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Green Marketing and Greenwashing in Poland and France, a Comparison of Consumer Reactions Cover

Green Marketing and Greenwashing in Poland and France, a Comparison of Consumer Reactions

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|Feb 2024

Figures & Tables

Linear regression model of the relationship between ecological attitudes and propensity to buy products made by companies practicing greenwashing

Model Summaryb
ModelRR SquareAdjusted R SquareStandardized error of assessmentDurbin-Watson statistic
10.462a0.2130.2030.7532.006
Coefficientsa
Model 1Unstandardized CoefficientsStandardized CoefficientstSig.
B Std. ErrorBeta
(Constant)5.0670.340 14.899<0.001
Do you think you are someone who is willing to make an effort to do something for the environment?-0.2870.087-0.260-3.2920.001
Is it important to you to consume products from a company that takes environmental and social factors into account and communicates on them?-0.2570.073-0.278-3.517<0.001

Ecological attitudes and choosing advertisement types

Descriptives
Do you think you are willing to make an effort to do something for the environment?
NMeanStd. DeviationStd. Error
“Green” advertising 1034.140.7930.078
“Functional” advertising 673.910.7120.087
Total sample 1704.050.7680.059
ANOVA
Do you think you are willing to make an effort to do something for the environment?
Sum of SquaresdfMean SquareFSig.
Between Groups2.06412.0643.5540.061
Within Groups97.5601680.581
Total99.624169
Robust Tests of Equality of Means
Do you think you are willing to make an effort to do something for the environment?
Statisticadf1df2Sig.
Welch3.7191151.5730.056
Brown-Forsythe3.7191151.5730.056

Attitudes toward making an effort for the environment

Descriptive Statistics
Dependent Variable: Do you think you are willing to make an effort to do something for the environment?
NationalityGenderMeanStd. DeviationN
Polish respondentsMale3.810.87737
Female3.910.75546
Total3.870.80883
French respondentsMale4.090.61022
Female4.270.71466
Total4.230.69088
Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
Dependent Variable: Do you think you are someone who is willing to make an effort to do something for the environment?
SourceType III Sum of SquaresdfMean SquareFSig.
Corrected Model6.289a32.0963.7150.013
Intercept2366.29912366.2994193.3860.000
Nationality3.74213.7426.6320.011
Gender0.73810.7381.3070.255
Nationality * Gender0.05810.0580.1030.749
Error94.2371670.564
Total2909.000171
Corrected Total100.526170

Linear regression model of the relationship between ecological attitudes and behaviors of checking “green” claims, including respondents’ gender and nationality

Model Summaryb
Model 1RR-squareAdjusted R-squareStandardized error of assessmentDurbin-Watson statistic
0.442a0.1950.1801.0752.032
Coefficientsa
Model 1Unstandardized CoefficientsStandardized CoefficientstSig.
BStd. ErrorBeta
(Constant)0.9870.387 2.6430.009
Is it important to you to consume products from a company that takes environmental and social factors into account and communicates on them?0.4970.0940.3865.267<0.001
French females-0.5840.181-0.240-3.2200.002
French males-1.2290.274-0.344-4.493<0.001

Attitudes toward including sustainable development into strategies of large companies_

Descriptive Statistics
Dependent Variable: Do you think that the sustainable development is taken into account in the strategies of large companies?
NationalityGenderMeanStd. DeviationN
Polish respondentsMale3.001.05437
Female3.021.12546
Total3.011.08883
French respondentsMale2.681.21122
Female2.300.91166
Total2.401.00088
Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
Dependent Variable: Do you think that sustainable development is considered in the strategies of large companies?
SourceType III Sum of SquaresdfMean SquareFSig.
Corrected Model18.497a36.1665.6670.001
Intercept1107.63911107.6391018.0820.000
Nationality9.83019.8309.0350.003
Gender1.16611.1661.0710.302
Nationality * Gender1.46711.4671.3480.247
Error181.6901671.088
Total1443.000171
Corrected Total200.187170

Attitudes toward consuming products made by environment-friendly companies

Descriptive Statistics
Dependent Variable: Is it important to you to consume products from a company that takes environmental and social factors into account and communicates on them?
NationalityGenderMeanStd. DeviationN
Polish respondentsMale3.571.06837
Female3.870.83346
Total3.730.95183
French respondentsMale4.500.59822
Female4.060.87566
Total4.170.83488
Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
Dependent Variable: Is it important to you to consume products from a company that takes environmental and social factors into account and communicates on them?
SourceType III Sum of SquaresdfMean SquareFSig.
Corrected Model13.157a34.3865.6530.001
Intercept2339.96912339.9693016.2610.000
Nationality11.540111.54014.8760.000
Gender0.17310.1730.2220.638
Nationality * Gender5.02615.0266.4780.012
Error129.5561670.776
Total2823.000171
Corrected Total142.713170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcm-2024-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2449-8939 | Journal ISSN: 2449-8920
Language: English
Page range: 60 - 74
Published on: Feb 13, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Izabela Kowalik, Marine Leyge, Tomasz Sikora, published by Jagiellonian University
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