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Exploring existential guilt appeals in the context of charitable advertisements

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Lwin, Michael
Phau, Ian
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2008
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Conference Paper

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Lwin, Michael and Phau, Ian. 2008. Exploring existential guilt appeals in the context of charitable advertisements, in Spanjaard, D. and Denize, S. and Sharma, N. (ed), Proceedings of Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, Dec 1 2008. Olympic Park, Sydney: University of Western Sydney.
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Proceedings of Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy conference 2008
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Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference
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Curtin Business School
School of Marketing
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This study explores the relationship between existential guilt, inferences of manipulative intent,attitude towards the brand, and donation behaviour intentions. A scale was also developed tomeasure existential guilt. Although it is exploratory in nature, it fills the gap in the literature thatguilt is not a unified construct and should be measured separately. This research found thatconsumers perceived World Vision?s ad to be non-manipulative and suggested that consumershad a very strong attitude towards the brand. The results implied that advertisers could employmore intensive existential guilt ads for credible brands and potential contributions are alsodiscussed.