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In this paper, we address the question of whether prior experience with a product moderates the extent to which the use of user-image based cues and utilitarian cues are predictive of brand attitude. Specifically, high experience consumers were expected to focus more on utilitarian cues and low experience consumers to focus on user-image based cues. Results of two studies generally support these predictions.
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Mangleburg, T.F., Sirgy, M.J., Grewal, D. et al. The Moderating Effect of Prior Experience in Consumers' Use of User-Image Based Versus Utilitarian Cues in Brand Attitude. Journal of Business and Psychology 13, 101–113 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022927201433
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