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How to deal with Facebook comments during a product-harm crisis? The impact of a personalized organizational response to supportive vs. non-supportive comments of consumers

(2015)
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Abstract
Social media have empowered consumers to voice their supportive and non-supportive feedback towards organizations involved in a product-harm crisis. Moreover, these media enable organizations to engage in dialogue with consumers. However, so far it is unclear which response style is advisable to respond to supportive or non-supportive feedback of consumers. By means of an experimental study, we investigate the impact of a personalized versus generic organizational response to a supportive or non-supportive Facebook comment of a consumer. Results show that a personalized organizational response results in the perception that the organizations’ motives are public-serving, which minimizes skepticism towards the response and in turn positively affects the organizational reputation. However, this effect only occurs when the company replies in a personal way to a non-supportive comment of a consumer. When the company replies personally to a supportive comment, this response raises skepticism which in turn detrimentally influences the organizational reputation.
Keywords
supportiveness, organizational reputation, personalization, consumer skepticism, attribution theory

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MLA
Crijns, Hannelore, et al. How to Deal with Facebook Comments during a Product-Harm Crisis? The Impact of a Personalized Organizational Response to Supportive vs. Non-Supportive Comments of Consumers. 2015.
APA
Crijns, H., Cauberghe, V., Hudders, L., & Claeys, A.-S. (2015). How to deal with Facebook comments during a product-harm crisis? The impact of a personalized organizational response to supportive vs. non-supportive comments of consumers.
Chicago author-date
Crijns, Hannelore, Veroline Cauberghe, Liselot Hudders, and An-Sofie Claeys. 2015. “How to Deal with Facebook Comments during a Product-Harm Crisis? The Impact of a Personalized Organizational Response to Supportive vs. Non-Supportive Comments of Consumers.”
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Crijns, Hannelore, Veroline Cauberghe, Liselot Hudders, and An-Sofie Claeys. 2015. “How to Deal with Facebook Comments during a Product-Harm Crisis? The Impact of a Personalized Organizational Response to Supportive vs. Non-Supportive Comments of Consumers.”
Vancouver
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Crijns H, Cauberghe V, Hudders L, Claeys A-S. How to deal with Facebook comments during a product-harm crisis? The impact of a personalized organizational response to supportive vs. non-supportive comments of consumers. 2015.
IEEE
[1]
H. Crijns, V. Cauberghe, L. Hudders, and A.-S. Claeys, “How to deal with Facebook comments during a product-harm crisis? The impact of a personalized organizational response to supportive vs. non-supportive comments of consumers.” 2015.
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  abstract     = {{Social media have empowered consumers to voice their supportive and non-supportive feedback towards organizations involved in a product-harm crisis. Moreover, these media enable organizations to engage in dialogue with consumers. However, so far it is unclear which response style is advisable to respond to supportive or non-supportive feedback of consumers. By means of an experimental study, we investigate the impact of a personalized versus generic organizational response to a supportive or non-supportive Facebook comment of a consumer. Results show that a personalized organizational response results in the perception that the organizations’ motives are public-serving, which minimizes skepticism towards the response and in turn positively affects the organizational reputation. However, this effect only occurs when the company replies in a personal way to a non-supportive comment of a consumer. When the company replies personally to a supportive comment, this response raises skepticism which in turn detrimentally influences the organizational reputation.}},
  author       = {{Crijns, Hannelore and Cauberghe, Veroline and Hudders, Liselot and Claeys, An-Sofie}},
  keywords     = {{supportiveness,organizational reputation,personalization,consumer skepticism,attribution theory}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{How to deal with Facebook comments during a product-harm crisis? The impact of a personalized organizational response to supportive vs. non-supportive comments of consumers}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}