An empirical study on determining ethnocentric tendencies of Turkish consumers

In recent years; opposition to globalization has become wide spread in our country for different reasons and as a result regional nationalism movements affect consumer decision making process for buying. The main concept in this study, consumer ethnocentrism, was measured by CETSCALE and it was found that Turkish consumers have an intermediate level of consumer ethnocentrism tendency. Results of the study also revealed the relationship between the level of consumer ethnocentrism and the socio-demographic characteristics of Turkish consumers. In addition; ethnocentric tendency levels of Turkish consumers were found to differ according to their political view.