An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sector

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship among the brand hate reasons, antecedents, and its consequences. This study follows the four-step model of reasons, antecedents, and consequences of brand hate. Reasons included are product related such as poor food quality, Safety & h...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Alam, Saman Attiq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad 2023-12-01
Series:NUML International Journal of Business & Management
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Online Access:https://nijbm.numl.edu.pk/index.php/BM/article/view/178
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description The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship among the brand hate reasons, antecedents, and its consequences. This study follows the four-step model of reasons, antecedents, and consequences of brand hate. Reasons included are product related such as poor food quality, Safety & hygiene. These reasons lead to antecedents of brand hate such as dissatisfaction, which leads to brand hate and its consequences, which are brand avoidance and complaining behavior. The study model is based on the Triangular theory of hate. This study collected data from primary sources of data through the use of a structured questionnaire. This research study follows a causal research design. The target population of the study was all food consumers of Pakistani, who had experienced any food brand in the last 06 months and had extremely negative feelings about that brand. Data screening was through Excel and was analyzed through SPSS and WarpPLS. Results showed a positively significant relationship between the reasons, antecedents, and consequences of brand hate. The findings indicated that the root cause of brand hate is customer dissatisfaction due to poor food quality and concerns about the safety & hygiene of food, which leads to brand avoidance and complaining behavior of food consumers. The outcomes of this research hold significance for the band managers, who can be helped through superior information and comprehension of such a brand hate study.
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spelling doaj-art-e356ff1f0fee4e4dac556b2acd59ae562025-08-20T02:53:55ZengNational University of Modern Languages (NUML), IslamabadNUML International Journal of Business & Management2410-53922521-473X2023-12-01182An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sectorMuhammad Alam0Saman Attiq1Air University School of Management, Air University, IslamabadNust Business School, NUST, Islamabad The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship among the brand hate reasons, antecedents, and its consequences. This study follows the four-step model of reasons, antecedents, and consequences of brand hate. Reasons included are product related such as poor food quality, Safety & hygiene. These reasons lead to antecedents of brand hate such as dissatisfaction, which leads to brand hate and its consequences, which are brand avoidance and complaining behavior. The study model is based on the Triangular theory of hate. This study collected data from primary sources of data through the use of a structured questionnaire. This research study follows a causal research design. The target population of the study was all food consumers of Pakistani, who had experienced any food brand in the last 06 months and had extremely negative feelings about that brand. Data screening was through Excel and was analyzed through SPSS and WarpPLS. Results showed a positively significant relationship between the reasons, antecedents, and consequences of brand hate. The findings indicated that the root cause of brand hate is customer dissatisfaction due to poor food quality and concerns about the safety & hygiene of food, which leads to brand avoidance and complaining behavior of food consumers. The outcomes of this research hold significance for the band managers, who can be helped through superior information and comprehension of such a brand hate study. https://nijbm.numl.edu.pk/index.php/BM/article/view/178Poor Food QualitySafety & HygieneBrand hate
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An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sector
NUML International Journal of Business & Management
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Safety & Hygiene
Brand hate
title An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sector
title_full An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sector
title_fullStr An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sector
title_full_unstemmed An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sector
title_short An investigation on brand hate: understanding negative psychology of consumers in the service sector
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topic Poor Food Quality
Safety & Hygiene
Brand hate
url https://nijbm.numl.edu.pk/index.php/BM/article/view/178
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