Using means-end chain analysis to reveal consumers' motivation for buying local foods: an exploratory study

dc.contributor.authorArsil, P.
dc.contributor.authorLi, E.
dc.contributor.authorBruwer, J.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis article utilizes and discusses specific aspects of Means-End Chain (MEC) analysis for understanding the motives of Indonesian consumers when they purchase local food. The MEC theory is used as a measure of the attributes, consequences, and values of locally produced products, involving specific aspects of this theory, namely the laddering methods of administration, the content analysis procedure, and constructing and interpreting a Hierarchy Value Map (HVM). The results of the study indicate that the MEC approach is a powerful method to reveal consumers’ motivation for buying local foods, when associated with the various cultural groupings identified by the study, particular between the Javanese and non-Javanese consumers. This study offers a practical implication and source of knowledge for other future studies and policies in terms of: (a) A new approach for understanding the motives behind the purchase of local foods by Indonesian consumers, and (b) developing new categories of attributes, consequences and values for local food.
dc.identifier.citationGadjah Mada International Journal of Business, 2016; 18(3):285-300
dc.identifier.doi10.22146/gamaijb.6061
dc.identifier.issn1411-1128
dc.identifier.issn2338-7238
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/124436
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversitas Gadjah Mada
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 Universitas Gadjah Mada
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.22146/gamaijb.16900
dc.subjectconsumer motivation
dc.subjectIndonesia
dc.subjectJavanese
dc.subjectlocal food
dc.subjectmeans-end chain
dc.titleUsing means-end chain analysis to reveal consumers' motivation for buying local foods: an exploratory study
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916100602201831

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