An Empirical Study on Antecedents and Consequences of Brand Hate in Antioch

In the literature on anti-consumption, the relationship of consumers with brands is associated with positive and negative emotions. Brand hate is considered as one of the negative emotions which is defined as a more intense negative emotion towards a particular brand. The aim of this study is to determine antecedents and consequences of brand hate. The data was collected from 215 consumers who have hate for smartphone brands by face-to-face survey method. Consumers' brand hate is limited to high-tech smartphones. Research hypotheses were tested with structural equation model. According to the results, both symbolic incongruity and ideological incompatibility effect brand hate in a positive way. Similarly, brand hate results with brand avoidance and negative word of mouth. The results of this study were discussed on the basis of the literature and suggestions were given to the future research and practitioners