Right-leaning egalitarians are just as susceptible to social justice-induced product patronage! Evidence from the US and Malaysia.

Autor: Wong RMM; University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia., Owuamalam CK; Reed College, United States. Electronic address: chumao@reed.edu., Stewart-Williams S; University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta psychologica [Acta Psychol (Amst)] 2023 Jul; Vol. 237, pp. 103935. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103935
Abstrakt: We investigated the impact of egalitarianism on consumers' inclination to support fair-trade products and examined whether this effect was observed among individuals with different political affiliations. In four experiments featuring a fictional chocolate brand presented in either a social-justice (fair trade) or quality-focused (control) manner, we examined the product purchase intentions of both left- and right-leaning consumers in the United States and Malaysia (Studies 1a, N = 200; 1b, N = 269; & 2, N = 410). Results revealed that participants expressed a greater willingness to support the product when it was framed as contributing to a social justice cause, but this effect was limited to left- and right-leaning consumers who strongly endorsed egalitarian principles. Study 3 (N = 354) employed a mediated-moderation approach and confirmed that an elevated sensitivity to injustice was the underlying mechanism driving increased intentions to support the product among egalitarians exposed to social justice framing. These results demonstrate that right-leaning consumers can be influenced by social justice framing when their commitment to equity is strong.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None.
(Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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