Happiness in fashion

Eyal Eckhaus

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

11 Scopus citations

Abstract

Fashion marketing tactics often fall short due to unpredictable emotional consumer behavior. As a result, positive emotion elicitation towards products is well researched. However, temporary emotional states may have negative implications. Happiness is a stable emotional state, the impact of which as a pre-disposition on purchasing intentions has yet to be thoroughly investigated. In addition, fashion involvement has a known positive impact on purchasing. In this study, the mediating role of happiness as a pre-disposition on the relationship between fashion involvement and purchase intentions is evaluated. A model supported by empirical evidence is presented. Predicated on data gleaned from 849 respondents, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) followed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were employed. Results confirm that happiness constructs exhibit a multiple mediation effect on the relationship between fashion involvement and purchase intentions. While pursuit of pleasure and pursuit of engagement positively affect fashion involvement, pursuit of meaning negatively affects it.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Human Factors, Business Management and Society - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, 2018
EditorsJussi Ilari Kantola, Salman Nazir, Tibor Barath
Pages15-25
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventAHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, 2018 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 21 Jul 201825 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume783
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

ConferenceAHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period21/07/1825/07/18

Keywords

  • Apparel
  • Fashion
  • Happiness
  • Involvement
  • Marketing

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Happiness in fashion'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this