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Institutional complexity arises when multiple institutional logics prescribe divergent and incompatible behaviors. Studies show that exposure to contradictory prescriptions of multiple logics may trigger identity tensions, strategic challenges, and legitimacy problems. We add to this research stream by exploring the implications of the incompatibility between religion and other logics on consumer wellbeing. Extant research reports a generally positive effect of religion on wellbeing but limits the analytical attention to the individual effects of religiosity. Viewing religion as part of an inter-institutional system, we seek to understand why religion and other institutional logics might come into a conflictual relationship with each other and destabilize wellbeing. We find that critical events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, change the relative centrality of logics and prompt individuals to engage in incompatible behaviors. We also discuss how consumers manage the sudden and unexpected institutional complexity they face and seek to restore their wellbeing.

El uso adecuado de los recursos de un grupo familiar tiene una incidencia directa en su calidad de vida y en las posibilidades de ahorro e inversión, e incluso en el aseguramiento del mantenimiento a un futuro. Este es un asunto que requiere un conocimiento que permita tomar de decisiones adecuadas sobre el destino de sus recursos. En este trabajo se propuso como objetivo estructurar un modelo de educación financiera para la gestión de las finanzas familiares de Risaralda (Colombia). Para lograrlo, se hizo uso del enfoque cuantitativo y se aplicó un instrumento para recopilar información sobre el manejo de los recursos de las familiares de Risaralda, cuyas variables incluyeron la educación financiera a través de la medición de las variables de endeudamiento familiar, capacidad de ahorro e ingresos. Los resultados permitieron identificar que la población objeto de estudio requiere contar con el conocimiento para usar de forma más efectiva sus finanzas y resguardar el patrimonio familiar. A partir de ello, se propone un modelo de educación financiera como alternativa de gestión de los recursos familiares., The proper use of resources within a family group has a direct impact on their quality of life, savings and investment opportunities, and even ensuring future maintenance. This is a matter that requires knowledge to make appropriate decisions regarding the allocation of their resources. In this work, the objective was to structure a financial education model for managing family finances in Risaralda (Colombia). To achieve this, a quantitative approach was used, and an instrument was applied to gather information about the management of resources within Risaralda families, whose variables included financial education measured through variables such as family indebtedness, savings capacity, and income. The results allowed to identify that the target population needs knowledge to effectively manage their finances and safeguard their family assets. From there, a financial education model is proposed as an alternative for managing family resources.

The aim of this article is to analyze the purchase habits of packaged food of the Argentinean adult urban population, regarding the reading of nutrition composition and its understanding, and the comparison among products according to socio-demographic variables, dietary patterns and chronic health conditions. Knowing to what extent and who reads the nutrition labels, understands the content and compares products before acquiring them, shows how widespread are these food surveillance practices in the current scenario of an increasing supply of products with greater processing in their production. The topic has particular relevance in the context of the public debate brought about by the implementation of Law 27.642 in 2022 to promote informed decision-making on food purchase. We provide here information on purchasing habits linked to the composition of industrialized foods. Data comes from the National Health and Nutrition Survey conducted in 2018-2019 prior to the enactment of the law. The results show that most of the adult population do not read the nutrition labels; the use of labels is higher among women, those who have higher educational levels and household income, as well as among those with healthier eating patterns and who have chronic health conditions. Understanding of nutrition information and comparison among products are also low., El objetivo del artículo es analizar hábitos de compra de alimentos envasados de la población urbana adulta argentina, referidos a la lectura de la composición nutricional y su comprensión, y la comparación entre productos. Saber en qué medida y quiénes leen las etiquetas de información nutricional, entienden el contenido, y comparan los productos antes de adquirirlos, muestra cuán extendidas son estas prácticas de vigilancia alimentaria en un escenario de crecimiento en la oferta de productos con mayor procesamiento en su producción. La temática tiene especial relevancia en el escenario del debate público que generó la implementación de la Ley 27.642 en 2022 de Alimentación Saludable para promover decisiones informadas en la compra de alimentos. Los datos provienen de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2018-2019 y son previos a la promulgación de la Ley. Los resultados muestran una baja lectura de la información nutricional de los alimentos envasados; la lectura aumenta entre las mujeres y la población de mayor nivel educativo e ingreso, y entre quienes tienen patrones alimentarios considerados más saludables y condiciones de salud crónica. También es baja la comprensión de la información y la comparación de esta entre distintos productos al momento de la compra.

Digital change is transforming all of our lives with its astonishing speed, reach, and penetrating power. It revolutionizes not only how information flows, but also how we produce, work, consume, and even live (Friedewald and Raabe 2011; Burrell 2016; Donath 2021;. Fong et al. 2018). Entirely new product categories emerge, each with unique capabilities that differentiate them from manual solutions. Embedded in the Internet of Things, these products invisibly connect to one big network (Aldossari and Sidorova 2020). In the residential domain, artificial intelligence establishes itself as an ecosystem of its own in the so-called smart home (Hussain et al. 2009). This thesis contributes to the field of consumer research by investigating what meanings consumers give to their smart objects. It takes a dynamic perspective over the period of usage looking at human-object-relationships. The focus is on experiences between consumers and smart speakers, and their impact on relational dynamics through changing expressive roles. The paper deepens existing literature in the area of relationship styles and extends it to include dynamic developments over time., Masterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 2022

The surges in the deterioration on all fronts of sustainability have led to the conceptualization of the Circular Economy (CE). The compliance of production and consumption tightly knitted with the linear model has created a much-needed debate as well as a barrier to the transition towards the CE. In order to drive the transition from linear to CE, various typologies of CE business models have been derived. The Product-Service System (PSS), a business model for creating a circular flow of materials, necessitates the transformation of consumers from being owners into mere users. The textile industry, where the use of virgin materials is deemed to be a primary component for its production and consumption, requires the ingestion of CE-based business models. However, such a transition requires a constant and conscious effort from various actors as well as consumers. The study takes a holistic perspective targeting both the PSS provider as well as the consumers in providing an understanding of frictions that occur between a PSS Business model and the existing consumption practices. As different actors form a network to drive a PSS business model, this study, firstly aims to develop an understanding of the interactions that take place between two different actors who aim to develop a PSS business model within the domain of textiles. Secondly, as there tend to be consumers who oppose business models that change their existing habits and routines, one such as PSS, this study focuses on analyzing the existing practices related to the consumption of textiles. By contemplating between the consumption side and the PSS provider side, the thesis concludes with a model on how a PSS business model can be made to stabilize the differences with respect to consumption practices by taking into account the factors that influence the consumption of a product.

This chapter summarizes some of the conclusions and recommendations made by the authors in this book. Together, the various chapters revealed that it is difficult to anticipate future material demands and predict the pathways of future developments. This is due to many unknown variables, such as which (if any) of the existing or emerging energy technologies will survive in the marketplace of tomorrow. Furthermore, there is uncertainty regarding geopolitical constellations, national resource and energy policies, and their dynamics, which directly impact the availability of resources. This chapter outlines the need for future interdisciplinary research on issues such as sustainable energy systems, questions of environmental justice and resource conflicts, appropriate governance instruments, the interplay between resource, waste, and climate policies, as well as circular economy concepts and strategies related to the material basis of renewable energy technologies. Such knowledge creation is vital for sound political decision-making that can tackle climate change and aid the development of sustainable energy systems.

This paper presents a synthesis of the theoretical approaches around consumption in different Social Sciences, in order to understand their treatment as to feeding practices. The emphasis in this last point is directed towards food inquiries in Archaeology. A zooarchaeological case study (Fort La Perra, La Pampa, Argentina, late 19th century) is presented to illustrate and discuss the perspectives upheld by the author., El artículo presenta una síntesis sobre las aproximaciones teóricas en torno al consumo en diversas disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales, con el fin de comprender su tratamiento en relación con las prácticas de alimentación. El énfasis en este último punto se dirige a la indagación sobre la alimentación particularmente en el campo de la Arqueología. Se presenta un caso de estudio zooarqueológico (fortín La Perra, La Pampa, Argentina, fines del siglo XIX) para ilustrar y discutir las perspectivas sostenidas por la autora.

La soledad es un fenómeno humano que se deriva de la necesidad de contacto con otros. Constituye una experiencia subjetiva que varía de persona a persona y produce diferentes consecuencias físicas y psicosociales en la salud de quienes la experimentan. Aunque en los últimos años el interés científico en la soledad ha tenido un crecimiento exponencial, y pese a los notables efectos de la soledad en la salud y el comportamiento humanos, se ha prestado poca atención a las relaciones de la soledad con las prácticas de consumo. Este estudio de carácter cualitativo explora las actitudes de los sujetos de estudio frente a la soledad, los efectos de esta en el consumo de bienes o servicios, e indaga por la incidencia de la soledad en las motivaciones de compra de los consumidores. Para ello se efectuaron diez entrevistas en profundidad con personas que han experimentado un sentimiento de soledad asociado a rupturas amorosas recientes. Entre los hallazgos se encuentra que los participantes recurren a una variedad de prácticas de consumo de alimentos, música, actividades deportivas y de ocio (ir a cine, viajar), que les proporcionan un medio para pasar el tiempo y mantener la mente activa, tener interacción social o divertirse, para así hacerle frente a la soledad. También indican el interés por las actividades que les ayudan a sentirse más cómodos con su apariencia física y a mejorar la relación consigo mismos., Loneliness is a human phenomenon that derives from the need for contact with others. It constitutes a subjective experience that varies from person to person and produces different consequences physical and psychosocial on the health of those who experience it. Although in recent years the scientific interest in loneliness has had exponential growth, and despite the remarkable effects of loneliness on human health and behavior, has been paid little attention to the relationships of loneliness with consumer practices. This qualitative study explores the attitudes of the participants towards loneliness, the effects of this on the consumption of goods or services, and research the incidence of loneliness on consumer motivation. For this, were conducted ten in-depth interviews with people who have experienced a feeling of loneliness associated with recent love breakups. Among the findings is that participants resort to a variety of practices of food consumption, music, sports, and leisure activities (going to the movies, traveling), which provide the means to spend time and keep the mind active, have social interaction or having fun, to coping with loneliness. They also indicate interest in activities that help them feel more comfortable with their physical appearance and improve their relationship with themselves.

The first research question deals with the average level and structure of consumption-based personal-level GHG emissions (carbon footprint) in Hyderabad: “What is the average consumption-based personal carbon footprint in Hyderabad and what is the sector-specific structure of personal-level GHG emissions being emitted in Greater Hyderabad?”

The core element of the secondary lifestyle analysis is the analysis of personal GHG emissions. The carbon footprint calculations comprise emissions from household-based electricity consumption, transportation, household-based cooking, and the most important domains of food, namely, milk, meat, and rice consumption. Resulting in yearly per person GHG emissions measured in tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2e), the calculator adjusts household-based consumption (e.g. electricity and cooking fuels) to the equivalised number of household members (adults = 1, children = 0.5). Table 6.1 depicts the results of the carbon footprint calculation (n = 605).

Despite the growing stream of literature concerned with the impact of globalisation on consumer culture, there has been little discussion about how consumers’ geographical mobility, an important feature of globalisation, impacts consumption. This research addresses this gap by investigating how global mobility shapes the consumption practices of “global cosmopolitans,” those consumers who move constantly through different places in the world and identify with multiple cultures. More specifically, it investigates how global cosmopolitans’ notions of home, time and cultural identity shape their consumption practices. Grounded in past work on Consumer Culture Theory, this study uses the Extended Case Method and global ethnography to examine the consumption practices of global cosmopolitans. Two complementary data sets are used: in-depth interviews with purposefully-selected global cosmopolitans and ethnographic fieldwork with a community of global cosmopolitans (InterNations). The interviews with cosmopolitans provide a more phenomenological view of their world; whilst the fieldwork with InterNations investigates a more social dimension of global mobility, as the community has online and offline features and more than 200,000 active members in 230 local communities based in large cities around the world. This research extends current marketing literature on the globalisation of consumer culture by offering insights into how consumer behaviour operates under conditions of global mobility. In particular, the findings demonstrate that global mobility destabilises key cultural categories (such as the notion of home, time and national identity) that normally organise and provide meanings to various consumption activities. The findings also reveal that global cosmopolitans engage in various behaviours to re-assemble consumption practices and objects into meaningful bundles, to stabilise their meanings and to find new organising structures for time, home a

The development of typologies is common in social analysis and particularly in the study of tourism consumption. The purpose of this article retrieves the ideal type model of Max Weber to apply to the understanding of the tourism phenomenon today. This is to provide useful insights to a Sociology of Tourism has slope explain new tourism social behavior associated with the technological revolution and the economic crisis. The goal is, from a sociological perspective, represent a new consumer profile, in this case a travel buyer whose consumption patterns respond to new variables that we can identify with this methodology., La elaboración de tipologías es frecuente en los análisis sociales y en particular dentro del estudio del consumo turístico. La propuesta de este artículo recupera el modelo del tipo ideal de Max Weber para aplicarlo a la comprensión del fenómeno turístico en la actualidad. Se trata de proporcionar elementos útiles de análisis a una Sociología del Turismo que tiene pendiente explicar los nuevos comportamientos sociales del turismo asociados a la revolución tecnológica y la crisis económica. El objetivo es, desde una perspectiva sociológica, representar el perfil de un nuevo consumidor, en este caso un comprador de viajes, cuyas pautas de consumo responden a nuevas variables que podemos identificar con esta metodología.

This article argues that there is a discrepancy between the perception of social realities held by professionals of welfare (school teachers and social workers) in Sweden and the social realities of migrants, especially migrants depending on social assistance. The views held by professionals are rooted in an old model of social integration within the framework of the nation-state. This perception contrasts with the life conditions, expressed here in the consumption practices of migrant families who, in their daily life, are linked to both local and transnational places. Consumption is an “old question” that has been linked both to poverty and immigration. The article is focusing not on consumption as such; instead on consumption as an illustration of the mismatch existing between the professionals’ view and the migrants’ description of their own consumption. The analysis is based on a qualitative study including interviews with migrant families and welfare officers in a neighbourhood in Malmoe, a city in the South of Sweden with some 300,000 inhabitants, of which 29 % are born outside Sweden., Cet article argumente qu’ il existe une divergence entre la perception des realités sociales des professionels des Services sociaux et éducatifs en suède et les réalités sociales des émigrés, particulierement ceux en dépendance de l ‘ assistance sociale. Les perceptions des professionels sont racinées dans un ancien model d’ integration sociale, lié fortement au cadre de l’ état nation. Cette perception contraste avec les conditions de vie, p.ex. les pratiques de consommation des familles d’ émigrés, qui, dans leur vie quotidienne, sont lies a des pratiques locales et transnationales. Cet article ne se concentre pas sur les pratiques de consommation en elles, mais les prend pour occasion d´illustrer la divergence entre la perception des professionels et et la description des émigrés. L’ analyse est basé sur une étude qualitative avec des familles d’émigrées et des professionels des services sociaux, mennée a Malmoe, une ville au Sud de la Suede avec 300.000 habitants, don’t 29 % sont nés a l’ étranger., 本文认为，在瑞典福利专业人士（学校教师和社会工作者）所持有的社会现实观念与移民、特别是依赖社会援助的移民的社会现实之间存在差异。专业人士的观念植根于民族国家框架中的旧的社会融入模式。这个观念与移民家庭的生活条件——这里主要指他们的消费实践——形成对比。在他们的日常生活中，移民家庭同时与当地和跨国的地方相联系。消费是一个“老问题”，它一直与贫困和移民相连。本文并不聚焦在这个层面的消费上；而是证明在消费上，专业人士的观念与移民对自身的消费描述之间并不相同。本文的分析建立在一个质性研究基础之上。该研究对马尔默某地区的移民家庭和福利官员进行了访谈。马尔默是瑞典南部一个拥有300，000左右居民的城市，其中有29%出生在瑞典以外。

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an enormous impact on consumers’ practices and behaviours. Even some of the most basic consumption practices such as eating and cooking were disrupted by the crisis. Contributing to the domain of consumer research, this thesis explores how the pandemic shapes consumers’ cooking practices as well as the underlying meanings they attribute to the practice. It is demonstrated how consumers actively use cooking practices as a coping strategy to deal with stressful and anxious emotions caused by the pandemic. As it turns out, consumers cook in order to cope with boredom, the struggles of social distancing, and a lack of creativity. Therefore, this thesis expands existing literature by identifying coping behaviour, social interaction, tradition, creativity, and boredom as meanings and motivations of cooking during times of crisis., Julia Tesarczyk, Masterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an enormous impact on consumers’ practices and behaviours. Even some of the most basic consumption practices such as eating and cooking were disrupted by the crisis. Contributing to the domain of consumer research, this thesis explores how the pandemic shapes consumers’ cooking practices as well as the underlying meanings they attribute to the practice. It is demonstrated how consumers actively use cooking practices as a coping strategy to deal with stressful and anxious emotions caused by the pandemic. As it turns out, consumers cook in order to cope with boredom, the struggles of social distancing, and a lack of creativity. Therefore, this thesis expands existing literature by identifying coping behaviour, social interaction, tradition, creativity, and boredom as meanings and motivations of cooking during times of crisis., Julia Tesarczyk, Masterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 2021

RésuméComment aborder les pratiques consuméristes en tant que phénomène social ? Afin d’apporter une piste de réponse originale à cette question, cet article se focalisera sur les usages suscités par un bien de communication de masse en France (le téléphone mobile). Il se propose ainsi d’envisager les normes élaborées au long de la diffusion et de l’appropriation de cet objet. Les normes de consommation participent d’un mouvement ternaire : elles émergent, se cristallisent puis se transforment. De surcroît, en complémentarité avec des approches privilégiant l’étude des mécanismes liés à l’offre, le cas exploré servira à mettre en évidence la dynamique relationnelle, du côté des consommateurs, qui rend possible et qui s’enrichit de la construction normative analysée., Could we consider consumption practices as a social phenomenon? This paper deals with norms, as a new avenue of research, which emerged during the social trajectory of mobile phone in France (diffusion and appropriation). To this aim, we shall focus on different uses which spread out. Consumption norms have a triple growth: birth, stabilization and transformations. The mobile phone case in France will help us to reveal the normative construction in consumption. This approach is trying to complete a more classical point of view in economic sociology, which often analyses supply mechanisms. On the demand-side, the relational dynamics, which supports and enriches normative construction, will be also emphasized.