A consumer engagement
systematic review: synthesis and
research agenda
Una revisi
on sistem
atica del
compromiso del consumidor:
síntesis y agenda de investigaci
on
Ricardo Godinho Bilro and Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL),
Lisboa, Portugal
Abstract
Purpose – This paper aims to review the existing literature about consumer engagement, provide an
accurate mapping of this research field, propose a consumer engagement typology and a conceptual
framework and offer a research agenda for this domain.
Design/methodology/approach – A systematic literature review using several quality filters was
performed, producing a top-quality pool of 41 papers. After that, a text mining analysis was conducted, and
five major research streams emerged.
Findings – This paper proposes five distinct research streams based on the text mining analysis, namely,
consumer engagement, online brand community engagement, consumer-brand engagement, consumer
engagement behaviours and media engagement. Based on this, a consumer engagement typology and a
conceptual framework are suggested and a research agenda is proposed.
Originality/value – This paper presents scientific value and originality because of the new character of
the topic and the research methods used. This research is the first study to perform a systematic review and
using a text-mining approach to examine the literature on consumer engagement. Based on this, the authors
define consumer engagement typology. A research agenda underlining emerging future research topics for
this domain is also proposed.
Keywords Text mining, Systematic literature review, Consumer engagement,
Consumer-brand engagement, Consumer engagement typology, Online brand community engagement
Paper type Literature review
© Ricardo Godinho Bilro and Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro. Published in Spanish Journal of
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Funding: This research was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, grant UIDB/
00315/2020.
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Received 29 January 2020
Accepted 7 July 2020
Spanish Journal of Marketing -
ESIC
Vol. 24 No. 3, 2020
pp. 283-307
Emerald Publishing Limited
2444-9709
DOI 10.1108/SJME-01-2020-0021
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