I eat organic for my benefit and yours: egoistic and altruistic considerations for purchasing organic food and their implications for advertising strategists
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We employ a novel adaptation of self-construal theory to explain the theoretical basis of factors that influence organic food purchase decisions. Study 1 reveals that egoistic (e.g., personal health) and altruistic (e.g., environmental) considerations simultaneously predict consumers' organic attitudes and purchase intentions. Study 2 indicates that societal considerations play a more influential role for green/organic products. Study 3 tests advertising treatments utilizing egoistic and/or altruistic claims. Results show that an ad featuring both egoistic and altruistic appeals produces more favorable responses than either an egoistic treatment or a control ad, but is equally effective as an ad featuring altruistic claims.
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The question of why people buy or do not buy organic food is still not fully understood.
“However, the question of why people buy or do not buy organic food is still not fully understood (Hasselbach and Roosen, 2015;Kareklas et al., 2014).”
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- Authors
- Kareklas, I., Carlson, J. R., & Muehling, D. D.
- Affiliations
- Washington State University (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Advertising
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 18-32
- ISSN
- 0091-3367 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7805
- OpenAlex
- W2093514236
- Semantic Scholar
- f9e550a932ae5319800e38e425ba2d44b7db8e87
- Cited by
- 343
- References
- 92
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 19.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- papers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- Journal of Advertising (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Organic Food and Agriculture
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Keywords
- organic food, purchase decision, self-construal theory, egoistic motivation, altruistic motivation, green products, consumer attitudes, purchase intention, advertising appeals, environmental concern, health concerns
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