Nudging and purchase intentions of meat
substitutes: the moderating role of descriptive
norms and the mediating role of perceived
behavioural control
Table of contents
2
▰
Tested model
▰
Methodology
▰
Results
Tested model
Nudging (visibility of) meat substitutes
▰
Expectations were:
▰
High visible meat substitutes would increase the purchase intention of meat substitutes (H1);▰
Visibility of the product would explain purchase intention mainly through one’s perceived behavioural control towards purchase intention of meat substitutes (H2);▰
Activated descriptive social norms in favour of purchasing meat substitutes would lead to a higher purchase intention of meat substitutes (H3);▰
Activated descriptive social norms that were favourable of meat substitutes would positively affect the relationship between visibility and purchase intention of meat substitutes (H4).4
“
5
▰
Online experiment▰
A 2 by 2 between-subject experimental design (N = 244)▰
7- point likert scale▰
Visibility and descriptive social norms were manipulatedMethodology
Table 1: 2 x 2 between-subject design
Social norm activation regarding meat substitutes
Disfavourable norm activation
Results
6
▰
Results are based on a Pearson Correlation, one-way ANVOA, two-way ANOVA and the Process model 4 of Hayes.▰
One-way ANOVA:▰
Visibility manipulation was successful▰
Descriptive social norm manipulation was not successful▰
Pearson Correlation:▰
Visibility did not correlate with any of the variables.Results
▰
Two-way ANOVA▰
Showed no statistically signficant results regarding the tested model▰
It did find a statistically signficant results between visiblity and the purchase intention of meat products.▰
Process model 4 of Hayes.“
Outcome of the research
8