Comparing consumer innovativeness and ethnocentrism of young-adult consumers (CROSBI ID 225376)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Rašković, Matevž ; Ding, Zhonghui ; Škare, Vatroslav ; Ozretić Došen, Đurđana ; Žabkar, Vesna
engleski
Comparing consumer innovativeness and ethnocentrism of young-adult consumers
The impact of globalization on consumer behavior across demographic cohorts remains important for international marketers balancing standardization-adaptation challenges. The purpose of this paper is to compare young-adult consumers in the Western Balkans (Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia) and China. The study focuses on consumer innovativeness and consumer ethnocentrism, as two critical aspects for marketers catering to young-adult consumers (18-30 years). Despite cultural differences young-adult consumers in all four markets display high levels of consumer innovativeness and low levels of consumer ethnocentrism. The results show a weak, but significantly positive pair-wise correlation between consumer innovativeness and consumer ethnocentrism in Slovenia and Macedonia ; contrary to empirical evidence from adults. The study offers theoretical implications related to global consumer Acculturation theory and Social identity theory, as well as implications for marketers seeking to utilize growing China-CEE cooperation.
young-adult consumers ; Western Balkans ; China ; consumer innovativeness ; consumer ethnocentrism ; Acculturation theory
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Podaci o izdanju
69 (9)
2016.
3682-3686
objavljeno
0148-2963
10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.03.029