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Factors Influencing Green Purchasing Inconsistency of Ecuadorian Millennials
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2021-09-29) Carrión Bósquez, Nelson Geovany; Arias Bolzmann, Leopoldo Gabriel Ignacio
Environmental protection has become one of the main concerns for consumers, which is why green consumption is an alternative to balance customer demand satisfaction and environmental protection. Despite the existence of different studies on green consumption, several questions remain unanswered, one of them is ¿why environmental awareness does not always lead to real purchases? which shows a need to know the factors that influence this behavior gap. This research aimed to identify whether attitudes and subjective norms influence the green purchase intentions of Ecuadorian millennials, it also analyzed whether the purchase intentions resulted in actual purchases, as well as the factors that influenced green purchasing inconsistencies. The research was quantitative and cross-sectional design, 710 millennials participated in the study. The questionnaire consisted of 26 questions and the data obtained were subjected to Cronbach's Alpha tests and Exploratory Factor Analysis. Finally, the validity of the proposed model was verified through a Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equations, using IBM SPSS Statistics 2.0. and AMOS 24. The results showed that subjective attitudes and norms influence purchase intentions. However, 82% of those intentions did not result in actual purchases. Habits are the main factor influencing green inconsistencies, while skepticism influences purchase intentions, availability and lack of knowledge influences consumer habits.
The Relationship of Consumer Ethnocentrism, Purchase Intention, and Lifestyle in First-generation Bicultural Ethnic Groups
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2021-04-07) Aguilar Rodríguez, Iliana Elizabeth; Arias Bolzmann, Leopoldo Gabriel Ignacio
This study analyzed the relationship between first-generation Colombian – Canadian bicultural ethnic consumers, their purchase intention, and lifestyles. These common types of consumers were to make purchases depending on the lifestyle, bicultural ethnic group, and the ethnocentric trends that might differ from the country of origin or the host country. There were 158 surveys administered in Toronto, Canada. Structural Equation Modeling was applied, using the Unweighted Least Squares Estimates and Maximum Likelihood Methods. An Exploratory Factor Analysis was run using the principal axis method and Promax rotation after conducting the multivariate normality tests, reliability, and discriminant and convergent validity tests. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis guaranteed an adequate measurement model. The purchase intention was explained as 85.2% for lifestyle factors, such as self-reliance and leadership, nurturing and family orientation, household oriented and industrious, and ethnocentrism in Colombia and Canada. It was found that lifestyle factors were not significantly related to purchase intention. However, ethnocentrism positively impacted Canadian product perceptions and a negative impact on Colombian products. Results showed that lifestyles (activities, interests, and opinions [AIO]) are not always key elements in consumer’s purchase intentions. Bicultural consumer ethnocentric trends are stronger in the host country because consumers in a developing country accept more developed countries. The study supported the theory of social identity (Tajfel, 1982) and optimal distinction (Brewer, 1979), which suggests consumers would have a bias towards the country with which they identify or experience dual or divided loyalties between the country of origin and the host country.
Manifestaciones de la subcultura homosexual ecuatoriana en la cultura de consumo: un estudio descriptivo sobre el consumo de información en twitter
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2019-03-14) Pérez, Maximiliano B.; Arias Bolzmann, Leopoldo Gabriel Ignacio
La presente investigación estudia la subcultura homosexual ecuatoriana con el objetivo de encontrar cómo se relacionan el género, la subcultura de consumo, las imágenes, los textos y los objetos en la cultura de consumo. La investigación realizada es descriptiva y cualitativa, utiliza el método netnográfico; se adopta la red social Twitter como instrumento para recabar conversaciones publicadas por usuarios que pertenecen a organizaciones o grupos de activistas de la subcultura homosexual ecuatoriana. El resultado de la categorización y clasificación de las conversaciones devela cómo se construye la información y cual es el objetivo del mensaje en la audiencia que consume dicha información. Los hallazgos principales evidencian temas comunes cuyo contenido son tópicos relacionados a noticias, derechos humanos e igualdad de género. La conceptualización de los temas se construye a partir del consumo de información en ambientes de tipo social, cultural y político. Las ideologías culturales se fundamentan en el análisis crítico del discurso tecnocultural sobre tópicos abordados de manera recurrente. Se concluye que, la vinculación de imágenes, textos y objetos en las conversaciones proporciona información significativa del comportamiento de consumo de la subcultura homosexual. Con base a los resultados y hallazgos se propone un modelo que describe factores culturales de la subcultura homosexual y lo convierte en un esquema dinámico que podría adaptarse para analizar y graficar el flujo de conversaciones que conlleve a descubrir elementos culturales, con el propósito de reaccionar de manera congruente con el entorno de las subculturas minoritarias.

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