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Multientity Scaling and the Consistency of Country-of-Origin Attitudes

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  • Svein Ottar Olsen

    (University Of Tromsø)

  • Ulf H Olsson

    (Norwegian School of Management)

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This study was particularly designed to respond to Jaffe and Nebenzahl's (1984) suggestion to test whether and how entity-based and attribute-based semantic differential scaling formats could predict purchasing behavior within a country-of-origin setting. The study includes recent research on survey context effects in order to explain and extend our analysis, and uses attitude consistency theory as a conceptual framework. A comparison of the fit statistics between the two scaling formats on each entity (country) indicates that the attribute based format estimates a higher attitude response consistency and predictive validity by giving better predictors of global country image (evaluation) and buying frequency of products from the different countries investigated. This study uses data collected from a probability sample of industrial buyers within the seafood industry.© 2002 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (2002) 33, 149–167

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  • Svein Ottar Olsen & Ulf H Olsson, 2002. "Multientity Scaling and the Consistency of Country-of-Origin Attitudes," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 33(1), pages 149-167, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jintbs:v:33:y:2002:i:1:p:149-167
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    1. Lu, Irene R.R. & Kwan, Ernest & Heslop, Louise A. & Thomas, D. Roland & Cedzynski, Marzena, 2019. "The ivory tower and the street: How researchers defined country image over four decades and what consumers think it means," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 80-97.
    2. Torres, Anna & Bijmolt, Tammo H.A., 2009. "Assessing brand image through communalities and asymmetries in brand-to-attribute and attribute-to-brand associations," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 195(2), pages 628-640, June.

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