Do What Consumers Say Matter? The Misalignment of Preferences with Unconstrained Ethical Intentions

By Pat Auger, Timothy M. Devinney. 2007

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Information Systems and Management, Marketing

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Ethical Consumption and New Business Models in the Food Industry. Evidence from the Eataly Case (2013, background): “Consequently, the collaboration between the company and the social movement can be regarded as a means of improving the causal relationship between ethical attitudes and ethical behaviours, given that it may impact on some of the factors affecting the attitude–behaviour gap (Auger and Devinney 2007;”
Segmenting socially responsible mutual fund investors (2009, background): “For example, Auger and Devinney (2007) show that willingness to pay measures could overstate intention to behave to some extent.”
Determinants of willingness-to-pay for sustainable wine: Evidence from experimental auctions (2013, background): “…unconstrained survey responses eliciting purchase intention, attitudes or product liking, used in most previous research on consumer valuation of ethical behavior, has been criticized for social desirability bias (Auger and Devinney, 2007) and the attitude – behavior gap (Carrington et al., 2010).”
Sustainability: How Stakeholder Perceptions Differ from Corporate Reality (2012, methodology): “Therefore, respondents may rate all companies equally high or equally low, and thus avoid artificial distinctions between firms.(16) The SmartView 360 platform of CRD Analytics was used as the measure for actual sustainability performance.”
Organic wine purchase behaviour in Germany: Exploring the attitude-behaviour-gap with data from a household panel (2018, background): “…gap and found that ethically minded consumers were not consistently affected by their values and beliefs regarding environmental and social issues when it comes to real purchase decisions (Auger & Devinney, 2007; Bray et al., 2011; Carrigan & Attalla, 2001; De Pelsmacker, Driesen, & Rayp, 2005).”
When do materialistic consumers join commercial sharing systems (2016, background): “Research in various fields repeatedly demonstrates that the relationship between behavioral intentions and actual consumption behavior is weak and largely depends on moderating factors (Ajzen, 1991; Auger & Devinney, 2007; De Pelsmacker, Driessen, & Rayp, 2005; Webb & Sheeran, 2006).”
Consumer Reactions to CSR: A Brazilian Perspective (2010, background): “, because they want to feel good about themselves for doing the right thing or want to avoid feeling guilty for not doing the right thing (Baier, 1993; Batson and Shaw, 1991; Dovidio, 1984), Strahilevitz (1999) compiled four major reasons why consumers are willing to sacrifice (e.”
Ethically Minded Consumer Behavior:Scale Review, Development, and Validation (2016, positive): “The extensive interviews that took place in each country ensure that the wording and the context, which are so crucial in such scales (Auger and Devinney, 2007), are clear and meaningful to respondents.”
Sustainable Consumption and the Attitude-Behaviour-Gap Phenomenon - Causes and Measurements towards a Sustainable Development (2015, background): “For example  Bamberg and Möser (2007) focus on environmentally compatible consumption based on Schwartz (1977) and Ajzen (1991).”