Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia

This research sets out to determine the changes in attitude, emotion and behaviour of respondents to packaging using Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese in a multicultural Asian country, Malaysia. The findings of this research indicate that respondents reacted more favorably to product packaging imprinted in...

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Main Authors: Run, Ernest Cyril De, Chin, Sien Fah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sunway University College 2006
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/26/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/26/1/ernest3.pdf
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author Run, Ernest Cyril De
Chin, Sien Fah
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description This research sets out to determine the changes in attitude, emotion and behaviour of respondents to packaging using Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese in a multicultural Asian country, Malaysia. The findings of this research indicate that respondents reacted more favorably to product packaging imprinted in their own ethnic language. However, there is no significant difference between respondents in their attitude towards the company, indicating that there is a disparity between consumer reaction towards the company and its product packaging.
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spelling sunway-262012-10-15T03:43:29Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/26/ Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia Run, Ernest Cyril De Chin, Sien Fah HF Commerce P Philology. Linguistics This research sets out to determine the changes in attitude, emotion and behaviour of respondents to packaging using Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese in a multicultural Asian country, Malaysia. The findings of this research indicate that respondents reacted more favorably to product packaging imprinted in their own ethnic language. However, there is no significant difference between respondents in their attitude towards the company, indicating that there is a disparity between consumer reaction towards the company and its product packaging. Sunway University College 2006 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/26/1/ernest3.pdf Run, Ernest Cyril De and Chin, Sien Fah (2006) Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia. Sunway Academic Journal, 3. pp. 133-145.
spellingShingle HF Commerce
P Philology. Linguistics
Run, Ernest Cyril De
Chin, Sien Fah
Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia
title Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia
title_full Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia
title_fullStr Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia
title_short Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia
title_sort language use in packaging : the reaction of malay and chinese consumers in malaysia
topic HF Commerce
P Philology. Linguistics
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/26/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/26/1/ernest3.pdf