Handbook of Developments in Consumer Behaviour
Published on 29. June 2012
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-1-84980-244-4 (ISBN)
Description
This Handbook examines the area of consumer behavior from the perspective of current developments and developing areas for the discipline, to new opportunities that comprehend the nature of consumer choice and its relationship to marketing.
Consumer research incorporates perspectives from a spectrum of long-established sciences: psychology, economics and sociology. This Handbook strives to include this multitude of sources of thought, adding geography, neuroscience, ethics and behavioral ecology to this list. Encompassing scholars with a passion for researching consumers, this Handbook highlights important developments in consumer behavior research, including consumer culture, impulsivity and compulsiveness, ethics and behavioral ecology. It examines evolutionary and neuroscience perspectives as well as consumer choice.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in marketing with interests in consumer behavior will find this enriching resource invaluable.
Contributors: P.J. Albanese, R. Belk, C.S. Craig, S.P. Douglas, G.R. Foxall, R.E. Goldsmith, L. Green, C.S. Gulas, D.A. Hantula, M. Hubert, U. Javed, P. Kenning, M. Linzmajer, L.L. Oliveira, K. Peattie, D. Ross, H. Timmermans, R.H. Tsiotsou, M.G. Weinberger, M.F. Weinberger, V.K. Wells, J. Wirtz, M. Yani-de-Soriano, S.Y. Yousafzai, J.L. Zaichkowsky
Consumer research incorporates perspectives from a spectrum of long-established sciences: psychology, economics and sociology. This Handbook strives to include this multitude of sources of thought, adding geography, neuroscience, ethics and behavioral ecology to this list. Encompassing scholars with a passion for researching consumers, this Handbook highlights important developments in consumer behavior research, including consumer culture, impulsivity and compulsiveness, ethics and behavioral ecology. It examines evolutionary and neuroscience perspectives as well as consumer choice.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in marketing with interests in consumer behavior will find this enriching resource invaluable.
Contributors: P.J. Albanese, R. Belk, C.S. Craig, S.P. Douglas, G.R. Foxall, R.E. Goldsmith, L. Green, C.S. Gulas, D.A. Hantula, M. Hubert, U. Javed, P. Kenning, M. Linzmajer, L.L. Oliveira, K. Peattie, D. Ross, H. Timmermans, R.H. Tsiotsou, M.G. Weinberger, M.F. Weinberger, V.K. Wells, J. Wirtz, M. Yani-de-Soriano, S.Y. Yousafzai, J.L. Zaichkowsky
Reviews / Votes
'. . . this Handbook could be recommended for everybody willing to establish or deepen the knowledge in consumer behavior, discover potential research areas and understand challenges of future consumer research.' -- TransferMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84980-244-4 (9781849802444)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Victoria K. Wells, Professor of Sustainable Management, School for Business and Society, University of York and Gordon Foxall, Distinguished Research Professor, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
Content
Contents:
1. Developments in Consumer Behaviour
Gordon R. Foxall and Victoria K. Wells
PART I: CONSUMER CULTURE
2. People and Things
Russell Belk
3. Culture and Consumer Behavior: Contextual and Compositional Components
C. Samuel Craig and Susan P. Douglas
4. The Role of Culture in Advertising Humor
Marc G. Weinberger, Charles S. Gulas and Michelle F. Weinberger
PART II: CONSUMERS IN CONTEXT
5. Retail and Spatial Consumer Behavior
Harry Timmermans
6. Consumer Behavior in a Service Context
Rodoula H. Tsiotsou and Jochen Wirtz
7. Researching the Unselfish Consumer
Ken Peattie
8. New Developments in the Diffusion of Innovations
Ronald E. Goldsmith
PART III: CONSUMER IMPULSIVITY, COMPULSIVENESS AND BEYOND
9. Discounting and Impulsivity: Overview and Relevance to Consumer Choice
Luis L. Oliveira and Leonard Green
10. Addictive, Impulsive and Other Counter-normative Consumption
Don Ross
11. A Template Matching Technique of Personality Classification for the Study of Consumer Behavior: Case Study of Lois the Compulsive Buyer
Paul J. Albanese
PART IV: NEUROSCIENCE AND CONSUMER CHOICE
12. Consumer Neuroscience
Peter Kenning, Mirja Hubert and Marc Linzmajer
13. The Role of Neurophysiology, Emotion and Contingency in the Explanation of Consumer Choice
Gordon R. Foxall, Mirella Yani-de-Soriano, Shumaila Y. Yousafzai and Uzma Javed
14. Consumer Involvement: Review, Update and Links to Decision Neuroscience
Judith Lynne Zaichkowsky
PART V: CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
15. Consumers are Foragers, Not Rational Actors: Towards a Behavioral Ecology of Consumer Choice
Donald A. Hantula
Index
1. Developments in Consumer Behaviour
Gordon R. Foxall and Victoria K. Wells
PART I: CONSUMER CULTURE
2. People and Things
Russell Belk
3. Culture and Consumer Behavior: Contextual and Compositional Components
C. Samuel Craig and Susan P. Douglas
4. The Role of Culture in Advertising Humor
Marc G. Weinberger, Charles S. Gulas and Michelle F. Weinberger
PART II: CONSUMERS IN CONTEXT
5. Retail and Spatial Consumer Behavior
Harry Timmermans
6. Consumer Behavior in a Service Context
Rodoula H. Tsiotsou and Jochen Wirtz
7. Researching the Unselfish Consumer
Ken Peattie
8. New Developments in the Diffusion of Innovations
Ronald E. Goldsmith
PART III: CONSUMER IMPULSIVITY, COMPULSIVENESS AND BEYOND
9. Discounting and Impulsivity: Overview and Relevance to Consumer Choice
Luis L. Oliveira and Leonard Green
10. Addictive, Impulsive and Other Counter-normative Consumption
Don Ross
11. A Template Matching Technique of Personality Classification for the Study of Consumer Behavior: Case Study of Lois the Compulsive Buyer
Paul J. Albanese
PART IV: NEUROSCIENCE AND CONSUMER CHOICE
12. Consumer Neuroscience
Peter Kenning, Mirja Hubert and Marc Linzmajer
13. The Role of Neurophysiology, Emotion and Contingency in the Explanation of Consumer Choice
Gordon R. Foxall, Mirella Yani-de-Soriano, Shumaila Y. Yousafzai and Uzma Javed
14. Consumer Involvement: Review, Update and Links to Decision Neuroscience
Judith Lynne Zaichkowsky
PART V: CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
15. Consumers are Foragers, Not Rational Actors: Towards a Behavioral Ecology of Consumer Choice
Donald A. Hantula
Index