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Leveraging celebrities with inconsistent attractiveness and credibility for charitable endorsement: A cue diagnosticity perspective

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  • Gong, Heming
  • Bian, Xuemei
  • Zheng, Chundong

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Building upon the cue diagnosticity framework, this research investigates the influence of three categories of celebrities (attractive-credible, attractiveness-oriented, and credibility-oriented) on charitable endorsements. We generated 1095 participants’ data from three studies via an online experimental design and conducted analysis using ANOVA. Study 1 demonstrated that the attractive-credible celebrity outperforms the credibility-oriented and attractiveness-oriented celebrities in persuasion. Study 2 discovered that attractive-oriented celebrities are more effective for emotional ad apppeals, whereas credibility-oriented celebrities excel in informational ad appeals. Study 3 found that attractiveness-oriented celebrities align well with high non-profit organization images, whereas credibility-oriented celebrities are more effective with low and medium non-profit organization images. The current research incorporates the cue diagnosticity framework in celebrity characteristics literature and guides managers on leveraging celebrities with inconsistent attractiveness and credibility characteristics.

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  • Gong, Heming & Bian, Xuemei & Zheng, Chundong, 2024. "Leveraging celebrities with inconsistent attractiveness and credibility for charitable endorsement: A cue diagnosticity perspective," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:joreco:v:78:y:2024:i:c:s0969698924000675
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2024.103771
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