管理评论 ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 157-168.

• 组织行为与人力资源管理 • 上一篇    

抑制还是促进?面子意识对社交折扣的双刃剑效应

涂铭1, 汪兴东2, 丁周瑾1, 郭子政3   

  1. 1. 华中农业大学经济管理学院, 武汉 430070;
    2. 江西农业大学经济管理学院, 南昌 330045;
    3. 武汉大学经济与管理学院, 武汉 430061
  • 收稿日期:2022-03-11 发布日期:2024-07-05
  • 作者简介:涂铭,华中农业大学经济管理学院副教授,博士;汪兴东(通讯作者),江西农业大学经济管理学院教授,博士生导师,博士;丁周瑾,华中农业大学经济管理学院本科生;郭子政,武汉大学经济与管理学院博士研究生。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(71702063;72264012);教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目(17YJC630140)。

Restrain or Boost? The Double-edged Sword Effect of Concern for Face on Social Coupon

Tu Ming1, Wang Xingdong2, Ding Zhoujin1, Guo Zizheng3   

  1. 1. College of Economics & Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070;
    2. School of Economics and Management, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045;
    3. School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430061
  • Received:2022-03-11 Published:2024-07-05

摘要: 现有文献普遍认为面子意识对传统线下折扣行为有消极影响,但对于如何影响社交折扣却鲜有涉及。本文从印象管理视角,通过三个研究揭示了面子意识对社交折扣的双刃剑效应。研究结果表明:(1)面子意识会促进帮人砍价,自我提升在其中起中介作用。(2)面子意识会抑制求人砍价,受评忧虑在其中起中介作用。(3)折扣形式在上述关系中起调节作用,相对于互助型折扣,求助型折扣会增强面子意识对自我提升的正向影响,进而促进帮人砍价;相对于求助型折扣,互助型折扣会削弱面子意识对受评忧虑的正向影响,进而削弱面子意识对求人砍价的抑制作用。

关键词: 面子意识, 社交折扣, 印象管理, 求人砍价, 帮人砍价

Abstract: Existing studies mainly discuss the negative relationship between concern for face and traditional offline discount participation, but neglect the impact on social coupon. This paper explores the double-edged sword effect of concern for face on social coupon behaviors from the perspective of impression management. Through three studies, we examine the influence of concern for face on help-giving and help-seeking in social coupon through different impression management motives in the conditions of different social coupon types (seek-help vs. mutual-help). The results show that concern for face increases consumers’ help-giving intention in social coupon through self-enhancement and inhibit consumers’ help-seeking intention in social coupon through evaluation apprehension. Specifically, on the one hand, compared with mutual-help social coupon, seek-help social coupon enhances the positive influence of concern for face on self-enhancement, and thus increases the help-giving intention in social coupon. On the other hand, compared with mutual-help social coupon, seek-help social coupon increases the positive effect of concern for face on evaluation apprehension, and thus decreases consumers’ help-seeking intention in social coupon. The results of this paper reveal theoretical foundation for understanding social coupon and provide managerial implication for marketing practice of social coupon.

Key words: concern for face, social coupon, impression management, help-giving in social coupon, help-seeking in social coupon