Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues. A comprehensive cross-country study
Widely explored in literature, yet it is unclear which food quality cues consumers find most relevant. The increasing consumers’ concern for sustainability aspects in their food buying decisions warrants special attention to environmental-social aspects as food quality indicators. Consequently, this...
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| author | Dacinia Crina Petrescu Iris Vermeir Philippe Burny Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag |
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| description | Widely explored in literature, yet it is unclear which food quality cues consumers find most relevant. The increasing consumers’ concern for sustainability aspects in their food buying decisions warrants special attention to environmental-social aspects as food quality indicators. Consequently, this study explores consumer evaluation of food quality and highlights the role of environmental-social cues in food quality evaluation. A cross-national perspective was adopted, using a sample of 761 consumers from Belgium and Romania. Exploratory factor analysis reveals six factors that contained food quality cues perceived as similar by consumers. The first factor, named “Environmental-Social”, comprises cues related to environmental protection and social equity. Regression analyses indicate a set of variables that can predict the perceived relevance of environmental-social cues in food quality evaluation. The present study contributes to understanding of consumer food quality evaluation by extending the analysis to a large number (59) of food quality cues. From a practical stance, the study can guide managers’ efforts to enhance environmentally sustainable behavior based on the relevance of environmental-social cues in consumers’ food quality evaluation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45515a0298fb4788aefd2565e3fa5fc32022-12-22T02:28:03ZspaElsevierEuropean Research on Management and Business Economics2444-88342022-05-01282100178Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues. A comprehensive cross-country studyDacinia Crina Petrescu0Iris Vermeir1Philippe Burny2Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag3Faculty of Business, Babes-Bolyai University, 7 Horea Street, Cluj-Napoca 400174, Romania; Department of Marketing, Innovation and Organization, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, BelgiumDepartment of Marketing, Innovation and Organization, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium; BE4LIFE, Research Center on Sustainable, Healthy and Ethical Consumption, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, BelgiumEconomics and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux 5030, BelgiumFaculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fantanele Street, Cluj-Napoca 400294, Romania; Corresponding author.Widely explored in literature, yet it is unclear which food quality cues consumers find most relevant. The increasing consumers’ concern for sustainability aspects in their food buying decisions warrants special attention to environmental-social aspects as food quality indicators. Consequently, this study explores consumer evaluation of food quality and highlights the role of environmental-social cues in food quality evaluation. A cross-national perspective was adopted, using a sample of 761 consumers from Belgium and Romania. Exploratory factor analysis reveals six factors that contained food quality cues perceived as similar by consumers. The first factor, named “Environmental-Social”, comprises cues related to environmental protection and social equity. Regression analyses indicate a set of variables that can predict the perceived relevance of environmental-social cues in food quality evaluation. The present study contributes to understanding of consumer food quality evaluation by extending the analysis to a large number (59) of food quality cues. From a practical stance, the study can guide managers’ efforts to enhance environmentally sustainable behavior based on the relevance of environmental-social cues in consumers’ food quality evaluation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883421000371M31L15 |
| spellingShingle | Dacinia Crina Petrescu Iris Vermeir Philippe Burny Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues. A comprehensive cross-country study European Research on Management and Business Economics M31 L15 |
| title | Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues. A comprehensive cross-country study |
| title_full | Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues. A comprehensive cross-country study |
| title_fullStr | Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues. A comprehensive cross-country study |
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| title_short | Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues. A comprehensive cross-country study |
| title_sort | consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues a comprehensive cross country study |
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