Exploring the Influence of Celebrity Credibility on Brand Attitude,Advertisement Attitude and Purchase Intention

Abstract

The celebrity credibility scale developed by Singh and Banerjee [Singh, R. P., & Banerjee, N. (2018). A study on exploring the factors influencing celebrity endorsement credibility. Global Business Review, 19(2), 494–509.] which is validated in the Indian context with the addition of some items based on Indian culture and psychometric properties is further tested. The scale items are earlier tested in general terms without any reference to a celebrity. For this study, four major two-wheeler brands in India, which are endorsed by celebrities, are considered. The present study consists of 380 participants. This study tries to explore the influence of celebrity credibility on consumers’ brand attitude and advertisement attitude. Subsequently, the influence of brand attitude and advertisement attitude on consumers’ purchase intention is studied. The study reveals celebrity credibility has a significant influence on consumers’ attitude towards the brand and advertisement, also in the case of purchase intention; both brand attitude and advertisement attitude built on celebrity credibility has positive significant influence. The present study supports the celebrity credibility scale items of Singh and Banerjee (2018). The overall effect of celebrity credibility is positively significant with other constructs; this proves that the scale items are robust and relevant in clarifying celebrity credibility properly.

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Celebrity credibility scale brand attitude advertisement attitude purchase intention

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