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Group cohesiveness and conformity as determinants of choice of promotions - an empirical study

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  • Vikas Deep
  • Shashi Kala
  • Manpreet Kaur

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The marketers use promotions of various kinds to enhance the sales of their products. The peer groups can be targeted by the marketers to formulate the behaviour and preferences of consumers. This paper examines the effect of group cohesiveness and group conformity on the choice of hedonic and utilitarian promotions of an individual by conducting a survey on 415 working professionals in large organisations of service sector in Punjab. The two-stage analytical PLS-SEM revealed that the group cohesiveness positively influences hedonic and utilitarian promotions both. Significant positive influence of group conformity was found on hedonic and utilitarian promotions. This paper contributes to the existing literature on peer groups, group cohesiveness, group conformity and choice of promotions. The findings suggest that marketing managers can focus on the peer groups of their prospective customers by having deep knowledge of the social influences revolving around working professionals.

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  • Vikas Deep & Shashi Kala & Manpreet Kaur, 2024. "Group cohesiveness and conformity as determinants of choice of promotions - an empirical study," International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 36(2/3), pages 276-293.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbglo:v:36:y:2024:i:2/3:p:276-293
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