<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper contains considerations on the issue of sustainable consumption whose stimulator may be consumer competences. The problem can be examined in the cognitive, emotional and behavioural dimensions. Besides the theoretical approach, the authors have presented findings of the research carried out for the purposes of the project “Consumer Competences as a Stimulant of Innovative Behaviours and Sustainable Consumption” (2011/03/B/HS4/04417) financed from resources provided by the National Science Centre. The research involved a research sample of 1,000 Poles meeting specific criteria established by the authors. The obtained empirical material allowed for the construction of the consumer competence index which took into account the following variables: Knowledge of the consumer’s rights and ways of use thereof (Knowledge), Planning measured with the following variables (Planning), Making rational consumption choices measured with the following variables (Rationality), Autonomy of choices measured with the following variables (Sovereignty). Three groups of consumers were singled out and characterised in the study, namely: highly competent consumers, consumers with a medium level of competences, and consumers with low competences.</p></abstract>

The paper contains considerations on the issue of sustainable consumption whose stimulator may be consumer competences. The problem can be examined in the cognitive, emotional and behavioural dimensions. Besides the theoretical approach, the authors have presented findings of the research carried out for the purposes of the project “Consumer Competences as a Stimulant of Innovative Behaviours and Sustainable Consumption” (2011/03/B/HS4/04417) financed from resources provided by the National Science Centre. The research involved a research sample of 1,000 Poles meeting specific criteria established by the authors. The obtained empirical material allowed for the construction of the consumer competence index which took into account the following variables: Knowledge of the consumer’s rights and ways of use thereof (Knowledge), Planning measured with the following variables (Planning), Making rational consumption choices measured with the following variables (Rationality), Autonomy of choices measured with the following variables (Sovereignty). Three groups of consumers were singled out and characterised in the study, namely: highly competent consumers, consumers with a medium level of competences, and consumers with low competences.

Consumers’ Competences as a Stimulant of Sustainable Consumption

Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT)

SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of Management and Finance

Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW

Faculty of Economic Sciences, Department of European Policy and Marketing

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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The paper contains considerations on the issue of sustainable consumption whose stimulator may be consumer competences. The problem can be examined in the...

Consumers’ Competences as a Stimulant of Sustainable Consumption

Published Online: Dec 27, 2017

Page range: 97 - 114

Received: Jun 19, 2017

Accepted: Oct 08, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/foli-2017-0021

Keywords
consumer competences, sustainable consumption, consumer competence index, groups of consumers

© 2017 Dariusz Kiełczewski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Consumers’ Competences as a Stimulant of Sustainable Consumption

Published Online: Dec 27, 2017

Page range: 97 - 114

Received: Jun 19, 2017

Accepted: Oct 08, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/foli-2017-0021

Keywordsconsumer competences, sustainable consumption, consumer competence index, groups of consumers

© 2017 Dariusz Kiełczewski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
consumer competences, sustainable consumption, consumer competence index, groups of consumers