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Understanding Ethical Consumers Through Person/Thing Orientation Approach
- Title
- Understanding Ethical Consumers Through Person/Thing Orientation Approach
- Authors
- Lee, Hyemi
- Ewha Authors
- 이혜미
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 이혜미
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
- ISSN
- 0167-4544
1573-0697
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS vol. 158, no. 3, pp. 637 - 658
- Keywords
- Ethical consumer behavior; Person orientation; Thing orientation; Ecologically conscious consumer behavior; Socially conscious consumer behavior
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Indexed
- SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Research reflects the importance of understanding the motivational variables of ethical consumer behavior. However, existing research has been limited to more narrowly construed factors that show an obvious link with ethics. Currently, empirical work on motivational factors relevant to orientations working across context is scarce. To address this gap, this project investigated ethical consumption from the perspective of person orientation (PO) and thing orientation (TO), both of which presumably motivate individual differences. For this purpose, three main studies were conducted by using correlational and experimental approaches to assess the relationships among PO, TO, and ethical consumer behavior. Across the three studies, the current research provides strong evidence for PO as a key driver of ethical consumption behavior. In contrast, the role of TO was inconsistent. Moderating effects of gender were also somewhat apparent. The findings suggest that individual orientations are important motivational variables for better understanding ethical consumers and that future researchers should further investigate PO/TO in this context.
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10551-017-3661-9
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- 사회과학대학 > 소비자학전공 > Journal papers
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