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Consumption and Well-Being: Collecting Experiences Rather Than Material Possessions

Consumption and Well-Being: Collecting Experiences Rather Than Material Possessions

Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781522521396|ISBN10: 1522521399|EISBN13: 9781522521402
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2139-6.ch012
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Loureiro, Sandra Maria Correia. "Consumption and Well-Being: Collecting Experiences Rather Than Material Possessions." Socio-Economic Perspectives on Consumer Engagement and Buying Behavior, edited by Hans Ruediger Kaufmann and Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 248-277. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2139-6.ch012

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Loureiro, S. M. (2017). Consumption and Well-Being: Collecting Experiences Rather Than Material Possessions. In H. Kaufmann & M. Panni (Eds.), Socio-Economic Perspectives on Consumer Engagement and Buying Behavior (pp. 248-277). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2139-6.ch012

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Loureiro, Sandra Maria Correia. "Consumption and Well-Being: Collecting Experiences Rather Than Material Possessions." In Socio-Economic Perspectives on Consumer Engagement and Buying Behavior, edited by Hans Ruediger Kaufmann and Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni, 248-277. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2139-6.ch012

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Abstract

Consumerism can be regarded as a system of beliefs and values in which emerge the idea that happiness is best achieved through possessions. In literature, several terms related to this topic are employed, such as: consumerism, consumption, anti-consumption and consumption communities and subjective well-being. Therefore, the purposes of this chapter are to (i) present an overview of the research concepts, models and main theories of this topic and (ii) discuss and inter-relate consumption and subjective well-being. The chapter provides a proposed framework with the state-of-art on consumption, anti-consumption and subjective well-being and a study into rural tourism context. Finally, the chapter also presents suggestions for further research and managerial implications. In this vein, this chapter contributes to the existing literature giving insights for a better understanding the problematic of consumers, anti-consumers and subjective well-being as a whole and rural tourism consumption experience industry in particularly.

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