Reactions to unethical consumer behavior across six countries

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emin Babakus ◽  
T. Bettina Cornwell ◽  
Vince Mitchell ◽  
Bodo Schlegelmilch
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Unethical Consumer Behavior ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Uk

Examining individual tolerance for unethical consumer behavior provides a key insight to how people behave as consumers worldwide. In this study, consumer reactions to 11 unethical consumer behavior scenarios are investigated using sample data from Austria, Brunei, France, Hong Kong, the UK, and the USA. Nationality is found to be a significant predictor of how consumers view various questionable behaviors. Gender is not a significant predictor, while age and religious affiliation are found to be significant predictors of consumer ethical perceptions. The study identifies distinct consumer clusters based on their perceptions of consumer unethical behavior. Implications of the findings are discussed and future research directions are provided.

CMS at 13: a retrospective of the journey

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farrukh ◽  
Ali Raza ◽  
Fanchen Meng ◽  
Yihua Wu
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Objective View ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Innovation Leadership ◽  
Number Of Citations

Purpose To commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Chinese Management Studies (CMS) and suggest future research directions, this study aims to present an overview of the CMS through a systematic bibliometric analysis from 2007 to 2019. The analysis emphasizes the trend of themes, structure of publications and citations, the most cited publications, the most productive authors, universities, countries and regions. Design/methodology/approach The study uses the data extracted from the Scopus database to present an overview; besides, it also uses VOSviewer and Bibliometrix software packages to visualize the intellectual network of CMS. Findings This analysis is based on 486 publications between 2007 and 2019. Results show that there is a rising trend in the number of citations to CMS. The researchers from China were the most frequent contributors to the journal, whereas researchers from the USA, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia were well represented. In addition, the results show that innovation, leadership, human resource management and corporate social responsibility have been the most important research themes in the journal. Practical implications This study offers an objective view of the CMS publication structure. The study’s findings can help the journal readers obtain a quick snapshot of the leading trends occurring in the journal. Furthermore, this study provides future research directions for the journals by underscoring important themes. Originality/value As the journal’s first retrospective, this study not only educates and enriches CMS’ global readers and aspiring contributors but can also be useful to its editorial board, as it provides several inputs in the form of future research directions to guide the journal’s progress.

Brand Personality, Social Status, and Physical Vanity in Building Luxury Fashion Branded Apps

2017 ◽  
pp. 176-193
Author(s):  
Shanthi Bavani V. Raja Mohan ◽  
Sajad Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Internal Factor ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions

While there have been an increasing number of researches done on branding and consumer behavior especially on brand personality, social status and vanity and its influence on purchase intention, there are little researches that focus on the influence of all these factors collectively on Apps purchase intention. In addition, the fact that the influence of some factors will vary from country to country could not be ignored. This chapter conceptually argues that brand personality, social status, and physical vanity are important in building luxury fashion branded Apps. While brand personality and luxury fashion branded Apps as an internal factor plays an important role in deciphering if it has an influence on an individual's Apps purchase intention for luxury fashion brands; therefore, it is important to look into how external factors have an influence on an individual. The theoretical and future research directions are discussed.

The coronavirus' effects on consumer behavior and supermarket activities: insights from Greece and Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 893-907
Author(s):  
Elena Anastasiadou ◽  
Michael Chrissos Anestis ◽  
Ioanna Karantza ◽  
Sotirios Vlachakis
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Crisis Conditions

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the changes that have taken place in consumer behavior due to the fear, caused by the spread of the coronavirus, in parallel to studying how supermarket activities have changed during the pandemic.Design/methodology/approachUsing qualitative methods (email interviews and document analysis) and utilizing the few statistics available for the case, the authors performed a comparison between Greece, a country that imposed an early lockdown, and Sweden, which, for its own political reasons, did not lock down, but took other measures instead.FindingsDifferences in consumer behavior and supermarket activities in both countries based on different mentalities and different experiences were identified. Similarities in consumer behavior, but with different motives, were also discovered.Research limitations/implicationsRetailing practitioners and communication executives can apply the findings to manage sales in a time of sharp, unpredictable crisis. The paper aims at integrating existing literature for the academic community and contributes with implications for practitioners and policymakers to reduce crisis risks.Originality/valueThis paper is one of the first to explore changes in consumer behavior caused by the spread of the coronavirus. It provides a coherent and comprehensive understanding of how consumer behavior changes under fear-crisis conditions along with future research directions.

Conclusion

2008 ◽  
pp. 222-239
Author(s):  
Yogesk K. Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Study Research ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Uk

This chapter provides a conclusion of the results and discussions of the UK case study research presented in this book. The chapter begins with an overview of this research in the next section. This is followed by the main conclusions drawn from this research. Following this, a discussion of the research contributions and implications of this research in terms of the theory, policy and practice is provided. This is ensued by the research limitations, and a review of the future research directions in the area of broadband diffusion and adoption. Finally, a summary of the chapter is provided.

Future Research Directions in Sensory Marketing

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-155
Author(s):  
Maher Georges Elmashhara ◽  
Nada Elbishbishy
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Sensory Marketing ◽  
Sensory Environment ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Retail Atmospherics

Although retail atmospherics has been an active field of study, further research is needed to address the role that sensory marketing plays in the retailing sector. This chapter presents a review of previous research and discusses the effect of visual, sound, and olfactory atmospherics on shopping outcomes. The interaction among these variables and their common impact on consumer behavior is also explored. The chapter expands and enriches the literature on retail atmospherics and discusses future research avenues. Further research will help retailers pay attention to the crucial role of sensory environment in shaping the customer experience and shopping behavior.

scholarly journals Millennials Acceptance of Insurance Telematics: An Integrative Empirical Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-181
Author(s):  
Xiaoguang Tian ◽  
Victor R. Prybutok ◽  
Fouad H. Mirzaei ◽  
Catalin C. Dinulescu
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Level Shift ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Acceptance Model

Insurance telematics is a recent technology-enabled service innovation advanced by insurance companies and adopted by millions of drivers worldwide. This research study explores the insurance telematics technology acceptance and use among the new Millennials generation, which represents both a challenge and an opportunity for insurers. Drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), the study uses data from 138 Millennials in the USA to delve into their perceived attitudinal behavior and intention to use insurance telematics. The findings provide empirical confirmation of the integrative and predictive power of the proposed combined theoretical framework (TAM-TPB) to explain insurance telematics adoption and use. The results also suggest a sophistication-level shift in Millennials preferences from functionality evaluation to applicability value sought through the adoption and use. And the findings ascertain the role of perceived enjoyment, trust, and social media as critical factors influencing Millennials attitudinal behavior and intention to use insurance telematics. Considering these results, the authors further discuss implications for scholars and practitioners, and suggest future research directions.

Understanding Green Attitudes

2018 ◽  
pp. 51-71
Author(s):  
Aysen Coskun
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Environmental Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Attitude Behavior

Many environmental researches are interested in attitudes. Particularly in consumer behavior studies, attitudes are frequently used to identify the determinants of behavior. This chapter provides a framework for green attitude, first by focusing on its components and formation. The attitude-behavior gap is also discussed by categorizing a number of variables that are found to affect this relationship in the environmental literature. Following sections provide well-established scales of green attitudes and how they are measured. Finally, insights for green attitude change are discussed, along with future research directions, which underline the importance of new methods for attitude measurement.

scholarly journals What is materialism? Testing two dominant perspectives on materialism in the marketing literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srikant Manchiraju ◽  
Zlatan Krizan
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Marketing Literature ◽  
Future Research Directions

Abstract Materialism is defined as the importance an individual attaches to worldly possessions, which has been considered as an important construct in consumer behavior and marketing literature. There are two dominant perspectives on individual materialism in the marketing literature that focus on (1) personality traits or (2) individual personal values. However, several scholars have questioned the aforementioned materialism conceptualizations. Therefore, the present study directly compares the constructs of personality materialism and value materialism. Structural equation modeling was employed to address the following issues: (1) what are the key conceptual dimensions of materialism, (2) how much do they overlap, and (3) what is their discriminant validity in predicting outcomes linked to materialism. We suggest these two dominant perspectives on individual materialism are two distinct constructs, as they shared only 21 percent of common variance. Furthermore, we stress the multi-faceted nature of materialism, with an emphasis on future research directions related to materialism in marketing.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF ENVY ON INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT WITH MEDIATING ROLE OF SCHADENFREUDE AND MODERATING ROLE OF WORK ETHICS AMONG NURSES IN PAKISTAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Nida Abbas ◽  
Sana Farzand Ali ◽  
Syeda Fizza
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Conflict ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of envy on interpersonal conflict, through the mechanism of schadenfreude and the moderating effect of work ethics, among nurses in Pakistan. Convenient sampling technique was used in order to draw the sample. Data were collected from 200 employed nurses who had been working at different levels in Pakistani hospitals. Regression analysis was run in order to test the hypotheses. Study findings suggested that Envy is positively associated with interpersonal conflict, while schadenfreude partially mediates this relationship. In addition, work ethics moderates the association such that it weakens the positive relationship between schadenfreude and interpersonal conflict. The paper concludes by discussing the limitations as well as future research directions.

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