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Measuring Confucian values among East Asian consumers: a four country study

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  • Lien Le Monkhouse
  • Bradley R. Barnes
  • Thi Song Hanh Pham

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This study aims to make a conceptual and empirical contribution by developing and operationalizing suitable scales to capture certain Confucian values (face saving, humility, group orientation, hierarchy and reciprocity) that can influence East Asian consumers. Based on the pertinent literature, focus group discussions with extended East Asian families and East Asian scholar interviews, we develop and validate our measures on data from over 400 respondents across four East Asian cities (Tokyo, Hanoi, Beijing and Singapore). Despite some variance, our findings signal that East Asians are highly influenced by such traditional values. Several implications are extracted and future research directions suggested.

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  • Lien Le Monkhouse & Bradley R. Barnes & Thi Song Hanh Pham, 2013. "Measuring Confucian values among East Asian consumers: a four country study," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(3), pages 320-336, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:apbizr:v:19:y:2013:i:3:p:320-336
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.732388
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