Comparative study of socially responsible consumption measurement in three Latin American countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21259282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lida Esperanza Villa Castaño (0000-0003-3510-3870, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, corresponding author), Jesús Perdomo-Ortiz (0000-0002-9947-5350, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Sebastián Dueñas Ocampo (0000-0002-5444-2205, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, corresponding author), William Fernando Durán (0000-0002-0235-0093, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 565-580 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2694-6416 • E-ISSN: 2694-6424 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/beer.12669 |
| OpenAlex | W4392286586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 69 |
Socially responsible consumption reflects a consumer's political and ethical act. Its measurement is dependent on the socio‐economic and cultural context. Consequently, measurement instruments reflecting various behaviour profiles of global consumers have been developed. This study employs a Latin‐American‐specific measurement instrument to compare socially responsible consumption behaviours in Colombia, Mexico and Peru, countries with the same cultural cluster, that is they reflect a set of values shaped by religion, family, a sense of authority and a nationalist bias in their cultural pattern. The empirical test included confirmatory factorial analysis exercise, factorial invariance analysis and a contrast analysis of variance. The results for the three Latin American countries show the following. (i) The Mexican consumer, compared to the Peruvian and Colombian one, exhibits a stronger tendency to evaluate external practices of corporate social responsibility as a criterion of consumption. (ii) The rationality of the Mexican consumer is better in terms of consumption volume of products, resources and services. Finally, (iii) Peruvian and Mexican consumers (vs. Colombian consumers) exhibit a tendency to assess the responsible practices of companies in labour matters more as a consumption criterion. This study provides empirical evidence of the context‐dependent nature of measuring socially responsible consumption. For practitioners, identifying consumer profiles based on the market context enables them to customise goods and services. Moreover, policymakers should implement a sustainable consumption agenda with public policy guidelines tailored to the specific context
Economics · Latin Americans · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Sustainability in Business
The Market and the Masses in Latin America
Green consumers in the 1990s
A practical and theoretical guide to measurement invariance in aging research
Re‐examining green purchase behaviour and the green consumer profile
Hierarchically Nested Covariance Structure Models for Multitrait-Multimethod Data
The Company and the Product
The Influence of Individualism, Collectivism, and Locus of Control on Environmental Beliefs and Behavior
Can socio-demographics still play a role in profiling green consumers? A review of the evidence and an empirical investigation
Estimating and Comparing Specific Mediation Effects in Complex Latent Variable Models
Examining green consumerism motivational drivers
Cultural constraints in management theories
A Review and Synthesis of the Measurement Invariance Literature
Evaluating Goodness-of-Fit Indexes for Testing Measurement Invariance
Sensitivity of Goodness of Fit Indexes to Lack of Measurement Invariance
Universals in the Content and Structure of Values
Mieux connaître le consommateur socialement responsable
Socially responsible consumption in Russia
Inside the black box of responsible consumers
Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy
Cross-cultural perspective on sustainable consumption
A Cross-Cultural Examination of Self-Leadership
Measurement invariance conventions and reporting
A power primer
Determining the Characteristics of the Socially Conscious Consumer
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |