Young Australian consumers and the country-of-origin effect: investigation of the moderating roles of product involvement and perceived product-origin congruency

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Josiassen, Alexander (2009) Young Australian consumers and the country-of-origin effect: investigation of the moderating roles of product involvement and perceived product-origin congruency. Australasian Marketing Journal, 18 (1). pp. 23-27. ISSN 1441-3582

Abstract

The effect that consumers’ country-related images have on their purchase decisions is known as the country-of-origin effect. Marketing researchers have thoroughly investigated COO effects in a range of contexts since the mid-1960s. However, since the 1980s it has been thought (e.g., Levitt, 1983; Ohmae, 1995) that consumer needs and wants are converging and that nation states are artificial and superficial entities of little value as quality indicators. The argument is that since the world is changing and because young consumers are used to seeing products from a variety of countries they do not have the country biases that the COO effect stipulates. Indeed, a recent study (Wong et al., 2008) on young Chinese consumers and the COO effect seems to confirm that young consumers no longer are influenced by the COO effect. The aim of this research is to investigate if and how the relationship between young Australian consumers’ product-country image and their product evaluations is influenced by two contextual variables: their product involvement and their perceived product-origin congruency. The research reports the results and relevant implications for research and practice.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/4364
DOI 10.1016/j.ausmj.2009.10.004
Official URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1505 Marketing
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Hospitality Tourism and Marketing
Historical > SEO Classification > 9104 Management and Productivity
Keywords ResPubID17823. country-of-origin image, consumers, product evaluation, product involvement, product-origin congruency, halo effect, Australian, Australia
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