Evolution and trends in consumer behaviour: Insights from Journal of Consumer Behaviour |
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| Authors: | Weng Marc Lim Satish Kumar Nitesh Pandey Deepak Verma Divesh Kumar |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia;2. Faculty of Business, Design and Arts, Swinburne University of Technology, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia;3. Amrita School of Business Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, India;4. Department of Management Studies, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India |
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| Abstract: | The way consumers behave is fundamental to marketing. Journal of Consumer Behaviour (JCB) is an international journal dedicated to publishing the latest developments of consumer behaviour. To gain an understanding of the evolution and trends in consumer behaviour, this study presents a retrospective review of JCB using bibliometric analysis. Using bibliographic records of JCB from Scopus, this study finds that consumer behaviour research in JCB has grown substantially in terms of collaboration (co-authorships), global reach (countries), productivity (publications), and impact (citations). The major themes explored by consumer behaviour research in JCB include consumer information processing, consumption communities, consumption value, sustainable consumption, intergenerational consumer behaviour, consumer-brand relationship, consumer ethics, and conditional relationships in consumer behaviour. The most recent consumer behaviour research in JCB has considered externalities such as the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on themes such as consumer ethics and sustainable consumption in line with the global movement toward environmental social governance (ESG) and sustainable development goals (SDGs). |
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