Recently, the importance of green in the relationship between companies and consumers has attracted attention not only in the management field but also in marketing research. Due to this need, companies are expanding their green attributes in products...
Recently, the importance of green in the relationship between companies and consumers has attracted attention not only in the management field but also in marketing research. Due to this need, companies are expanding their green attributes in products and services, and SNS marketing is expanding as a means of informing consumers of their green activities. However, due to the difference in consumers' perception of the attributes of green, the relationship between green SNS marketing participation and green product purchase behavior is presented with opposite results.
Accordingly, this study aims to explore the relationship between green SNS marketing participation and green product purchase behavior, and to verify the influence on self-monitoring with the temperamental characteristics of consumers who can show a difference in the relationship between green SNS marketing participation and green product purchase behavior.
Through the review of previous studies on green SNS marketing participation, green product purchase behavior, and self-monitoring, this study summarized the factors that can affect the relationship between green SNS marketing and green product purchase behavior and set a hypothesis. Four scenarios were designed by crossing the type of green SNS campaign and brand familiarity, and a total of 866 data were collected through an online panel survey for hypothesis verification.
As a result of the study, the positive effect of consumers' participation in green SNS marketing on green product purchase behavior was confirmed. In addition, not only the positive effect on participation in green SNS marketing related to self-monitoring, but also the moderating effect was confirmed in the relationship between green SNS marketing and green product purchase behavior. In addition, the influence of control variables such as the type of green campaign that exhibits green characteristics and brand familiarity in the relationship between green SNS marketing and green product purchase behavior was additionally confirmed.
This study is meaningful in expanding the theoretical meaning by confirming the positive impact of green SNS marketing and purchasing behavior relationship and controlling the attributes exhibited by green products. In addition, as self-monitoring is explored as a leading factor in the relationship between green SNS marketing and purchasing behavior, it can be meaningful to expand understanding of the probability of individual temperamental tendencies in the process of green SNS marketing leading to purchase. Subsequently, these research results suggest that it can be helpful in establishing SNS marketing strategies in the management field as it provides an understanding of the process in which green characteristics are accepted by consumers.