윤리소비신념이 친환경 인조피혁 의류제품 태도에 미치는 영향과 지각된 소비자 효율 및 의류환경지식의 매개효과 = Impacts of Ethical Consumption Beliefs on Attitudes toward Eco-Friendly Faux Leather Apparel Products and Mediating Roles of Perceived Consumer Effectiveness and Apparel Environmental Knowledge

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study investigated the conceptual constructs of ethical consumption beliefs and their impacts on the consumer attitudes toward eco-friendly faux leather apparel goods. The mediating roles of perceived consumer effectiveness and apparel environmental knowledge were examined in this research. A survey was conducted on female consumers between the ages of 20 and 50; subsequently 300 responses were analyzed. The results of this study were follows: 1). The results of factor analysis and the reliability test on ethical consumption beliefs clearly showed factorial structures that include Social Responsibility Eco-friendly Consumption Animal Welfare and Individual Enhancement. 2) The results of the mean scores of ethical consumption beliefs showed that respondents tended to consider Social Responsibility more important than the other three factors. Ethical consumption beliefs showed a significantly positive influence on consumer attitudes toward eco-friendly faux leather apparel products; in addition Social Responsibility had the highest effect on product attitudes among the four factors of ethical consumption beliefs. 3) The perceived consumer effectiveness and environmental knowledge of apparel had important medicating roles in the relationship between ethical consumption beliefs and attitudes towards eco-friendly faux leather apparel products. This study highlighted a potential marketability of eco-friendly faux leather apparel products and that ethical consumption beliefs perceived consumer effectiveness and apparel environmental knowledge should be promoted among consumers to increase favorable attitudes towards these products.

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