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Original Article
Open Access
Consumers’ Attitude Toward Electric Vehicles in India : Mapping Psychological Antecedents and Consequences
Pushpinder Singh, Inderpreet Sandhu, Amar Inder Singh
· pp. 8–27
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2023/v53/i6/172765
Purpose: Deteriorating air quality, rising carbon footprint, and increasing fuel prices have called for India’s automobile industry to gear up for acute transformation. The current study, drawing parallel lines from SOR theory, investigated how the attitude toward EVs was affected …
Keywords:
utilitarian shopping value, lifestyle, conspicuous consumption, attitude toward EVs (electric vehicles), purchase intention, ecological behavior
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Original Article
Open Access
Influence of Social Media on Post-Purchase Dissonance : An Empirical Study
S. Shyam Prasad, Amruta Y. K.
· pp. 28–46
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2023/v53/i6/172766
Purpose: Post-purchase dissonance refers to a customer’s dissatisfaction after buying a product or service. This study focused on the role of social media in influencing customer dissonance. The growing online purchases and product returns due to dissatisfaction have increased the …
Keywords:
post-purchase dissonance, online purchase, social media, cognitive balance, returns
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Original Article
Open Access
A Study on the Perception of Selected Ethnic Communities Toward Communication Media : An Empirical Study
Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Shazeed Ahmed
· pp. 47–59
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2023/v53/i6/172767
Purpose: Ethnographic marketing is an emerging area in the field of management. In a world marked by growing multiculturalism, media plays a significant role in the dissemination of information. Marketers are required to know the nature of the perception held …
Keywords:
ethnicity, media, perception, discriminant, advertisement
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Original Article
Open Access
Branding Regenerative Tourism for Sustainable Rural Destinations : A Critical Reflection Perspective
Sabari Shankar Ravichandran
· pp. 60–65
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2023/v53/i6/172768
Purpose: Regenerative tourism is widely popular in many countries. With the changing dynamics of tourists across the globe, disruptive challenges in managing the destinations and uncertainties in delivering tourism offerings have clouted the significance of regenerative toruism mainly catering to …
Keywords:
regenerative tourism, sustainability, destination branding, rural tourism