Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers?

Purpose – This paper aims to ascertain whether halal certification mark, halal brand quality and halal awareness influence Nigerian consumers when making buying decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers reflect on the newly collected data to shed light on the above issues from the...

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Main Authors: Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde, Abdullah, Moha Asri, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
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author Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde
Abdullah, Moha Asri
Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
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Abdullah, Moha Asri
Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
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description Purpose – This paper aims to ascertain whether halal certification mark, halal brand quality and halal awareness influence Nigerian consumers when making buying decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers reflect on the newly collected data to shed light on the above issues from the perspective of Nigerian consumers. To this end, a questionnaire was developed and used to collect data from 282 respondents. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings – This study found that halal certification mark and halal brand quality are the most influential factors that contributed to the consumers’ buying decisions in Nigeria. Originality/value – Based on the findings of this study, the researchers have argued that more efforts are needed in the area of halal awareness in Nigeria. Similarly, the study argues that halal brand quality should always be held at the esteemed position. Based on the study’s findings, the authors have been able to fill the literature gap, particularly in the context of the Nigerian halal industry.
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spelling iium-768642020-11-24T02:17:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/ Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers? Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde Abdullah, Moha Asri Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri H Social Sciences (General) HF5437 Purchasing. Selling. Sales personnel. Sales executives Purpose – This paper aims to ascertain whether halal certification mark, halal brand quality and halal awareness influence Nigerian consumers when making buying decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers reflect on the newly collected data to shed light on the above issues from the perspective of Nigerian consumers. To this end, a questionnaire was developed and used to collect data from 282 respondents. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings – This study found that halal certification mark and halal brand quality are the most influential factors that contributed to the consumers’ buying decisions in Nigeria. Originality/value – Based on the findings of this study, the researchers have argued that more efforts are needed in the area of halal awareness in Nigeria. Similarly, the study argues that halal brand quality should always be held at the esteemed position. Based on the study’s findings, the authors have been able to fill the literature gap, particularly in the context of the Nigerian halal industry. Emerald Publishing 2020-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/12/76864%20Halal%20certification%20mark%2C%20brand.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/13/76864%20Halal%20certification%20mark%2C%20brand%20SCOPUS.pdf Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde and Abdullah, Moha Asri and Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri (2020) Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers? Journal of Islamic Marketing, 11 (6). pp. 1657-1670. ISSN 1759-0833 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIMA-07-2019-0155/full/html 10.1108/JIMA-07-2019-0155
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HF5437 Purchasing. Selling. Sales personnel. Sales executives
Jaiyeoba, Haruna Babatunde
Abdullah, Moha Asri
Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers?
title Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers?
title_full Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers?
title_fullStr Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers?
title_full_unstemmed Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers?
title_short Halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of Nigerian consumers?
title_sort halal certification mark, brand quality, and awareness: do they influence buying decisions of nigerian consumers?
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HF5437 Purchasing. Selling. Sales personnel. Sales executives
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/12/76864%20Halal%20certification%20mark%2C%20brand.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/76864/13/76864%20Halal%20certification%20mark%2C%20brand%20SCOPUS.pdf