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Purpose – Past consumer behavior researchers contend that there is a significant relationship between a consumer's religious affiliation and a number of consumption related variables. Based on Worthington et al. 's multi‐dimensional approach this paper aims to examine the concept of consumer...
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Purpose – This paper aims to compare US and Korean consumers' intentions to purchase a high involvement, environmentally friendly product: the hybrid car. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines how social factors and culture shape intentions to purchase a hybrid car using survey...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the organic apparel consumer. Is the recent upsurge in organic cotton products another fashion trend or is there a segment of consumers genuinely interested in purchasing organic cotton apparel based on the...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the connection between the degree of religiosity and the product involvement level in determining the various constructs of consumer behavior. Design/methodology/approach – On the basis of a small survey, clothes were selected as a high...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the following choice issues among young consumers (Generation Y): how cultural values influence a student's decision on study destinations, and how cultural values influence student's preferred sources of information for university choice?...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nomological net of the construct of the centrality of visual product aesthetics (CVPA). Design/methodology/approach – A hierarchical model of personality is employed to investigate the nomological net of CVPA. The hierarchical model...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to decompose total customer value as perceived by department store shoppers into utilitarian, hedonic and social dimensions, and empirically test this conceptualization in a Finnish department store shopping context. Design/methodology/approach – Data...
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Purpose – India has undergone dramatic changes since the economic liberalization of 1992. This study aims to provide an … historical analysis to determine if consumer attitudes towards marketing practices and consumerism in India have changed … longitudinal view of India's consumerism movement. No other research has examined one of the BRICs in this context as this paper …
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Purpose – India has a large internet savvy population that is not only accessing the internet but also buying online … conducted in the context of online buying of railway tickets in India. In the first phase, a pilot survey was conducted on a … booking/purchasing railway tickets online in India. The analyses of demographics established that all the critical consumer …
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offers an insight into the farmers’ buying process in India and how the farmers behave in different dimensions of the buying …
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