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Cosmopolitanism, Consumer Ethnocentrism, and Materialism: An Eight-Country Study of Antecedents and Outcomes
Journal of International Marketing (2009)
  • Mark Cleveland, The University of Western Ontario
  • Michel Laroche
  • Nicolas Papadopoulos
Abstract
Although there is a consensus that industries are globalizing, the notion that consumer attitudes and behaviors worldwide are likewise homogenizing remains disputed. Despite widespread discourse on this topic, there is a dearth of empirical investigations. This international research examines similarities and differences with respect to the nature of three consumer attitudinal dispositions: cosmopolitanism, consumer ethnocentrism, and materialism. The authors cross-culturally compare demographic antecedents with these dispositions, as well as behavioral outcomes. They test the validation of the construct measures and associated hypotheses using survey data drawn from consumers in eight countries and structural equation modeling techniques, including multigroup analysis. Empirical findings broadly support the cross-cultural applicability of the constructs, though the links to the various demographic antecedents vary considerably from sample to sample. The role of each construct on behavior also varies substantially across the range of product categories considered and across and between national groups.
Keywords
  • Cross-cultural consumer behavior,
  • Cosmopolitanism,
  • Consumer ethnocentrism,
  • Materialism,
  • Globalization
Publication Date
March, 2009
Citation Information
Mark Cleveland, Michel Laroche and Nicolas Papadopoulos. "Cosmopolitanism, Consumer Ethnocentrism, and Materialism: An Eight-Country Study of Antecedents and Outcomes" Journal of International Marketing Vol. 17 Iss. 1 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_cleveland/2/