provokes Overconsumption29
The pain of payment: A review and research agenda29
Branding with music: How can music contour and tonality enhance perceived brand innovativeness and brand evaluations?28
What goes around comes around: The effect of belief in karma on charitable donation behavior28
COVID‐19 vaccines and anti‐consumption: Understanding anti‐vaxxers hesitancy28
“Alexa, lock my front door”: An empirical study on factors affecting consumer's satisfaction with VCA‐controlled security devices27
Into the virtual worlds: conceptualizing the consumer‐avatar journey in virtual environments27
Effects of plan specificity and eveningness–morningness orientation on health goal pursuit27
Set that record straight! Cardinal line orientations in music album artwork boost market performance and music consumption27
Managing Pharmaceutical Promotion Mix in the Rise of Social Media26
Image‐Left, Text‐Right: The Horizontal Sequence Effect of Images and Text on Consumer Responses to in‐Feed News26
Hearing what you pay improves transaction satisfaction? Unveiling the dual process influence of auditory feedback26
Designing the digitalized guest experience: A comprehensive framework and research agenda26
How a blurry background in product presentation influences product size perception26
Authenticity Perceptions of Informational and Transformational Advertising: Decoding the Role of Construal Level Mindset26
Overcoming the Challenge of “Green Enough”: Exploring the Dark Side of Incremental Green Options26
My money—My problem: How fear‐of‐missing‐out appeals can hinder sustainable investment decisions26
The impact of socioeconomic status on preferences for sustainable luxury brands25
Brand narratives: Content and consequences among heritage brands25
Why do consumers subvert brands? investigating the influence of subjective well‐being on brand avoidance25
Compulsion and reactance: Why do some green consumers fail to follow through with planned environmental behaviors?25
Lonely human and dominant robot: Similarity versus complementary attraction24
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Stop and smell the roses: How and when busyness impacts consumers' preference for minimalist advertisements24
Paying less as a signal of competence24
Revisiting (dis)fluency: Metacognitive difficulty as a novelty cue that evokes feeling‐of‐interest24
The influence of deviant advertisements on customer responses: The role of cultural tightness in emerging and developed economies23
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Dialectical thinking as a driver of charitable giving22
Fostering trust and overcoming psychological resistance towards cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets22
Developing a Scale to Measure Need‐to‐Tell Personality Trait to Predict Consumers' Willingness to Provide Online Reviews22
How and when Narcissism and faith in humanity drive sustainable consumption22
The bittersweet of consumer–human brand relationships in the social media context22
Erroneous consumer evaluations in the marketplace: How consumer evaluations are biased by raw performance scores22
From ugly to attractive: Leveraging anthropomorphism to increase demand for irregular‐appearing produce22
Human Vs Machine: How Does Production Mode Influence Consumers' Perception of Price Unfairness?21
The conceptualization of enablers and constraints of in‐store buying as part of the affordances flow funnel process through scan and go apps21
The role of demand‐based scarcity appeals in promoting cultured meat21
The impact of visual perspectives in advertisements on access‐based products21
How Second Screens Shape Consumer Experiences: The Role of Social Connection on Repeat Viewing21
Using large language models to generate silicon samples in consumer and marketing research: Challenges, opportunities, and guidelines21
How loneliness affects consumers' reluctance to let go of used possessions21
Too close for comfort? The impact of salesperson‐customer proximity on consumers' purchase behavior21
Can augmented reality satisfy consumers' need for touch?20
State boredom increases consumers' gift‐giving intentions in entertainment live‐streaming: A moderated dual‐mediation model20
Psychology of space tourism marketing, technology, and sustainable development: From a literature review to an integrative framework20
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The length of brand names influences the expectation of healthiness in foods and preference for healthy foods20
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Friendship stings: Jealousy behind a close friend's extraordinary experiences19
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Branding beyond the gender binary19
I want to remember: Preference for visual intensity in sentimental purchases19
More the merrier!! Understanding the effect of available content choices over willingness to pay for over‐the‐top subscriptions19
Self‐Comparing With Virtual Influencers: Effects on Followers' Wellbeing19
Understanding the impact of recipient identification and discount structure on social coupon sharing: The role of altruism and market mavenism18
Activation or Rigidity: The Dual‐Channel Mechanism of Responsibility on Consumer Citizenship Behavior Beneficial to Community Members18
Is Darker More Effective? The Effect of Package Color Lightness on Consumer Judgment of Product Efficacy18
Unpacking the privacy paradox of consumers: A psychological perspective18
Brand placements in video games: How local in‐game experiences influence brand attitudes18
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Leveling the Playing Field… in Private: The Interplay of Malicious Envy and Anonymity in Online Revenge18
Men engage in self‐deceptive enhancement, whereas women engage in impression management18
Identification as a Sword in the War for Talent: Understanding Organizational Identification Through a Prospective Employee Lens18
Living with restrictions: The duration of restrictions influences construal levels18
Revisiting power messaging in service failures: Pitfalls and proposed solutions17
A story to sell: The influence of storytelling on consumers' purchasing behavior17
To be precise (imprecise) in utilitarian (hedonic) contexts: Examining the influence of numerical precision on consumer reactions to artificial intelligence‐based recommendations17
How scarcity and thinking styles boost referral effectiveness16
Digital technologies and privacy: State of the art and research directions16
First come, first served versus the draw: Perceived fairness in the new product purchase competition16
Deciphering consumer commitment: Exploring the dual influence of self‐brand and self‐group relationships16
The regulatory fit effect on consumer preferences for price discounts and bonus packs16
How to strategically choose or combine augmented and virtual reality for improved online experiential retailing16
AI in marketing, consumer research and psychology: A systematic literature review and research agenda16
The Dark Side of Social Media Influencers: A Research Agenda for Analysing Deceptive Practices and Regulatory Challenges16
An integrative review of the decoy effect on choice behavior16
Rating with the senses: How sensory encounters are reflected on online review ratings?16
I will say “No” to that cookie: How imagined future self‐regulation drives current self‐regulation15
The effects of pseudo‐relevant 100% claims15
Customers' political ideology and Self‐Service Technologies: Do political leanings predict usage of Self‐Service Technologies?15
Avatars' Phygital Social Presence in the Metaverse: An Engaged Theory Perspective15
Asking your phone or a frontline employee? The influence of in‐store information source on choice overload, responsibility, and confidence among young consumers15
It is a match! The effect of regulatory fit on new products recommendations15
Can Brand Activism Benefit Luxury Brands?15
Understanding Social Comparison Dynamics on Social Media: A Qualitative Examination of Individual and Platform Characteristics14
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“A Contribution Shared Is a Contribution Halved”: The Influence of Tie Strength‐Based Disclosure Strategy on Potential Donors' Donation Amounts14
The psychology of frustration: Appraisals, outcomes, and service recovery14
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Fluency and the perceived ethicality of corporate social (ir)responsibility14
Increasing donation intentions toward endangered species: An empirical study on the mediating role of psychological and technological elements of VR14
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Just Walk Out Stores—The Future of Shopping? Examining Configurations of Reasons for and Against Consumer Adoption14
Experiences and happiness: The role of gender14
The semiotics of emojis in advertising: An integrated quantitative and qualitative examination of emotional versus functional ad dynamics14
Consumer‐brand identification and happiness in experiential consumption13
Meme marketing: How can marketers drive better engagement using viral memes?13
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The association between consumers' chronic concerns about infectious disease and anthropomorphism13
When Food Scanner Apps Outperform Front‐of‐Pack Nutrition Labels: A Conditional Process Model to Foster Healthier Food Choices in Times of Growing Distrust13
Aversion to Human Intervention: Why Food in Complex Packaging Design Is Perceived as Less Healthy13
Research online and purchase offline: The disruptive impact of consumers' online information on offline sales interaction13
Consumer cynicism in service failures13
Metaphysical deterrents to providers’ participation in the sharing economy: The role of peer‐to‐peer contagion13
The power of flattery: Enhancing prosocial behavior through virtual influencers13
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Impact of Anonymity on Consumers' Online Reviews13
“My life is a mess, I deserve a brownie:” Justifying indulgence by overstating the severity of life problems13
Color darkness and hierarchy perceptions: How consumers associate darker colors with higher hierarchy13
Resolving the complexity in Gen Z's envy occurrence: A cross‐cultural perspective13
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When reality backfires: Product evaluation context and the effectiveness of augmented reality in e‐commerce13
Correction to “Hedonic objects and utilitarian experiences: The overriding influence of hedonism in driving consumer happiness”12
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A meta‐analysis on the psychological and behavioral consequences of nostalgia: The moderating roles of nostalgia activators, culture, and individual characteristics12
Relating the dark side of new‐age technologies and customer technostress12
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It is different than what I saw online: Negative effects of webrooming on purchase intentions12
Value through diversity: A systematic literature review to understand diversity and inclusion in consumer research12
Extra Coupons and Unexpected Loss: The Effect of Unstackable Coupons on Consumer Purchases and Satisfaction12
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What is driving consumer resistance to crypto‐payment? A multianalytical investigation12
Advancing Antecedents of Brand Personality: A Meta‐Analytical Review and Moderator Analysis12
Beyond the Big Five: The effect of machiavellian, narcissistic, and psychopathic personality traits on stakeholder engagement12
Power from words: The influence of brand activism message framing on consumer purchase intention11
The impact of fear on the effectiveness of customer empowerment‐messages in online retailing11
Perceived air pollution reduces consumers' self‐disclosure: The role of tense arousal11
How do username and avatar affect people's engagement with native advertising on social media: From the self‐disclosure perspective11
Consumer hate and boycott communications of socially irresponsible fashion brands: Applying complexity theory in psychology and marketing research11
More than just your name: Public donations drive inferences of egoistic and altruistic motives11
Extracting informational cues between initial coin offering projects and the public11
An examination of frontline employee–customer incidental similarities in service failure and recovery contexts10
The heart, brain, and body of marketing: Complementary roles of neurophysiological measures in tracking emotions, memory, and ad effectiveness10
Exploring gift gaps: A meta‐analysis of giver–recipient asymmetries10
How aesthetic features convey the concept of brand premiumness10
The role of immersive spaces on the customer experience: An exploration of fashion metaverses10
Perceived unfairness increases desire for unique products: The role of need for social status10
How to make vertical farming more attractive: Effects of vegetable growing conditions on consumer assessment10
Being unconventional: The impact of unconventional packaging messages on impulsive purchases10
Key Factors that Influence Consumer Preferences for Natural‐Hyped Products10
When less is more: Understanding consumers' responses to minimalist appeals10
To protect and support: Why would consumers find foods tastier if these foods help support a desired self‐identity10
Fake smiles. Customer reactions to employees’ display inauthenticity and choice restrictions10
Pricey therefore good? Price affects expectations, but not quality perceptions and liking10
Social media engagement and real‐time marketing: Using net‐effects and set‐theoretic approaches to understand audience and content‐related effects10
Motivations of playing digital games: A review and research agenda10
Online group buying behavior: A study of experiential versus material purchases10
Is returning a product worth my time? The impact of time cues on consumer product returns10
Being there without being there: Gifts compensate for lack of in‐person support9
The proximal self: Why material objects are particularly relevant for consumers' self‐definition9
Fifty years of deceptive marketing research: A systematic review and future research agenda9
Augmented reality advertising via a mobile app9
Collectivism fosters preventive behaviors to contain the spread of COVID‐19: Implications for social marketing in public health9
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From easy to known: How fluent brand processing fosters self‐brand connection9
Corporate social responsibility in the luxury sector: The role of moral foundations9
Social dynamics of luxury customization: The unique impact of name personalization9
Developing a multi‐dimensional product evaluation scale9
Explaining how algorithms work reduces consumers' concerns regarding the collection of personal data and promotes AI technology adoption9
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