The role of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical identity on attitudes and intentions towards organic food Export

@article{MichaelidouHassan2008AttitudesAndIntentionsTowardsOrganicFood, abstract = {The paper examines the roles of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical self-identity in predicting attitude and purchase intention within the context of organic produce. A conceptual model is derived and tested via structural equation modelling. Findings indicate food safety as the most important predictor of attitude while health consciousness appears to be the least important motive in contrast to findings from some previous research. In addition, ethical self-identity is found to predict both attitudes and intention to purchase organic produce, emphasizing that respondents' identification with ethical issues affects their attitude and subsequent consumption choices.}, author = {Michaelidou, Nina and Hassan, Louise M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2351413}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00619.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/jcs/2008/00000032/00000002/art00008}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/119421393/ABSTRACT}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://dx.doi.org.monstera.cc.columbia.edu:2048/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00619.x}, doi = {10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00619.x}, issn = {1470-6423}, journal = {International Journal of Consumer Studies}, keywords = {consumats, social-comparison}, month = {March}, number = {2}, pages = {163--170}, posted-at = {2008-11-13 05:43:30}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {The role of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical identity on attitudes and intentions towards organic food}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00619.x}, volume = {32}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - MichaelidouHassan2008AttitudesAndIntentionsTowardsOrganicFood L3 - citeulike-article-id:2351413 N2 - The paper examines the roles of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical self-identity in predicting attitude and purchase intention within the context of organic produce. A conceptual model is derived and tested via structural equation modelling. Findings indicate food safety as the most important predictor of attitude while health consciousness appears to be the least important motive in contrast to findings from some previous research. In addition, ethical self-identity is found to predict both attitudes and intention to purchase organic produce, emphasizing that respondents' identification with ethical issues affects their attitude and subsequent consumption choices. IS - 2 JF - International Journal of Consumer Studies SN - 1470-6423 EP - 170 TI - The role of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical identity on attitudes and intentions towards organic food PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 32 SP - 163 KW - consumats KW - social-comparison AU - Michaelidou, Nina AU - Hassan, Louise PY - 2008/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00619.x ER -