Seek or destroy? Examining value creation and destruction in behaviour maintenance in social marketing

Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Journal of Marketing Management, 2017, 33 (5-6), pp. 348 - 374
Issue Date:
2017-03-24
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© 2017 Westburn Publishers Ltd. This article presents an empirical investigation of how behaviour maintenance is supported or hindered through value creation and destruction in social marketing. Using a longitudinal, netnographic approach, we identify and examine the key facilitators and barriers encountered during the maintenance of physical and mental health behaviours. Data were collected over a 12-week observation period via Twitter from a sample of 242 participants. A total of 5212 tweets were analysed using content and thematic analysis facilitated by NVivo software program. The findings identify key barriers to and facilitators of behaviour maintenance at the individual level (downstream), meso level (midstream), and policy level (upstream) that have an influence on value creation and destruction in social marketing. These findings demonstrate the importance of employing a strategic and integrated approach to social change management.
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