eprintid: 31197
rev_number: 16
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datestamp: 2022-02-01 15:07:17
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type: article
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creators_name: Ackermann, Kathrin
creators_name: Gundelach, Birte
title: Psychological roots of political consumerism: Personality traits and participation in boycott and buycott
subjects: ddc-150
subjects: ddc-320
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-180500
keywords: Political consumerism, political participation, Big Five, personality traits, political psychology
note: Dieser Beitrag ist aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. *** This publication is freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
abstract: 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.
date: 2022
publisher: Sage
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00031197
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512120959683
ppn_swb: 1818591332
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-311978
language: eng
bibsort: ACKERMANNKPSYCHOLOGI2022
full_text_status: public
publication: International Political Science Review
volume: 43
number: 1
place_of_pub: London [u.a.]
pagerange: 36-54
issn: 0192-5121 (Druck-Ausg.), 1460-373X (Online-Ausg.)
edition: Zweitveröffentlichung
citation:   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.)     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/31197/1/10.1177_0192512120959683.pdf