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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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The tip of the tongue: Language‐based chronic social exclusion and tipping as a refocusing strategy215
Bayesian inference and consumer behavioral theory204
Darker Logos Are Seen as For‐Profits and Lighter Logos as Nonprofits190
To touch or not to touch: Examining the role of choice set size165
How Invoking Science in the Production Process of Geographical Indication Products Impacts Consumer's Perceived Authenticity and Product Valuation156
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Managing Consumer Satisfaction Amid Sustainability Policy‐Induced Service Failures: The Role of Replacement Quality and Communication Strategies126
The effect of anthropomorphized technology failure on the desire to connect with others116
Correction to “Empowered by Representation: How Plus‐Size Models Create Brand Evangelists”111
Anthropomorphic Sad Expressions Reduce Waste of “Single” Imperfect Food109
Merits matter: A new perspective on multifaceted pride and its effects on conspicuous consumption101
How power increases preference for experiential purchases but not for material purchases101
Consumer guilt proneness scale—Assessing individual differences in responses to transgressive consumption situations98
Seeking variety on the move: The effect of residential mobility on variety seeking97
Cause‐related marketing of luxury brands: Nudging materialists to act prosocially95
The impact of childhood environments on the sunk‐cost fallacy90
Adbusting: How advertising altered by activists affects brands88
Investigating the effectiveness of virtual influencers in prosocial marketing88
Mega‐influencers and brand dynamics: Shaping attitudes toward leading and challenger brands through electronic word of mouth84
Is it risky to subscribe? Perceived control and subscription choice83
The impact of financial scarcity on green consumption: Sequential mediating effects of anxiety and self‐efficacy79
Gamification's role in fostering user engagement with healthy food‐based digital content78
Against the Green Schema: How Gen‐AI Negatively Impacts Green Influencer Posts77
I personally like it: Preference for minority endorsement in the early stage of the consumer decision journey76
Virtual is so real! Consumers' evaluation of product packaging in virtual reality70
The impact of service robots on consumer response: Examining the roles of consumers' service expertise and technology expertise69
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Charitable Triad Theory: How donors, beneficiaries, and fundraisers influence charitable giving69
NFT luxury brand marketing in the metaverse: Leveraging blockchain‐certified NFTs to drive consumer behavior66
Bragging About Valuable Resources? The Dual Effect of Companies’ AI and Human Self‐Promotion66
The role of sensory marketing and brand experience in building emotional attachment and brand loyalty in luxury retail stores65
Temporary or permanent social media post? The impact of product type64
Empathy at the heart of customer experience: A holistic framework for understanding and enhancing consumer empathy through the lens of customer experience62
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Embracing Hedonism While Being Young: The Effects of Compulsive Buying, Compulsive Hoarding, and Spendthriftness61
Beyond the Post: How Profile Picture Changes Shape Consumer Perceptions of Brand Activism60
How brand gender affects consumer preference for sweet food: The role of the association between gender and taste59
Implicit Ethical Consumerism: Development and Cross‐Cultural Validation of a Novel Affect‐Misattribution Measure57
A systematic review on political ideology and persuasion54
The influence of companies' moral associations on the product consumption experience: The role of moral disgust54
Marketing analytics: The bridge between customer psychology and marketing decision‐making53
Of happy larks and unhappy owls: Why morning versus evening types feel different levels of happiness from experiential versus material purchases53
Is this really me? Investigating brand personality self‐congruity on consumer behavior in video‐based social media52
Framing the Future: How AI's Creation Versus Generation Visuals Affects Consumer Willingness to Pay51
I, chatbot! the impact of anthropomorphism and gaze direction on willingness to disclose personal information and behavioral intentions51
The self on display: The impact of self‐objectification on luxury consumption50
Prevalent elements of consumer wellbeing in wearable technology use: An interdisciplinary systematic review and future research agenda49
Algorithm fashion designer? ascribed mind and perceived design expertise of AI versus human48
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Driving User Engagement: A Mixed‐Method Marketing Approach for Digital Mental Health Intervention46
The role of social projection in consumers' commonness fallacy44
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Beyond Possessions: Nomadic Living Sparks Minimalism Tendency and Preference for Experiential Purchases43
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The role of a smile in customer–employee interactions: Primitive emotional contagion and its boundary conditions41
The more the better? The negative effect of disseminators' donations in online donation41
Nutrition labeling, numerosity effects, and vigilance among diet‐sensitive individuals40
You designed that yourself for me? Vicarious pride in customized gift exchange40
Sustaining the Shift: Mechanisms of Practice Continuation in Meat Analogue Consumption39
Key factors influencing knowledge acquisition through game‐based learning39
Understanding crowding perceptions and their impact on place experience: Insights from a mixed‐methods study39
This article is… Consumer reactions to unfinished teasers for digital content38
Beyond humans: Consumer reluctance to adopt zoonotic artificial intelligence37
Reconceptualizing the desire‐intention relationship in the Model of Goal Directed Behavior37
Has the COVID‐19 pandemic made us more materialistic? The effect of COVID‐19 and lockdown restrictions on the endorsement of materialism37
Embodiment, immersion, and enjoyment in virtual reality marketing experiences36
No App, No Entry: Conceptualizing Digital Technology Captivity in Service Access36
Overcoming the blockchain technology credibility gap35
Two days before Friday versus 2 days from today: How future (vs. present) anchors in deadlines increase goal achievement35
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Dark Side of Uncertain Price Promotions35
Branding with music: How can music contour and tonality enhance perceived brand innovativeness and brand evaluations?33
They forgot me! The exclusionary effects among complaining consumers when others receive a response33
Typology and impact of follower responses to social media influencer “promotional crisis”32
Strike while the iron is hot: Temperature affects consumers' appetite for risk32
Smart speakers and customer experience in service contexts32
How Promoting Access‐Based Consumption Provokes Overconsumption31
The colorful company: Effects of brand logo colorfulness on consumer judgments31
Comparing Who We Are to Who We Could Be: How Future Self‐Images Influence Consumer Choices31
Beyond the Shores of Reality: The Effect of Virtual Influencers on Luxury Perception and Its Downstream Consequence29
The pain of payment: A review and research agenda29
Conceptualizing sustainable consumption priming: A scoping review29
How a blurry background in product presentation influences product size perception28
Set that record straight! Cardinal line orientations in music album artwork boost market performance and music consumption28
Authenticity Perceptions of Informational and Transformational Advertising: Decoding the Role of Construal Level Mindset27
Retailing in the Face of Uncertainty: How Consumers' Hope and Fear Shape Channel Choice27
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Designing the digitalized guest experience: A comprehensive framework and research agenda26
A Rater‐Reader Inconsistency: Underjudging the Influence of Price in Consumer Ratings26
“Alexa, lock my front door”: An empirical study on factors affecting consumer's satisfaction with VCA‐controlled security devices26
Managing Pharmaceutical Promotion Mix in the Rise of Social Media25
What goes around comes around: The effect of belief in karma on charitable donation behavior25
Overcoming the Challenge of “Green Enough”: Exploring the Dark Side of Incremental Green Options25
Revisiting (dis)fluency: Metacognitive difficulty as a novelty cue that evokes feeling‐of‐interest25
My money—My problem: How fear‐of‐missing‐out appeals can hinder sustainable investment decisions25
The impact of socioeconomic status on preferences for sustainable luxury brands25
When Does Anxiety Increase Attempts to Spend Time and Money Efficiently?25
Stop and smell the roses: How and when busyness impacts consumers' preference for minimalist advertisements25
Image‐Left, Text‐Right: The Horizontal Sequence Effect of Images and Text on Consumer Responses to in‐Feed News24
Into the virtual worlds: conceptualizing the consumer‐avatar journey in virtual environments24
Hearing what you pay improves transaction satisfaction? Unveiling the dual process influence of auditory feedback24
Erroneous consumer evaluations in the marketplace: How consumer evaluations are biased by raw performance scores24
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The bittersweet of consumer–human brand relationships in the social media context23
The influence of deviant advertisements on customer responses: The role of cultural tightness in emerging and developed economies23
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Red Bull Gives You Wings at Work: How Context Transforms Metaphors Into Reality22
Developing a Scale to Measure Need‐to‐Tell Personality Trait to Predict Consumers' Willingness to Provide Online Reviews22
How loneliness affects consumers' reluctance to let go of used possessions22
Human Vs Machine: How Does Production Mode Influence Consumers' Perception of Price Unfairness?22
Paying less as a signal of competence22
The length of brand names influences the expectation of healthiness in foods and preference for healthy foods21
Lonely human and dominant robot: Similarity versus complementary attraction21
Using large language models to generate silicon samples in consumer and marketing research: Challenges, opportunities, and guidelines21
Fostering trust and overcoming psychological resistance towards cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets21
State boredom increases consumers' gift‐giving intentions in entertainment live‐streaming: A moderated dual‐mediation model21
From ugly to attractive: Leveraging anthropomorphism to increase demand for irregular‐appearing produce21
How Second Screens Shape Consumer Experiences: The Role of Social Connection on Repeat Viewing21
Psychology of space tourism marketing, technology, and sustainable development: From a literature review to an integrative framework21
The role of demand‐based scarcity appeals in promoting cultured meat21
How and when Narcissism and faith in humanity drive sustainable consumption20
More the merrier!! Understanding the effect of available content choices over willingness to pay for over‐the‐top subscriptions20
More Than Just a Game: How Intrinsic Motivation and Artificial Intelligence‐Enhanced Trading Shape Consumer Well‐Being in Virtual Markets20
The conceptualization of enablers and constraints of in‐store buying as part of the affordances flow funnel process through scan and go apps20
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You Can Do It! or Can We? Personal Pronouns and Their Impact on Consumer Goal Pursuit20
The impact of visual perspectives in advertisements on access‐based products20
An integrative review of the decoy effect on choice behavior19
Activation or Rigidity: The Dual‐Channel Mechanism of Responsibility on Consumer Citizenship Behavior Beneficial to Community Members19
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Identification as a Sword in the War for Talent: Understanding Organizational Identification Through a Prospective Employee Lens19
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Friendship stings: Jealousy behind a close friend's extraordinary experiences19
Disidentification: The Long‐Term Effects of Offensive‐Discriminatory Advertising19
I want to remember: Preference for visual intensity in sentimental purchases19
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Is Darker More Effective? The Effect of Package Color Lightness on Consumer Judgment of Product Efficacy18
The regulatory fit effect on consumer preferences for price discounts and bonus packs18
Revisiting power messaging in service failures: Pitfalls and proposed solutions18
Branding beyond the gender binary18
First come, first served versus the draw: Perceived fairness in the new product purchase competition18
Leveling the Playing Field… in Private: The Interplay of Malicious Envy and Anonymity in Online Revenge18
To be precise (imprecise) in utilitarian (hedonic) contexts: Examining the influence of numerical precision on consumer reactions to artificial intelligence‐based recommendations17
Brand placements in video games: How local in‐game experiences influence brand attitudes17
Tap or Swipe: How Interactive Touch Gestures Matter in Digital Advertising?17
Self‐Comparing With Virtual Influencers: Effects on Followers' Wellbeing17
Deciphering consumer commitment: Exploring the dual influence of self‐brand and self‐group relationships17
Men engage in self‐deceptive enhancement, whereas women engage in impression management16
Digital technologies and privacy: State of the art and research directions16
Gag Gifting: The Joke and the Poke16
A story to sell: The influence of storytelling on consumers' purchasing behavior16
The effects of pseudo‐relevant 100% claims16
Asking your phone or a frontline employee? The influence of in‐store information source on choice overload, responsibility, and confidence among young consumers16
The Dark Side of Social Media Influencers: A Research Agenda for Analysing Deceptive Practices and Regulatory Challenges16
Customers' political ideology and Self‐Service Technologies: Do political leanings predict usage of Self‐Service Technologies?16
Behavioral Drivers in Circular Product Purchases: The Divide Between Corporate Buyers and Final Consumers16
Rating with the senses: How sensory encounters are reflected on online review ratings?15
Can Brand Activism Benefit Luxury Brands?15
Avatars' Phygital Social Presence in the Metaverse: An Engaged Theory Perspective15
Fluency and the perceived ethicality of corporate social (ir)responsibility15
Increasing donation intentions toward endangered species: An empirical study on the mediating role of psychological and technological elements of VR15
The semiotics of emojis in advertising: An integrated quantitative and qualitative examination of emotional versus functional ad dynamics15
It is a match! The effect of regulatory fit on new products recommendations15
“A Contribution Shared Is a Contribution Halved”: The Influence of Tie Strength‐Based Disclosure Strategy on Potential Donors' Donation Amounts15
GenAI Use Behavior and Post‐Failure Perceptions Among People With Functional Disabilities: A Multimethod Study15
Experiences and happiness: The role of gender15
The power of flattery: Enhancing prosocial behavior through virtual influencers14
Does Inconsistency Between Influencer‐Generated and User‐Generated Content Hurt Brands? The Role of Perceived Content Credibility14
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Meme marketing: How can marketers drive better engagement using viral memes?14
Metaphysical deterrents to providers’ participation in the sharing economy: The role of peer‐to‐peer contagion14
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Resolving the complexity in Gen Z's envy occurrence: A cross‐cultural perspective14
When reality backfires: Product evaluation context and the effectiveness of augmented reality in e‐commerce14
The association between consumers' chronic concerns about infectious disease and anthropomorphism14
Research online and purchase offline: The disruptive impact of consumers' online information on offline sales interaction14
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Just Walk Out Stores—The Future of Shopping? Examining Configurations of Reasons for and Against Consumer Adoption14
First Response Matters: The Impact of First Public Response to Social Media Complaints on Observers' Brand Attitude13
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Self‐Conscious Emotions in Technology Adoption: How Embarrassment and Shame Shape Consumer Responses to New Technologies13
Value through diversity: A systematic literature review to understand diversity and inclusion in consumer research13
Aversion to Human Intervention: Why Food in Complex Packaging Design Is Perceived as Less Healthy13
Advancing Antecedents of Brand Personality: A Meta‐Analytical Review and Moderator Analysis13
When Food Scanner Apps Outperform Front‐of‐Pack Nutrition Labels: A Conditional Process Model to Foster Healthier Food Choices in Times of Growing Distrust13
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Understanding Social Comparison Dynamics on Social Media: A Qualitative Examination of Individual and Platform Characteristics13
Extra Coupons and Unexpected Loss: The Effect of Unstackable Coupons on Consumer Purchases and Satisfaction13
Beyond the Big Five: The effect of machiavellian, narcissistic, and psychopathic personality traits on stakeholder engagement13
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The Phenomenon of Creepiness in a Digital Marketing World13
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Consumer‐brand identification and happiness in experiential consumption13
What is driving consumer resistance to crypto‐payment? A multianalytical investigation13
Consumer‐Perceived Responsible Innovation: Scale Development and Its Influence on Adoption and Anticonsumption13
A meta‐analysis on the psychological and behavioral consequences of nostalgia: The moderating roles of nostalgia activators, culture, and individual characteristics13
Relating the dark side of new‐age technologies and customer technostress13
Consumer hate and boycott communications of socially irresponsible fashion brands: Applying complexity theory in psychology and marketing research12
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The impact of fear on the effectiveness of customer empowerment‐messages in online retailing12
Social media engagement and real‐time marketing: Using net‐effects and set‐theoretic approaches to understand audience and content‐related effects12
Perceived unfairness increases desire for unique products: The role of need for social status12
Seeing Bigger: How Product‐Background Color Contrast Shapes Perception of Product Size12
Exploring gift gaps: A meta‐analysis of giver–recipient asymmetries12
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Correction to “Hedonic objects and utilitarian experiences: The overriding influence of hedonism in driving consumer happiness”12
Perceived air pollution reduces consumers' self‐disclosure: The role of tense arousal12
Key Factors that Influence Consumer Preferences for Natural‐Hyped Products12
How do username and avatar affect people's engagement with native advertising on social media: From the self‐disclosure perspective12
Online group buying behavior: A study of experiential versus material purchases12
Extracting informational cues between initial coin offering projects and the public12
Psychological Mechanisms Behind the Influence of Immersive Technologies on Consumer Well‐Being12
More than just your name: Public donations drive inferences of egoistic and altruistic motives12
Power from words: The influence of brand activism message framing on consumer purchase intention11
When less is more: Understanding consumers' responses to minimalist appeals11
How to make vertical farming more attractive: Effects of vegetable growing conditions on consumer assessment11
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Being there without being there: Gifts compensate for lack of in‐person support11
Social dynamics of luxury customization: The unique impact of name personalization11
Pricey therefore good? Price affects expectations, but not quality perceptions and liking11
The heart, brain, and body of marketing: Complementary roles of neurophysiological measures in tracking emotions, memory, and ad effectiveness11
Being unconventional: The impact of unconventional packaging messages on impulsive purchases11
Residential mobility boosts new product adoption11
The Impact of Sensory Verbs in Online Reviews on Helpfulness Perception and Purchase Intention: The Mediating Role of Narrative Processing11
Technology paternalism: Development and validation of a measurement scale11
An examination of frontline employee–customer incidental similarities in service failure and recovery contexts11
Fake smiles. Customer reactions to employees’ display inauthenticity and choice restrictions11
Counterfeits can benefit original products when people are caught using counterfeits11
Fifty years of deceptive marketing research: A systematic review and future research agenda11
The role of immersive spaces on the customer experience: An exploration of fashion metaverses11
Artificial intelligence in marketing: A meta‐analytic review11
Explaining how algorithms work reduces consumers' concerns regarding the collection of personal data and promotes AI technology adoption10
The Effect of Charitable Norms of Income Classes and Perceived Economic Mobility on Prosocial Behavior10
Defining and Delineating Mindful Gifting: A Review and Research Agenda10
Unequal Spaces, Unequal Minds: How Spatial Inequality Drives Excessive Educational Consumption10
Correction to: Giver‐receiver discrepancy in decisions between probabilistic and regular gifts10
The proximal self: Why material objects are particularly relevant for consumers' self‐definition10
Consumer reactions to AI design: Exploring consumer willingness to pay for AI‐designed products10
The Interplay of Inflated Expectations, (Dis)Confirmation, and Emotional Spillover: Implications for Post‐Purchase Loyalty in Mystery Deals10
Effects of donation collection methods on donation amount: Nudging donation for the cause and overhead10
Is returning a product worth my time? The impact of time cues on consumer product returns10
From easy to known: How fluent brand processing fosters self‐brand connection10
Infringement on One Is Infringement on All: Observers Experience Vicarious Territorial Infringement in Virtual Brand Communities10
Color Saturation and Perceived Sensory Intensity: An Account of Psychological Proximity10
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