Impact of Personality Factors on Consumer Buying Behaviour Towards Textile Materials in South Eastern Nigeria

Abstract

Abstract:The objective of this study is to assess the impact of personality factors on consumer buying behavior towards textile materials in South Eastern Nigeria. Five personality factors of social character, compliance, aggressiveness, ethnocentrism and dogmatism form the basis for the hypotheses, Survey method of data collection was used in the course of the research. Statistical tools which include mean, standard deviations, and multiple regressions were applied in data analysis and hypotheses testing. The results from the analysis revealed that there is a significant effect of social character, compliance, aggressiveness, ethnocentrism on consumer buying behavior of textile materials in South Eastern Nigeria, whereas dogmatism has no such significant effect. The finding of this study leads to conclusion and lends further support to the assumptions that personality is a highly relevant explanatory concept for the examination of consumption of goods and services. Therefore the study recommended among others, that producers and marketers of textile materials in South Eastern Nigeria should design them in line with the personality factors identified, as this will go a long way in the patronage of made-in-Nigeria textiles and contribute to economic growth and development of Nigeria. Also, considering the social character of the people in this region, marketers should target their strategies on convincing the social influencers within any age grade, as their purchase decisions will go a long way in commanding the brand acceptance of each product. Marketers of textile materials in this region should consider the use of celebrities to promote their products, especially during festivals by designing textile materials that will add glamour to such festivals.

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