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1	Excessive buying the construct and a causal model / Wu, Lan. January 2006 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. / Sheth, Jagdish, Committee Member ; James, Lawrence, Committee Member ; Allvine, Fred, Committee Member ; Malhotra, Naresh, Committee Chair ; Ulgado, Francis, Committee Member.
2	Materialism and psychosocial maladjustment : what accounts for the relation? / Shen-Miller, Seraphine, January 2009 (has links) Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-144). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
3	Excessive Buying: The Construct and a Causal Model Wu, Lan 10 July 2006 (has links) This dissertation study attempts to understand excessive buying, a phenomenon of both theoretical and practical interest. I define excessive buying as "an individual type of buying behavior whereby consumers repetitively spend more than they should based on financial considerations". I develop a conceptual typology of excessive buying, building on the time-inconsistent preferences and automaticity theory. The new typology categorizes five specific types of excessive buying behavior: 1) habitual, 2) possessive, 3) remedial, 4) rewarding, and 5) out-of-control. Based on past literature and the typology, I generate scale items to capture the conceptual and logical variance in excessive buying. Psychometric properties of the scale are tested via Confirmatory Factor Analysis using a student and random adult sample. Nomological validity of the scale is confirmed by testing hypotheses formulated based on hedonic shopping values and the self-defeating behavior theory. The empirical analyses suggest that excessive buying results from stress, using shopping as an escape from reality, and little consideration for the potential outcomes of one's current behavior. Excessive buying leas to both financial problems and negative emotions. Self-control Scale development Excessive buying Confirmatory factor analysis Reliability and validity Acquisitiveness Psychometrics Consumers Psychology Materialism Psychological aspects
4	STACKS Öberg, Wictor January 2020 (has links) I’ve made my own currency, created my own wealth. This work is a metaphor for the acquisitiveness that rules and affect our time. I’m thinking about the capitalistic culture where wealth out- weighs everything else. I see it as denial of true values. Money is an illusion that we as a society have let dictate the worlds distribution of rights, as well as its responsibilities. I want to create the same illusion of value, and through that, possibly have created something valuable. The moment when the existing and non-existing blends together. I see it as my mission to bend our conceptions of materiality. I almost exclusively use recycled materials in my practice, because I can. The materials are there, and I see them. This figuration of stacks, made of different materials trough different techniques, might give all materials equal worth and cancel out the hierarchy of values. / <p>Opponent vid examinering: Åsa Elzén</p> money currency wealth value recycling material materiality processing illusion metaphor craft acquisitiveness pengar valuta rikedom värde återbruk material materialitet förädling illusion metafor konsthantverk ha-begär Arts Konst

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