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: Ernest Cyril, de Run, Fah, Chin Sien
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Sunway Academic Journal 2006
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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 unimas-5262021-07-12T13:12:11Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/526/ Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia Ernest Cyril, de Run Fah, Chin Sien AC Collections. Series. Collected works HB Economic Theory 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 Academic Journal 2006 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/526/2/13%20LANGUAGE%20USE%20IN%20PACKAGING%20THE%20REACTION%20OF%20Malay%20and%20chainises%20consumers%20in%20Malaysia.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/526/13/CHIN%20SIEN%20FAH.pdf Ernest Cyril, de Run and Fah, Chin Sien (2006) Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia. Language use in packaging : the reaction of Malay and Chinese consumers in Malaysia., 3. pp. 133-145.
spellingShingle AC Collections. Series. Collected works
HB Economic Theory
P Philology. Linguistics
Ernest Cyril, de Run
Fah, Chin Sien
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 AC Collections. Series. Collected works
HB Economic Theory
P Philology. Linguistics
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