2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.05.015
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The influence of country-of-origin stereotypes on consumer responses to food safety scandals: The case of the horsemeat adulteration

Abstract: a b s t r a c tFood safety scandals are recurring events in the food industry worldwide and companies are not immune to these incidents. However, there is a paucity of studies that examine how consumers evaluate and respond to brands involved in food crises and how consumers' prejudicial views about brands may bias these responses. Following attribution theory, the current study analyzes the psychological mechanisms through which consumers form judgments about a brand's culpability in the aftermath of a food s… Show more

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“…Second, in line with Barbarossa et al (), the results also outline purchase intention and blame attribution as the two principal aspects of consumer response towards a brand involved in the food safety scandal. However, we complement their conceptualization by suggesting these outcomes as independent of each other.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…Second, in line with Barbarossa et al (), the results also outline purchase intention and blame attribution as the two principal aspects of consumer response towards a brand involved in the food safety scandal. However, we complement their conceptualization by suggesting these outcomes as independent of each other.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…Folkes () in the context of product failure suggests that the consumer's attribution of blame forms an important basis of their judgment towards the crisis. The recent study by Barbarossa et al () in the food safety scandal context outlines the importance of blame attribution on the part of consumers. The authors thereby suggest that blame governs the construction of attribution of responsibility towards the brand associated with the food safety scandal.…”
Section: Theoretical Development and Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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