... explored. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Students Consumer behaviour Cotton Clothing Willingness to pay Organic cotton Experimental auction Consumers are becoming increasingly aware that their consumption decisions impact the environment...

... of 258 US college students to test a model using structural equation modelling. Findings The results show that materialism, BESC, and status consumption positively influence clothing involvement and brand loyalty. Research limitations/implications The study findings are bounded by the country...

...., 2003). Similarly, college students with prior experience purchasing apparel online had more favorable attitudes towards shopping online (Xu and Paulins, 2005). A study comparing the TRA and TPB with regard to online grocery shopping found that both theories predicted purchase intentions (Hansen...

... or different store selection criteria, and examine an interaction effect of country of residency and clothing motives on store selection criteria. Design/methodology/approach A total of 307 US students and 297 SK students participated in the study. The convenience sampling method was used to recruit...

...Min‐Young Lee; Youn‐Kyung Kim; Lou Pelton; Dee Knight; Judith Forney Purpose This paper on Mexican college students aims to examine the effects of general consumer variables (i.e. normative interpersonal influence and brand consciousness) and brand‐specific variables (i.e. perceived quality...

...V. Ann Paulins Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore student perceptions of job characteristics of their internships – and to explore the relationship between these job characteristics and overall satisfaction with their retail merchandising internship experiences in terms...

...Yingjiao Xu; V. Ann Paulins Purpose To study college students' attitudes toward and behavioral intention of shopping online for apparel products by using the theory of reasoned action. Design/methodology/approach Focus group interviews and a literature review identified specific items...

...Catherine Rutherford‐Black PhD; Jeanne Heitmeyer PhD; Mallory Boylan PhD The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' attitudes towards people of different weights by comparing and contrasting student stereotypes of thin, average, moderately obese and morbidly obese weight individuals...