TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is show how altruism provides a basis for understanding motivations that consumers may possess, especially as it relates to their response to buy‐national marketing campaigns. The paper aims to report research that examines traditional measures of altruism to determine whether there are differing or additional dimensions of altruism.Design/methodology/approach– The research is based on a survey of 212 consumers and their responses to previously validated altruism scales. These scales were factor‐analyzed to identify new dimensions of altruism.Findings– Eight dimensions of altruism are empirically identified and are demonstrated to be different by demographic groupings and their responses to altruism‐based marketing programs.Originality/value– Patterns of altruistic behavior can enable marketers to estimate the relative size and behavioral patterns of altruism‐based market segments.
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SN  - 0736-3761
DO  - 10.1108/07363760910954127
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/07363760910954127
AU  - Hopkins Raymond A.
AU  - Powers Thomas L.
PY  - 2009
Y1  - 2009/01/01
TI  - Development and test of new dimensions of altruistic buying behavior
T2  - Journal of Consumer Marketing
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 185
EP  - 199
Y2  - 2024/05/13
ER  -