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Do I deserve it? Origins and consequences of consumer entitlement

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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:28 authored by Alexandra Poliakova, Zachary Estes, Andrea Ordanini
The current research examines the role of entitlement, or an illegitimate sense of deservingness, in the marketplace. We focus on the antecedents of entitlement and describe a market situation that leads to an elevated sense of entitlement among a certain consumer group. We demonstrate that a sense of entitlement has negative consequences that extend beyond the original circumstances in which it was triggered. Specifically, we argue that when certain customers are afforded preferential treatment, leading to an elevated sense of entitlement, this gives rise to an opportunistic behavior. We also explore the effect of entitlement has on different consumers depending on their prior relationship, if any, with the company or business in question. We show that when preferential treatment is afforded "non-loyal" customers of a company, those customers experience an elevated sense of entitlement and are more likely to behave opportunistically than the same company's "loyal" customers are.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Conference Proceedings of the EMAC Annual Conference 2016

Publisher

EMAC

Event name

45th EMAC Annual Conference

Event location

Oslo, Norway

Event type

conference

Event date

24-27 May, 2016

ISBN

9788282472845

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  • Business and Management Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-06-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-06-08

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