A influência das crianças no processo de decisão de compras da família

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Bertol, Katia Eloisa
• Orientador(a): Espartel, Lélis Balestrin
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração e Negócios
• Departamento: Faculdade de Administração, Contabilidade e Economia
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE EMPRESAS; SOCIEDADE DE CONSUMO; COMPORTAMENTO DO CONSUMIDOR; CRIANÇAS E SOCIEDADE
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO
• Link de acesso: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/6300

The several changes that have occurred in family structure, for example, increase in separation, fathers and mothers working outside home, children being educated by others, family households, among others, have occasioned new interactions and some behaviors that have resulted in changes in consumption behavior of all its members. Within these changes, one of them is the importance given to the children who are considered not just as a family member but in many cases as the family center. In this way, the children have won a great participation within the family dynamic, because of this, the interest in researching the influence of the children in decision making processes in family purchases has appeared. It has been identified a theoretical gap in studies like this in consumer behavior area. Among the priorities of Marketing Science Institute to 2014-2016, one of them points to a better comprehension of the cultural, geographical and demographic differences in consumer behavior , as well as, understanding the new age group and different phases of life. For this, it has been sought to identify how to happen the making decision process to purchases within the families, their influences, strategies, motives and conflicts. The research method used was the qualitative exploratory conducting in depth interviews with eight families divided in traditional and mono parental besides two focus groups with children between 07 to 11 years old. Data were collected and analyzed from the technical content analysis. The research results show that currently children have great and direct influence in the process, being greater in the beginning and evaluation of alternatives; this influence happens in products that they consume as in products directed for the family. The strategies they use are various: bargaining, persuasion, question, good behavior, emotion and lure, showing the negotiation as the most used. Among the reasons that lead parents to let children to have so much influence, the main ones are: guilt, lack of time, difficulty in imposing limits and educate. Conflicts occur in all the surveyed families and children and parents reactions are diverse. As academic contribution the research has collaborated on a current and needy topic in the consumer behavior field and enabled a better understanding of family consumption behavior. Also pointed out how are thinking and acting children between 7 to 11 years old some in liminal zone, phase which has been recently the subject of studies by some marketing researchers. As a managerial contribution the study brought out two phenomena taking place in the consumer society: early adultization of children and joviality issues in adults that deserve attention of companies and their way of acting in this unusual market. Considering the academic and managerial contributions have revealed too interesting topics for future researches within the field of study.