Ethically minded consumer behavior: Scale review, development, and validation

Sudbury-Riley, Lynn; Kohlbacher, Florian

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.11.005

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“…For example, within the consumption reduction dimension of SeS, there are factors related to millennials' purchasing (acquisition) and reduction in purchasing (usage). Similar factors of SRCB as identified in our scales, such as environmental concern (Roberts, , ), recycling (Webb et al, ), consumption reduction (Webb et al, ), and purchasing from SR companies (Sudbury‐Riley & Kohlbacher, ), have been discussed in the literature. However, no research has associated these behaviors in relation to millennials or their ability to emit social signaling and self‐signals.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Sudbury‐Riley and Kohlbacher () identified two additional factors that had not been identified in previous work: Paying a premium price for ethical products and boycotting for ethical reasons. However, our findings do not support these factors, suggesting millennial consumers may not be willing to incur financial costs for social responsibility.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…This reconceptualization slightly differs from past work by incorporating personal well‐being as a dimension of social responsibility. Sudbury‐Riley and Kohlbacher () similarly defined ethically minded consumer behavior as “a variety of consumption choices pertaining to environmental issues and corporate social responsibility” (p. 2,697).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These dimensions show consumers' commitment to being SR through their purchasing decisions, making the image and reputation of SR companies crucial. However, self‐report measures are susceptible to social desirability bias, dishonesty, or overestimation (Sudbury‐Riley & Kohlbacher, ). These limitations lend themselves to the importance of observing consumers actual behavior in an effort decrease the gap caused by social desirability bias, dishonesty, and overestimation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Conceptualization and measurement of millennial's social signaling and self‐signaling for socially responsible consumption

Johnson

Chattaraman

2018

J of Consumer Behaviour

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Social responsibility has rapidly gained popularity among consumers specifically among millennials born 1980 to 2000. Millennials are characterized by their willingness to get involved with social and political initiatives. Motivations for social responsibility are not completely unselfish in that individuals receive personal gain when providing support for others. This research proposes that socially responsible (SR) consumption has both social signaling and self‐signaling abilities. The scales for measuring millennial's social signaling and self‐signaling for SR consumption were developed to reflect the evolving nature of both social responsibility and the millennial generation. In‐depth interviews (n = 12) were used to generate scale items and an exploratory factor analysis was used to assess the dimensionality of the scales. Results were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis that examined convergent and discriminant validity. Nomological validity testing was also performed. The social signaling for SR consumption scale was a one‐dimensional factor structure whereas the self‐signaling for SR consumption scale had two factors. These scales provide a tool for marketers and researchers to develop relevant SR initiatives aimed at millennials.

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confidence: 97%

Section: Conceptual Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Implications and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conceptualization and measurement of millennial's social signaling and self‐signaling for socially responsible consumption

Johnson

Chattaraman

2018

J of Consumer Behaviour

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“…Sustainability is an issue that has been analyzed by many researchers, but there has been insufficient research on how to measure sustainable behavior as well as develop and validate scales of sustainability constructs with respect to the measurement model [1]. Some authors have considered and explored different parts of responsible consumption through different scales [2][3][4]. Balderjahn et al considered sustainability consumption through a sustainability perspective measuring consumer consciousness levels [5].…”

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Analysis of the Consciousness of University Undergraduates for Sustainable Consumption

2019

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This research seeks to measure the degree of consciousness for sustainable consumption in a wide sample of university students. The interest of this study is to analyze if students' choice of degree, as well as their progress in university education, influences the development of the dimensions that construct the consciousness for sustainable consumption. The study is completed by means of a questionnaire survey aimed at first and final year students of seven university degrees across four different faculties. A factorial analysis of principal components is performed to analyze the dimensions of sustainability and robust contrasts of mean differences are conducted to observe the differences by degrees and years. The results indicate that the measurement scale of the variable consciousness for sustainable consumption maintains its original structure when applied to a sample of Spanish university students. Although there are significant differences by degree in the development of awareness about sustainable consumption, the authors cannot conclude that the training received at the degree level helps to improve the level of awareness of students in their decisions for responsible behavior in consumption.

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Analysis of the predictive variables of socially responsible consumption

Palacios-González

Mera

2021

Bus Strat Dev

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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the UN for 2030 implies designing strategies that promote socially responsible consumption. The effectiveness of these strategies will depend on understanding the variables that influence socially responsible behaviour. We must also bear in mind that these variables and this behaviour are of a dynamic, multidimensional and non-universal nature. The objective of this work is to identify how three attitudinal variables (emotional engagement, perceived consumer effectiveness and perception of personal gain) influence socially responsible consumption, through a model of structural equations.To do this, a survey was conducted of 415 Spanish consumers. The results reflect that socially responsible consumption is mainly explained by emotional engagement and to a lesser extent by perceived consumer effectiveness. In contrast, it is not influenced by perception of personal gain.

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Ethically minded consumer behavior: Scale review, development, and validation

Cited by 206 publications

References 112 publications

Conceptualization and measurement of millennial's social signaling and self‐signaling for socially responsible consumption

Conceptualization and measurement of millennial's social signaling and self‐signaling for socially responsible consumption

Analysis of the Consciousness of University Undergraduates for Sustainable Consumption

Analysis of the predictive variables of socially responsible consumption

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