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Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core

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Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core

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Purpose: The study aims to identify the shared psychological underpinnings of brand loyalty in marketing and portfolio loyalty in behavioral finance by clarifying their theoretical foundations, common mechanisms, and cross-domain implications. It further examines how emotional bonding, habitual behavior, and cognitive biases collectively shape persistent loyalty across consumer and investor decision contexts. This study integrates the marketing and behavioral finance literatures to underscore the importance of conceptualizing loyalty within a unified psychological framework. Method: An interdisciplinary conceptual review synthesizes theoretical perspectives from marketing, consumer psychology, and behavioral finance. The qualitative analysis integrates cognitive–emotional mechanisms derived from commitment–trust theory, behavioral portfolio theory, and prospect theory to construct a unified understanding of loyalty processes. Findings: The results indicate that emotional attachment, habit formation, trust, perceived control, and risk perception function as core determinants of loyalty in both domains, while biases such as loss aversion, status quo bias, the endowment effect, and sunk cost reasoning produce analogous behavioral patterns. Loyalty programs and financial retention strategies similarly activate mechanisms that reduce uncertainty and reinforce psychological consistency. Conclusion: Brand and portfolio loyalty emerge through comparable cognitive–emotional pathways, suggesting a transferable psychological framework for understanding loyalty- driven behavior. These parallels provide actionable insights for designing interventions that strengthen loyalty while mitigating decision biases. Future research should empirically evaluate these mechanisms within digital decision environments and sustainability-oriented financial contexts.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Brand loyalty, portfolio loyalty, behavioral economics, consumer psychology, cognitive and emotional biases.

Etik Beyan

Since this study does not require scientific research and publication ethics permission, ethics committee approval was not obtained.

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Erol, K. (2025). Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core. Güncel Pazarlama Yaklaşımları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6(2), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.54439/gupayad.1835076
AMA
1.Erol K. Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core. GÜPAYAD. 2025;6(2):175-192. doi:10.54439/gupayad.1835076
Chicago
Erol, Kader. 2025. “Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core”. Güncel Pazarlama Yaklaşımları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 6 (2): 175-92. https://doi.org/10.54439/gupayad.1835076.
EndNote
Erol K (01 Aralık 2025) Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core. Güncel Pazarlama Yaklaşımları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 6 2 175–192.
IEEE
[1]K. Erol, “Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core”, GÜPAYAD, c. 6, sy 2, ss. 175–192, Ara. 2025, doi: 10.54439/gupayad.1835076.
ISNAD
Erol, Kader. “Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core”. Güncel Pazarlama Yaklaşımları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 6/2 (01 Aralık 2025): 175-192. https://doi.org/10.54439/gupayad.1835076.
JAMA
1.Erol K. Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core. GÜPAYAD. 2025;6:175–192.
MLA
Erol, Kader. “Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core”. Güncel Pazarlama Yaklaşımları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, c. 6, sy 2, Aralık 2025, ss. 175-92, doi:10.54439/gupayad.1835076.
Vancouver
1.Kader Erol. Two Faces of Loyalty: How Marketing and Finance Share the Same Psychological Core. GÜPAYAD. 01 Aralık 2025;6(2):175-92. doi:10.54439/gupayad.1835076