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Green influencer marketing: conceptualization, scale development, and validation: an application to tourism products

Kılıç, İlker, Gürlek, Mert·2024·Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Abstract

This study aims to conceptualize the green influencer marketing (GIM) and to develop a GIM scale for its measurement. To achieve this goal, this research used a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design. In this context, qualitative study and quantitative studies were carried out, respectively. Study 1 included qualitative study, while study 2, 3 and 4 included quantitative studies. In the study 1, the social media posts of 14 green influencers were subjected to the content analysis to provide an operational definition of the GIM. With this content analysis, green influencer marketing and its sub-factors, which are environmentally friendly product-oriented influence and environmental sustainability-oriented influence, were conceptualized and a 15-item pool was obtained. Quantitative data for study 2, 3 and 4 were collected from participants who followed at least one of the 14 green influencers. In the quantitative studies, multiple waves of data collection were used. In the study 2, the item pool was purified and refined with the help of quantitative research. Thus, a scale consisting of 2 dimensions and 8 items was obtained (n:100). In the study 3, the factor structure of the scale was confirmed through the test-retest method (n:202). In the study 4, the research model hypothesized using the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) Theory was tested to ensure the nomological validity of the scale (n:321). The research model built for nomological validity consists of GIM, perceiv…

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Authors
Kılıç, İ., & Gürlek, M.
Affiliations
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi University (TR)
  • Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi (TR)
Corresponding author
Kılıç, İlker
Venue
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Published
2023-10-30
Volume
32
Issue
10
Pages
2181-2206
ISSN
  • 0966-9582 (ISSN-L)
  • 1747-7646
OpenAlex
W4388020860
Cited by
71
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 17
FWCI
30.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Sustainable Tourism (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
Keywords
scale development, environmental awareness, stimulus-organism-response model, nomological network

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