Why We Boycott: Consumer Motivations for Boycott Participation

By Jill Klein, N. Smith, Andrew John. 2004

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Subfields: Marketing, Strategy and Management

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Exploring the animosity domain and the role of affect in a cross-national context (2012, background): “Two items are developed from our qualitative pre-studies and from (John & Klein, 2003; Klein et al., 2004) to better measure normative aspects of using a product from an animosity country (…. makes me feel embarrassed, makes me feel guilty).”
Consumer response to corporate irresponsible behavior: Moral emotions and virtues (2013, background): “To date, research into protest behaviors in business has been restricted mainly to the study of direct boycotts (e.g., Hoffman and Muller, 2009; Klein, Smith, and John, 2004; Lindenmeier, Schleer and Pricl, 2011; Yuksel and Mryteza, 2009).”
Consumer Boycott Behavior: An Exploratory Analysis of Twitter Feeds (2016, background): “They are based on intrinsic rewards and are often a response to social pressures when individuals want others to perceive them in a positive light (Klein et al. 2004).”
The Sustainability Roots of Anticonsumption Lifestyles and Initial Insights Regarding Their Effects on Consumers' Well-Being (2016, methodology): “Klein, Smith, and John (2004) conceptualized constrained consumption (of preferred products) as a sacrifice that consumers choose to accept when they decide to boycott.”
Purpose and object of anti-consumption ☆ (2009, background): “…the potential to impact negatively on companies’ bottom-lines, several studies have already investigated this specific form of anti-consumption (Carty, 2002; Ethical Consumer 2005; Lee et al., in press; Klein et al., 2004; Mikkelson and Mikkelson, 2005; Sen et al., 2001; Penaloza and Price, 1993).”
The New Political Role of Business in a Globalized World – A Review of a New Perspective on CSR and its Implications for the Firm, Governance, and Democracy (2011, positive): “More empirical research is necessary to understand the mechanisms of ethical/political consumption or the influence of anti-brand activism on brand perception and consumer behavior (see e. g. Crossley 2003; Klein et al. 2004).”
Ethically Minded Consumer Behavior:Scale Review, Development, and Validation (2016, methodology): “…inter alia, can be targeted at particular products because they damage the environment (Papaoikonomou, Valverde, and Ryan, 2012) or because they are made by companies with a lack of corporate social responsibility (Creyer and Ross, 1997; Klein, Smith, and John, 2004; Kozinets and Handelman, 2004).”
Moral Identity and Judgments of Charitable Behaviors (2007, background): “…consumer exchange (Bagozzi 1974, 1975; Gundlach and Murphy 1993) and corporate social responsibility (Drumwright 1999; Handelman and Arnold 1999; Klein, Smith, and John 2004; Lichtenstein, Drumwright, and Braig 2004; Robin and Reidenbach 1987) makes consumer perceptions of and preferences for…”