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Direct and vicarious conspicuous consumption: Identification with low-status groups increases the de...

Direct and vicarious conspicuous consumption: Identification with low-status groups increases the de...

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Direct and vicarious conspicuous consumption: Identification with low-status groups increases the desire for high-status goods

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Direct and vicarious conspicuous consumption: Identification with low-status groups increases the desire for high-status goods

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Elsevier Inc

Journal title

Journal of consumer psychology, 2012-10, Vol.22 (4), p.520-528

Language

English

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Elsevier Inc

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The current research examines whether direct and vicarious identification with a low-status group affects consumers' desire for objects associated with status. Experiment 1 found that individuals who belonged to and identified with a status social category associated with relatively lower status (Blacks) exhibited an enhanced desire for high-status...

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Direct and vicarious conspicuous consumption: Identification with low-status groups increases the desire for high-status goods

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1221435733

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1221435733

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ISSN

1057-7408

E-ISSN

1532-7663

DOI

10.1016/j.jcps.2012.07.002

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