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The Evolution of Consumerism in the Marketing Education: A Critical Discussion Based on Mezirow's Critical Reflection

The Evolution of Consumerism in the Marketing Education: A Critical Discussion Based on Mezirow's Critical Reflection

George S. Spais
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 34
ISBN13: 9781466673571|ISBN10: 1466673575|EISBN13: 9781466673588
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7357-1.ch087
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Spais, George S. "The Evolution of Consumerism in the Marketing Education: A Critical Discussion Based on Mezirow's Critical Reflection." Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1768-1801. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7357-1.ch087

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Spais, G. S. (2015). The Evolution of Consumerism in the Marketing Education: A Critical Discussion Based on Mezirow's Critical Reflection. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1768-1801). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7357-1.ch087

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Spais, George S. "The Evolution of Consumerism in the Marketing Education: A Critical Discussion Based on Mezirow's Critical Reflection." In Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1768-1801. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7357-1.ch087

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Abstract

The chapter examines how consumerism- one of the primary key themes in marketing and business courses- has evolved the last decade and envisages the shape of these set of courses in the future. From the 1,935 words for 20 key-concepts counted in 141 online course descriptions in English of the last 10 periods delivered by Business and Management Schools or Business/Marketing Academic Depts. of 88 Universities and Colleges, “Marketing,” “business,” “ethics” and “social responsibility” were included in 100% of the course descriptions analyzed, indicating their coverage by all courses. In order to investigate the five (5) research objectives, HCA was adopted for an exploratory analysis based on single-linkage clustering method to reveal natural groupings of the key concepts within a data set of word counts that were not apparent and then multiple linear regression analyses were conducted. The trend analyses indicated prospects for the increasing focus around specific topics. The interpretation of the research results based on the assumptions of Mezirow's critical reflection provided very strong recommendations.

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