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Religiosity and consumer decision making styles of young Indian Muslim consumers

印度年轻穆斯林消费者的宗教信仰和决策风格

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Pages 147-169 | Received 03 Jul 2018, Accepted 07 May 2019, Published online: 10 Feb 2020
 

ABSTRACT

Religion as a sub-culture is an important part of the socio-cultural environment of consumers and marketers. Notwithstanding the age of reason and rationality, religion has sustained its presence in contemporary societies and there are little prospects of it being completely expunged in the foreseeable future. The effects of religious affiliation and religious commitment (religiosity) on various aspects of consumer behavior have been reported. We attempt to contribute to the limited academic literature in the field of religion and consumer research, more so in the Indian Muslim context. Specifically, the applicability of Sproles & Kendall’s Consumer Style Inventory (CSI) is examined in the context of young Muslim consumers in India. In addition to that, the study also explores the influence of religiosity on consumer decision-making styles of young Indian Muslim consumers measured using the Consumer Style Inventory. Data has been collected from 487 respondents drawn from three states of India. Exploratory factor analysis followed by confirmatory factor analysis revealed six major decision-making styles. The findings also reveal that religiosity has a significant influence on four of the six identified decision-making styles. The study limitations and implications are discussed.

引言

宗教作为一种亚文化是消费者和营销人员社会文化环境的重要组成部分。尽管现在是理性的时代, 但宗教在当代社会中仍然存在, 并且可预见的是, 在未来它也不会彻底消失。据报道, 宗教归属和宗教信仰影响着消费者行为的方方面面。我们主要以印度穆斯林为背景, 想要为宗教和消费者研究领域的有限学术文献做出贡献。该研究尝试探讨印度年轻穆斯林消费者的决策方向。在用于表征消费者决策方向的各种方法中, 由Sproles和Kendall 开发的消费者风格清单(CSI)是最常用的。具体而言, 本研究测试了Sproles和Kendall的消费者风格清单在印度年轻穆斯林消费者背景下的适用性。除此之外, 该研究还探讨了宗教信仰对Sproles 和Kendall的消费者风格清单方法下印度年轻穆斯林消费者消费决策风格的影响。

背景

Sproles和Kendall 定义的消费者决策风格是“表征消费者做出选择方法的心理定向”(p. 268)。 由Sproles和Kendall 开发的消费者风格清单使用一组40个项目来衡量八种决策风格, 这些项目用于衡量决策的认知和情感取向。 这八种决策风格包括:完美主义者, 品牌意识, 新奇时尚意识, 休闲购物意识, 价格/价值意识, 冲动/粗心, 过度选择困惑, 习惯/品牌忠诚。

自其发展以来, 消费者风格清单已进行了广泛的跨国测试以评估其普遍性 。 另一方面, 宗教被概念化为“认知系统”, 它表示了追随者的市场行为, 从而使宗教成为营销人员的潜在细分变量。 最近, 许多研究也试图将宗教视为身份的组成部分, 消费行为被用作表达和建构消费者宗教身份的手段。 基于过去文献的研究, 该研究提出了关于宗教信仰与消费者决策风格之间关系的假设。

研究方法与结果

该研究数据来自印度三个州的487名受访者。 探索性因素分析和验证性因子分析接连揭示了六种主要的决策风格。 结构方程模型用于测试宗教信仰对消费者决策风格的影响。宗教信仰的影响在这六种确定的决策风格中进行评估。其中, 宗教信仰对完美主义者和习惯性决策风格产生显着的积极影响; 对新奇时尚意识和品牌意识产生重大负面影响;对过度选择困惑和娱乐决策风格没有显着影响。 其局限性和影响也在该研究中有所讨论。

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