Twenty-Five Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: An Empirical Revisit of West German Consumers' Attitudes Toward Products and Brands from Former East Germany

More than 25 years after the German reunification, data show that products/brands from the eastern regions of Germany (“Neue Länder”) still do not have significant shares in the country's western part (“Alte Länder”). To analyze potential reasons for this phenomenon, our current study replicates a previous study that investigated selected attitudes of Alte Länder consumers toward products/brands from the Neue Länder. It is shown that factors such as consumer ethnocentrism, product judgment, willingness to buy, and economic animosity continue to influence consumer behavior and as such our study offers potential explanation for the failure of Neue Länder products/brands in the western regions of Germany.     

Nothing Tastes as Local: Jordanians’ Perceptions of Buying Domestic Olive Oil

To date, little is known about how consumers perceive local and foreign olive oil. This study was conducted with the intention of exploring key trends in Jordanian consumers’ perceptions toward local olive oil and to examine whether they are ethnocentric toward purchasing their local olive oil in the era of the Arab Spring. The research design is a combination of quantitative with a qualitative technique to support and expand on the research findings. Data were collected from a total number of 196 Jordanians who live in Amman city. The results revealed that Jordanians are loyal to their country’s olive oil; they expressed strong ethnocentric tendencies toward purchasing it, and their purchasing tendencies are influenced by nationalism. Jordanians ranked their local olive oil as the best worldwide. This article provides original insights into the development and marketing strategies for local and global olive oil producers in the Jordan market and other Arab country markets.     

A meta-analysis of consumer ethnocentrism across 57 countries

The concept of consumer ethnocentrism was introduced more than 30 years ago, and since then it has received keen interest among academic researchers. However, empirical evidence in published studies has been inconclusive and many macro-drivers of consumer ethnocentrism received cursory attention. This study meta-analyses 240 studies from 57 countries and tries to understand the key drivers of consumer ethnocentrism. The results indicate that consumer ethnocentrism is a universal phenomenon and is driven by culture and the interaction of economic and ethnic diversity variables. Challenging popular beliefs, the findings suggest that neither globalization nor economic threats are unconditional drivers of consumer ethnocentrism. Their effects are conditional on cultural values and economic situation. Results provide evidence that multi-ethnic societies tend to be more consumer ethnocentric when the culture of a country is not strong in egalitarianism. Finally, the paper presents evidence that consumer ethnocentrism affects the imports of consumer goods in a country.     

中国本土企业民族情感营销策略的运用

民族情感营销策略是一种有效的营销手段.然而作为其理论依据的消费者民族中心主义在中国却并不乐观.本土企业在运用民族情感营销策略时,要大力进行政府公关,让政府在全社会范围内培育消费者民族中心主义意识;在具体的营销广告宣传中,采用柔性诉求方式,杜绝使用空洞的爱国口号;在品牌形象设计上要赋予品牌符合人类普世价值观的内涵及推广口号.     

African American Participation in Wildland Outdoor Recreation

Outdoor recreation is an important aspect of the American culture, with a central tenant that all citizens have the right to enjoy the public wildlands. The present study analyzed African American wildland outdoor recreation behavior and found that this segment of the population, as a proportion, tended to participate in wildland outdoor recreation activities to a significantly lesser extent than their White counterparts. The findings suggest important public policy implications.     

论相遇与冲突下的动态文化

文化是动态的,文化的发展主要有三种形式:文化创新、文化传播和文化涵化。不同文化相遇后会发生冲突与矛盾,并给自身的发展带来新的挑战和机遇。在21世纪全球化背景下,跨文化交际日益频繁,如何理解与处理这些矛盾与挑战,促进文化交流,同时又保持各自文化的独特性,更变得愈发重要。     

道德型品牌危机事件的溢出效应及应对策略研究

本文聚焦于道德型品牌危机事件对品牌的负面影响以及对品牌群内其他品牌的溢出效应。文章基于挫折-攻击理论和情绪应对理论,通过问卷调查法构建道德型品牌危机事件对消费者反应(抵制态度、负面口碑传播、购买意愿)的影响机制模型,并通过实验方法分析受到波及的企业如何应对负向溢出效应。研究结果表明,消费者对此类危机事件的关注和其民族中心主义会引起消费者进攻型负面情绪和规避型负面情绪的双重变化,但是只有进攻型情绪能够导致消费者对事件品牌和其他关联品牌的系列反应;受到波及的品牌短期内宜采用沉默而非辩解策略来化解负向溢出效应。本文结论为有关道德型品牌危机事件的研究提供了新的视角,并为外国和本土品牌在此类危机事件中如何应对提供了有针对性的管理建议。     

Exploring the role of charitable ethnocentrism and donation motives in international giving: Empirical evidence from Germany

The purpose of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the drivers of international giving intention by examining the joint effect of ethnocentrism and donation motives. More specifically, this study analyzes the direct effect of charitable ethnocentrism on the intention to give to international causes. Additionally, the study investigates the moderating effect of charitable ethnocentrism on the relationships between donation motives and the intention to donate to international causes. This study's findings indicate that ethnocentric donors are less willing to donate to international causes. Moreover, the study results show that the effects of egoistic and tax-saving donation motives vary across different levels of charitable ethnocentrism: charitable ethnocentrism enhances the effect of the egoism motive on international donation intention, whereas the effect of the tax-saving motive on international giving intention is mitigated. Based on the empirical findings, this study discusses implications for theory and practice along with study limitations and avenues for future research.     

Using macro cross‐border trade data to better understand micro‐level country of origin effects

The article adapts an estimation methodology from the border effects literature to reveal consumer ethnocentrism versus cosmopolitanism in each country, and animosity versus nostalgia between country pairs. The measurements rely on actual macro cross‐border trade data rather than individual purchase intentions typically used in the international marketing literature. The results from early 2010s suggest that purchasing intentions against imports found in this literature do not necessarily translate into actual consumption behavior in international trade. It is quite possible that the consumers are unable to assess country of origin of production despite growing ethnocentrism, and base their actual purchases on perceived origin of product brands. Specifically, it is found that most countries are cosmopolitan rather than ethnocentric, particularly developed countries, favoring any foreign product over domestic products. Most countries also have nostalgic purchasing behavior from specific trade partners with historical linkages. Outside the specific traditional animosities between a country pair, a developed country is relatively less open to imports from another developed trade partner, while an emerging country welcomes it more especially from another emerging trade partner.     

Being Arab and American: Understanding Ethnocentric Tendencies for Arab American Consumers

ABSTRACT

Scant research exists on Arab Americans' ethnocentric tendencies towards purchasing American-made products. This study explores the nexus among consumer ethnocentrism, empathy towards local workers, and ethnic identification. We examined ethnic identification, patriotism, dogmatism, and internationalism as potential influences on Arab Americans' ethnocentric tendencies towards purchasing products made in the US. Data were collected from 165 Arab Americans living in Michigan. We found that when Arab consumers felt empathic towards local workers, they were more ethnocentric towards purchasing local products. Arab Americans' ethnic identification neither influenced their ethnocentric tendencies towards American-made products nor their empathic feelings towards American workers. Our study provides key contributions related to minorities' preferences for locally made products.