title: Psychological roots of political consumerism: Personality traits and participation in boycott and buycott
creator: Ackermann, Kathrin
creator: Gundelach, Birte
subject: ddc-150
subject: 150 Psychology
subject: ddc-320
subject: 320 Political science
subject: ddc-330
subject: 330 Economics
description: Political consumerism is currently one of the most prevalent forms of non-institutionalized political engagement in Western democracies. This article aims to understand its psychological roots. We expect interindividual differences in psychological dispositions to be particularly relevant for political consumerism due to the individualized and cause-oriented nature of this form of political action. Our empirical evidence supports this claim: Open people favour, and conscientious people avoid, boycotting and buycotting. Agreeable persons tend to avoid boycotting in particular. These relationships persist even when political and social attitudes are controlled for. Thus, we show that psychological factors play an important role in shaping politically conscious consumption behaviour. At the same time, our study points out that personality profiles vary across different forms of political consumerism and modes of political action more generally. The characteristics of the diverse modes may help to understand this variation.
publisher: Sage
date: 2022
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/31197/1/10.1177_0192512120959683.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00031197
identifier: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512120959683
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-311978
identifier:   Ackermann, Kathrin ; Gundelach, Birte  (2022) Psychological roots of political consumerism: Personality traits and participation in boycott and buycott.  International Political Science Review, 43 (1).  pp. 36-54.  ISSN 0192-5121 (Druck-Ausg.), 1460-373X (Online-Ausg.)     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/31197/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: eng