... central to people's lives, their sense of identity, and their relationship with the rest of the world (Traylor, 1981). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Young adults Influence Israel Consumers Behaviour Children(age groups) The present study focuses on the product...

... from the USA and Israel on their cultural dimensions. Practical implications Strong social norms about gift‐giving “protocol” may override the effect of egalitarianism attitudes on gift‐giving behavior. Thus, marketers can benefit greatly from creating, nurturing, and promoting ritualistic...

... design and manufacturer reputation); and to assess the degree of cross‐cultural differences in individualism within a specific country, Israel. Design/methodology/approach A total of 400 private brand customers participated in the study. Participants were students from eight universities and colleges...

... neighborhoods in Northern Israel. A total of 112 Arab Israeli and 111 Jewish Israeli consumers were sampled. Findings Both animosity and consumer ethnocentrism led to a decreased willingness to purchase a nation's products. Arab Israelis felt more animosity toward the UK than Jewish Israelis, which...

... at: bokek@bezeqint.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Influence Family Decision making Systems theory Consumer behaviour Israel The first research question was: “Do spouses ask a third person to persuade their mate in favor of their preferred alternative during a purchase...

... were customers of two large private chain stores in central Israel, known for their abundance of generic products. Findings the paper finds that new generic consumers have a somewhat different profile than that of generic consumers of the 1980s. Furthermore, generic consumers are prepared...

...Aviv Shoham; Vassilis Dalakas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence tactics used by adolescent children and parental yielding to these tactics outside North America. Design/methodology/approach Parents of children ages ten to 18 in Israel were surveyed...

... contribution of this research is that it examines children's influence on family decision making in cultures different from the USA. For example, Israel is less individualistic, more uncertainty‐avoiding, and less power‐distant than the USA. The increasing attention on children's role was largely because...

... relevant to them (like cereal and vacations) and during the initiation stage. Moreover, consistent with the ranking of Israel as a low power‐distance country, Israeli teens had higher influence than US teens on family decisions. Moses (2000) provided a comprehensive report with information...

...). Behaviour Purchasing Israel © MCB UP Limited 2003 We included gender based on Block and Morwitz’s (1999) study about the use of shopping lists. Cobb and Hoyer (1986) found that women are more likely to plan their purchases than men are. Block and Morwitz (1999) attribute this tendency...