The role of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical identity on attitudes and intentions towards organic food

被引：573

作者：

Michaelidou, Nina ^{[1
]}

Hassan, Louise M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Birmingham, Birmingham Business Sch, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England

[2] Univ Stirling, Open Univ, Inst Social Mkt, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSUMER STUDIES | 2008年 / 32卷 / 02期

关键词：

Organic foods; health consciousness; food safety; ethical self-identity; structural equation modelling; rural consumers;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00619.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The paper examines the roles of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical self-identity in predicting attitude and purchase intention within the context of organic produce. A conceptual model is derived and tested via structural equation modelling. Findings indicate food safety as the most important predictor of attitude while health consciousness appears to be the least important motive in contrast to findings from some previous research. In addition, ethical self-identity is found to predict both attitudes and intention to purchase organic produce, emphasizing that respondents' identification with ethical issues affects their attitude and subsequent consumption choices.

引用

页码：163 / 170

页数：8

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