Purpose - This study analyzes topics discussed in the International Journal of Consumer Studies through a content analysis, to reveal the impact of cross-cultural management in consumer research. Research Design, Data, and Methodology - The International Journal of Consumer Studies has the highest impact factor among international consumer journals, and was chosen for research. This study investigated 712 articles, covering a ten-year period. Results - A total of 82 articles were found to be related to cross-cultural management, out of 712 articles. This shows a need for improvement in the area of cross-cultural management, and implies that the discipline of cross-cultural management will continue to have a significant impact on consumer studies. Conclusions - While content analyses have been conducted in the area of consumer research in the past, a comparative content analysis in the International Journal of Consumer Studies is unprecedented. This study offers insights on the comparative analysis of general articles and articles related to cross-cultural management, which will be useful reference points for future global markets and fields in distribution and consumer research.
Ascalon, M., Evelina, S., Deidra J., & Born, M. (2008). Cross-cultural social intelligence. Cross Cultural Management, 15(2), 109-130.
Atilgan-Inan, E., Buyukkupcu, A., & Akinci, S. (2010). A Content Analysis of Factors Affecting New Product Development Process. Business and Economics Research Journal, 1(3), 87-100.
Bakir, A., Vitell, S. J., & Rose, G. M. (2000). Publications in Major Marketing Journals: An Analysis of Scholars and Marketing Departments. Journal of Marketing Education, 22(2), 99-107.
Banerjee, S. (2008). Dimensions of Indian culture, core cultural values and marketing implications: An analysis. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal , 15(4), 367-378.
Baumgartner, H., & Pieters, R. (2003). The Structural Influence of Marketing Journals: A Citation Analysis of the Discipline and its Subareas over Time. Journal of Marketing, 67(2), 123-139.
Bell, E. & Bryman, A. (2007). The Ethics of Management Research: An exploratory Content Analysis. British Journal of Management, 18(1), 63-77.
Bengoa, D., Sánchez, K., Hans R., & Vrontis, D. (2012). A new organizational memory for cross-cultural knowledge management. Cross Cultural Management, 19(3), 336-351.
Brewer, P. (2008). Cross-cultural transfer of knowledge: a special case anomaly. Cross Cultural Management, 15(2), 131-143.
Bush, A., Grant, J., & Stephen, E. (1994). Analyzing the Content of Marketing Journals to Assess Trends in Sales Force Research: 1980-1992. The Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 14(3), 57-68.
Chan, K. C., Hung-Gay, F., & Lai, P. (2005). Membership of editorial boards and rankings of schools with international business orientation. Journal of International Business Studies, 36(4), 452-469.
Chan, R. Y. K., & Lau, L. B. Y. (2001). Explaining green purchasing behavior: A cross-cultural study on American and Chinese consumers. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 14(2,3), 9-40.
Chandy, P. R., &Williams, T. G. E. (1994). The Impact of Journals and Authors on International Business Research: A Citational Analysis of JIBS Articles. Journal of International Business Studies, 25(4), 715-728.
Cheng, L. T. W., Chan, K. C., & Chan, R. Y. K. (2003). Publications in Major Marketing Journals: An Analysis of Research Productivity of Asia-Pacific Universities. Journal of Marketing Education, 25(2), 163-176.
Chu, K., & Chan, H. (2008). Cross-cultural Consumer Behavior of General Merchandise for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. The Business Review, 11(1), 224-230.
Chung, E. (1997).The company one keeps: Ethnic homogeneity of social ties and intracultural differences in consumer behavior. UMI Dissertations Publishing.
Dauber, D. (2012). Opposing positions in M&A research: culture, integration and performance. Cross Cultural Management, 19(3), 375-398.
Douglas, S. P., & Craig, C. S. (1997). The changing dynamic of consumer behavior: implications for cross-cultural research. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 14(4), 379-395.
Fawcett, J. K. (1999). A cross-cultural analysis of consumer buying behavior: The case of Brazil versus the United States. UMI Dissertations Publishing.
Fish, A. (1994). The Importance and Relevance of Cross-cultural Management. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 35-38.
Graham, J. L., Kamins, M. A., & Oetomo, D. S. (1993). Content Analysis of German and Japanese Advertising in Print Media from Indonesia, Spain, and the United States. Journal of Advertising, 22(2), 5-15.
Griffith, D. A., Cavusgil, S. T., & Shichun, Xu. (2008). Emerging themes in international business research. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(7), 1220-1235.
Gutierrez, B., Spencer, S. M., & Zhu, G. (2012). Thinking Globally, leading locally: Chinese, Indian, and Western leadership. Cross Cultural Management, 19(1), 67-89.
Hawkins, D. I., & Mothersbaugh, D. L. (2010). Consumer Behavior: Building Marketing Strategy (11th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
Hernandez, S. A., Strahle, W., Garcia, H. L., & Sorensen, R.C. (1991). A Cross-Cultural Study of Consumer Complaining Behavior: VCR Owners in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Journal of Consumer Policy, 14(1), 35.
Inkpen, A. C., & Beamish, P. W. (1994). An analysis of twenty-five years of research. Journal of International Business Studies, 25(4), 703-713.
Kim, J. O., Forsythe, S. G. Q., & Moon, S. J. (2002). Cross-cultural consumer values, needs and purchase behavior. The Journal of Consumer Marketing, 19(6), 481-502.
Kerin, R. A., Theng, L G., Hartley, S. W., & Rudelius, W. (2013). Marketing in Asia (2nd ed.). New York, NY:McGraw Hill.
Laroche, M., Tomiuk, M. A., Bergeron, J., & Guido, B. F.(2002). Cultural differences in environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of Canadian consumers. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 19(3), 267-283.
Laurent, A. (1986). The Cross-Cultural Puzzle of International Human Resource Management. Human Resource Management, 25(1), 91-102.
Lee, K., & Carter, S. (2009). Global Marketing Management (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Lee, Y. I., & Tirm, P. R. (2008). The link between cultural value systems and strategic marketing: Unlocking the mindset of Japanese and South Korean managers. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal , 15(1), 62-80.
Leonidou, L. C., Barnes, B. R., Spyropoulou, S., & Katsikeas, C. S. (2010). Assessing the contribution of leading mainstream marketing journals to the international marketing discipline. International Marketing Review, 27(5), 491-518.
Lindquist, T. M. & Smtih, G. (2009). Journal of Management Accounting Research: Content and Citation Analysis of the First 20 Years. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 21, 249-292.
Liu, F. X. (2002). A study of the influence of culture on consumer behavior of personal computers. UMI Dissertations Publishing.
Liu, Z. (2007). Scholarly communication in educational psychology:a journal citation analysis. Collection Building, 26(4), 112-118.
Lu, J. W. (2003). The evolving contributions in international strategic management research. Journal of International Management, 9(2), 193-213.
Luna, D., & Gupta, S. F. (2001). An integrative framework for cross-cultural consumer behavior. International Marketing Review, 18(1), 45-69.
Macias, W., Springton, J. K., Lariscy, R., Ann W., & Neustfter, B. (2008). A 13-Year Content Analysis of Survey Methodology in Communication Related Journals. Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, 30(1), 79-94.
Malhotra, N. K., Wu, L., & Whitelock, J. (2005). An overview of the first 21 years of research in the International Marketing Review, 1983-2003. International Marketing Review, 22(4), 391-398.
McAlister, D. T. & Erffmeyer, R. C. (2003). A content analysis of outcomes and responsibilities for consumer complaints to third-party organizations. Journal of Business Research, 56(4), 341-351.
McCort, D. J., & Malhotra, N. K. (1993). Culture and consumer behavior: Toward an understanding of cross-cultural consumer behavior in international marketing. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 6(2), 91.
McDonald, W. J. (1994). Developing International Direct Marketing Strategies with a consumer Decision-Making Content Analysis. Journal of Direct Marketing, 8(4), 18-27.
Nolen, A. L. (2009). The Content of Educational Psychology: an Analysis of Top Ranked Journals from 2003 Through 2007. Educational Psychology Review, 21(3), 279-289.
Pilkington, A. & Chai, K. (2008). Research themes, concepts and relationships: A study of International Journal of Service Industry Management (1990-2005). International Journal of Service Industry Management, 19(1), 83-110.
Pol, L. G. (1991). Demographic Contributions to Marketing: An Assessment. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 19(1), 53-59.
Pope-Davis, D. B., Ligiero, D. P., Chris, L., & Codrington, J. (2001). Fifteen years of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development: A content analysis. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 9(4), 226-238.
Rosenstreich, D., & Wooliscroft, B. (2006). How international are the top academic journals? The case of marketing. European Business Review, 18(6), 422-436.
Sayre, Shay (1992). Content Analysis as a Tool for Consumer Research. The Journal of Consumer Marketing, 9(1), 15-25.
Sudbury, R.L., Florian, K., & Hofmeister, A. (2012).A cross-cultural analysis of pro-environmental consumer behaviour among seniors. Journal of Marketing Management, 28(3-4), 290.
Sultana, M. A., Rashid, M. M., Mohiuddin, Muhammad, M., & Mohammad N. H. (2013). Cross-Cultural Management and Organizational Performance: A Content Analysis Perspective. International Journal of Business and Management, 8(8), 133-146.
Suzuki, N. (1980). The changing pattern of advertising strategy by Japanese business firms in the U.S. Market: Content Analysis. Journal of International Business Studies, 11(3), 63-72.
Svensson, G., Tronvoll, B., & Slåtten, T. (2008). An assessment of the empirical characteristics of top journals in services marketing. Managing Service Quality, 18(3), 289-304.
Svensson, G., & Wood, G. (2007). Research Criteria in Marketing Journals: AMJ, EJM and JM. Australasian Marketing Journal, 15(3), 83-93.
Svensson, G., & Wood, G. (2008). Top versus leading journals in marketing: some challenging thoughts. European Journal of Marketing, 42(3/4), 287-298.
Tellis, G. J., Chandy, R. K., & Ackerman, D. S. (1999). In Search of Diversity: The Record of Major Marketing Journals. Journal of Marketing Research, 36(1), 120-131.
Theoharakis, V., & Hirst, A. (2002). Perceptual Differences of Marketing Journals: A Worldwide Perspective. Marketing Letters, 13(4), 389-402.
Thomson Scientific, Journal Citation Reports. Retrieved March 28, 2014, from http://thomsonreuters.com/social-sciences-citation-index/
Vallet-Bellmunta, T., Martínez-Fernándeza, M., & Teresa, C. J. (2011). Supply chain management: A multidisciplinary content analysis of vertical relations between companies, 1997–2006. Industrial Marketing Management, 40(8), 1347-1367.
Wiese, M., & Jordaan, Y. (2012). A content analysis of the research practices reported in the management journal. Management Dynamics, 21(3), 33-47.
Zhang, Y., & Lopez-Pascual, J. (2012). Dynamic versus static culturein international business: a study of Spanish banking in China. Cross Cultural Management, 19(4), 588-611.