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The effect of fixed and growth mindsets on buying sustainable foods

Hassan Rahnama (Department of Management and Accounting, Islamic Azad University Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran)
Peter T.L. Popkowski Leszczyc (Department of Marketing, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland–Saint Lucia Campus, Saint Lucia, Australia)

British Food Journal

ISSN: 0007-070X

Article publication date: 8 February 2022

Issue publication date: 3 November 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

Few marketing studies have studied consumer mindsets about sustainable products in developing countries. This paper examines the influence of fixed and growth mindsets on buying sustainable foods in Iran.

Design/methodology/approach

To reach this goal, the authors designed a conceptual model and specified hypotheses. A non-probability survey of 622 people was conducted through a multistage cluster random sampling from two provinces in north Iran: Gilan and Mazandaran. Data were collected through a face-to-face questionnaire. A chi-square test, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modelling, the bootstrapping method and the PLS product-indicator approach were used for analyses.

Findings

Results show that fixed and growth mindsets have a positive impact on buying sustainable foods. In addition, these two mindsets have a significant effect on consumers' health concerns and warm glow. The study demonstrates that health concerns, environmental values and convenience orientation mediate the relationship between growth mindset and sustainable shopping. However, for a fixed mindset, environmental values are not a mediator. Further, peer influence significantly moderates the effect of both mindsets and motivational variables—environmental values, convenience orientation and warm glow—on purchasing sustainable foods. This study emphasises the critical role of peer influence and motivation factors, including health concern, convenience and warm glow, on purchasing sustainable foods.

Originality/value

This research introduces a new framework concerning consumer behaviour, in particular, consumer psychology towards buying sustainable foods.

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Citation

Rahnama, H. and Popkowski Leszczyc, P.T.L. (2022), "The effect of fixed and growth mindsets on buying sustainable foods", British Food Journal, Vol. 124 No. 12, pp. 4533-4550. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-04-2021-0441

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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