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Selected Aspects of Young Consumers’ Behaviours in the New Market Realities

Summary/Abstract: An aim of considerations is to indicate the specific as well as new determinants of behaviours of consumer, the representatives of Generation Y, and the importance of the selected factors affecting their market choices, with a particular consideration of psychological determinants, from the perspective of recent dozen or so years. To illustrate the discussed issues the author used results of empirical research carried out on the group of 384 young people aged 16-19 lat. The research was carried out in the drawn out localities in the Wielkopolskie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie Provinces by the method of auditorium questionnaire. Based on the research, the author stated, inter alia, that the phenomena and processes taking place in the contemporary world create new challenges and opportunities both for providers and recipients of marketing offers and messages. She paid attention to the variety of determinants of young consumers’ behaviours and growth of the role of psychological determinants. The emotions, the recognised values, motivation, attitudes, personality or lifestyle, accompanying the market participants, exert a significant impact on the process of decision making, rationality, types thereof, involvement, and satisfaction. The author also indicated the emerging global social, economic, and demographic trends affecting consumer behaviours as well as their penetration of the segment of young consumers. The article is of the analytical nature.

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