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Moral credentials versus moral credits: Two paths to consumers’ licensing of brand transgressions
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- Authors
- Ryoo, Y.
- Affiliations
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ryoo, Yuhosua
- ORCID
- Ryoo, Yuhosua
- Venue
- Journal of Business Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-07
- Volume
- 146
- Pages
- 13-31
- ISSN
- 0148-2963 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4220894032
- Semantic Scholar
- 0206f0ba9a15f28f518e3b61288d1c5458be52d1
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 99
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 3
- FWCI
- 4.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Business Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Identity and Reputation
- Keywords
- moral licensing, moral credit, brand transgressions, self-brand connection, self-affirmation, brand attitude
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