COOUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
style='mso-tab-count:1'> You were chosen as a respondent to answer this survey – questionnaire on
the effects of country of origin on the consumer preferences and behavior of
Dubai residents. Your answers will provide the data needed in this study. Rest
assured that your answers would be treated with utmost confidentiality. Thank
you very much.
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You.
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Part 1.
Profile of Respondent
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Please fill up in all the necessary information about yourself. Don’t leave any
item unanswered.
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Gender
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Marital Status
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( ) Separated ( )style='mso-tab-count:2'> Widow/Widower ( )
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Educational
Attainment
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High School ( ) College (
) Graduate Studies ( )
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Monthly Income
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below dirham (style='mso-spacerun:yes'> ) 2,001-5,000 dirham
style='font-family:Arial'>( ) 5,001- 10,000 dirham ( ) 10,001
and above dirham
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Part II. Consumer Ethnocentrism Scale (CET)
Direction: Encircle
the number corresponding to your answer
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Agree
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Disagree
- People in Dubai
should always buy
Dubai made products instead of
imports
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- Only
those products that are unavailable in Dubai should be imported. style='font-family:Arial'>
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- Buy Dubai
made products. Keep Dubai working
- Dubai
products first, last, and foremost
- Purchasing
foreign-made products is un-Dubai
- It is not
right to purchase foreign products
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- A real
Dubai citizen should always buy Dubai made products style='font-family:Arial'>
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- We should
purchase products made in Dubai instead of letting other countries get
rich off us.
- It is
always best to purchase Dubai products.
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- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Dubai should not buy foreign products
because this hurts Dubai businesses and causes unemployment. style='font-family:Arial'>
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- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It may cost me in the long run, but I
prefer to support Dubai products.
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- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Foreigners should not be allowed to put
their products in markets.
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- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Foreign products should be taxed heavily
to reduce their entry into Dubai
- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> We should buy from foreign countries only
those products that we cannot obtain in our own country. style='font-family:Arial'>
- Dubai
consumers who purchase products made in other countries put their fellow
Dubais out of work
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PART III. Problems and Solutions
- style='font-family:Arial'>What are the problems and issues challenging the
choices for products for consumption in Dubai?
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economic health?
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What are your proposed solutions to the issues and problems you’vestyle='mso-tab-count:1'> mentioned?
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Guide Questionnaire
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interviewed)
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Can
you briefly explain the economic situation in Dubai right now in terms of
goods, products and services coming from other countries?
- What country or countries
usually dominates Dubai in terms of volume and in terms of sales?
- What about Dubai’s
local products? What is the development in relation to the past years?
- Compared to foreign
goods, are Dubai-made products doing well?
- What are the possible
implications of Dubai consumers buying more foreign goods than
locally-made products?
- At this point, can
you observe changes in the consumption pattern of Dubai residents? What
are these?
- To what reasons are
these attributed to?
- In terms of country
of origin preferences, to what country does Dubai consumers usually defer
to?
- Does country of
origin affects the consumption behavior of Dubai residents?
- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> What do you think is the implication of
Dubai residents’ consumption behavior to Dubai’s economy?
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