Mercadotecnia generacional: estrategias diferenciadas para promover la responsabilidad social

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https://doi.org/10.61236/utcprospectivas.v9i2.1343

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marketing, comportamiento, consumidor, responsabilidad social, grupo de edad.

Resumen

El comportamiento del consumidor ha evolucionado hacia un enfoque centrado en la sostenibilidad y la responsabilidad social, donde las diferencias generacionales juegan un papel clave en la adopción de prácticas socialmente responsables. Es así como la mercadotecnia generacional permite diseñar estrategias diferenciadas según las características de cada grupo. El objetivo de la investigación fue analizar la influencia de la edad sobre las dimensiones cultural, social, personal y psicológica del comportamiento del consumidor en la decisión de reparar o reutilizar aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos. La metodología adoptó un enfoque cuantitativo, con diseño no experimental y corte transversal por lo que se aplicó un cuestionario con escala Likert a una muestra estratificada de 384 individuos. Los datos se analizaron mediante estadística descriptiva y modelos de regresión lineal simple, verificando los supuestos de validez estadística. Los resultados evidencian que la edad es un predictor relativamente significativo en todas las dimensiones analizadas, con una relación negativa, así la dimensión social mostró la mayor capacidad explicativa, mientras que la dimensión personal presentó el menor efecto. Se concluye que las generaciones jóvenes son más receptivas a prácticas sostenibles, lo que implica la necesidad de estrategias diferenciadas como campañas digitales orientadas a jóvenes y estrategias centradas en beneficios económicos y funcionales para generaciones mayores. Estos hallazgos contribuyen al diseño de acciones de mercadotecnia generacional orientadas a promover la responsabilidad social y la economía circular.

 

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Mercadotecnia generacional: estrategias diferenciadas para promover la responsabilidad social. (2026). UTC Prospectivas: Revista De Ciencias Administrativas Y Económicas, 9(2), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.61236/utcprospectivas.v9i2.1343

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