What motivates Czech consumers to buy organic food?

• Autorzy: Jan Urban , Iva Zvěřinová , Milan Ščasný
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The objective of this paper is twofold. First, the authors aim to analyse the factors that affect the intention of Czech consumers to purchase organic food using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Second, they employ an extended TPB model that introduces descriptive norms as an additional actor of behavioural intention. This study exploits data from a consumer survey of a sample of the Czech general adult population (N = 252) conducted in 2010. Structural equation modelling with an ML estimator is used to estimate model parameters. The empirical model derived from the TPB explains 44% of the variability of intention to purchase organic food. Descriptive norms are empirically distinct from injunctive norms and their inclusion in the model increases the explained variance of intention by an additional 5 percentage points. Attitudes and norms are the strongest predictors of the intention to purchase organic food, while perceived behavioural control has only a weak effect.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sociology; theory of planned behaviour; organic food consumption; structural equation modelling; descriptive norms; Czech Republic

CS

sociologie

• Wydawca: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 48
• Numer: 3
• Strony: 509-536
• Rodzaj publikacji: ARTICLE

Twórcy

autor

Jan Urban

• Sociologický časopis, redakce, Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

autor

Iva Zvěřinová

• Sociologický časopis, redakce, Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

autor

Milan Ščasný

• Sociologický časopis, redakce, Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic