Influence of evoked contexts on rating-based conjoint analysis: Case study with lamb meat |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Alto Universitário, s/n, P.O.Box 16, 29500–000, Alegre, ES, Brazil;2. Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, P. H. Rolfs Av., s/n, 36570–000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil;1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil;2. Departament of Management Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.;1. Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149 – bloco A, CEP 21.941-909, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;2. Embrapa Pecuária Sul, P.O. Box 242, BR 153 km 633, CEP 96.401-970, Bagé, RS, Brazil;3. Post-Graduation Programme in Management (UFRGS/PPGA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Washington Luiz, 855, 3° andar, CEP, 90010-460 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;4. Sensometrics & Consumer Science, Instituto Polo Tecnológico de Pando, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, By Pass de Rutas 8 y 101 s/n. Pando, Canelones, Uruguay;5. Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos, Avenida das Américas, 29501, CEP 23.020-470, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The aim of the present work was to evaluate the influence of two evoked consumption contexts on consumers’ intention to purchase lamb meat cuts using rating-based conjoint analysis. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the evoked consumption contexts: a celebratory lunch with family over the weekend (n = 157), and a dinner at home after a day’s work (n = 171). Rating-based conjoint analysis was used to evaluate the influence of four independent variables on consumers’ intention to purchase lamb meat in each of the two evoked consumption contexts: type of cut, presentation, seasoning and price. Intention to purchase scores were significantly affected by the evoked context. Consumers were more willing to purchase lamb meat when the celebratory weekend lunch context was considered, compared to the weekday dinner. In the two contexts, price was the most important variable affecting willingness to purchase lamb meat, followed by type of cut. However, at the aggregate level the utility values were similar for the two contexts: consumers expressed higher intention to purchase for leg cuts without seasoning at the highest price. In the two contexts different consumer segments were identified, which gave different relative importance to the variables included in the conjoint task. However, conclusions regarding consumers’ segmentation were affected by evoked consumption context. The findings suggest that evoked consumption contexts influence results from conjoint analysis, which suggests that they may be an interesting methodological alternative to increase the validity of conjoint tasks. |
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| Keywords: | Conjoint analysis Packaging Lamb meat Context Consumer research |
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