Pattern of similarities/differences in time orientation and advertising attitudes: A cross-cultural comparison of Georgian and Macau consumers
Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
ISSN: 1355-5855
Article publication date: 6 September 2013
Abstract
Purpose
The empirical, cross-national study reported here examines how time orientations influence attitudes toward advertising in two emerging Asian economies with very different background and time orientation, namely Macau and Georgia. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
Questionnaire was used as an instrument to conduct a survey for the study. The questionnaire design was adapted from Rojas-Méndez et al. study. The two samples were collected through either a drop-off-and-pick-up method or street-intercept interview.
Findings
Georgians are found to be more past oriented and had had more suspicious feelings about advertising whereas Macau data indicated more future-orientation was the most dominant dimensions and they had better dispositions towards advertising.
Practical implications
With the findings, managers of different time orientation markets can consider one more factor to strike for the optimal balance in placing their promotional budget between pull and push strategy, and between above-the-line and below-the-line activities when executing the pull strategy.
Social implications
Government of different time orientation can be more informed of the effectiveness of using advertising to communicate with its citizens in its culture.
Originality/value
Studies on how time orientation relates to attitudes toward advertising are few and such relationship appears to be never compared within two Asian countries with very different background and time orientation.
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Citation
Kaynak, E., Kara, A., S.F. Chow, C. and Riza Apil, A. (2013), "Pattern of similarities/differences in time orientation and advertising attitudes: A cross-cultural comparison of Georgian and Macau consumers", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 25 No. 4, pp. 631-654. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-09-2012-0087
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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