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Bona Fide Indulgence

Schmidt, David LU and Kastermans, Pim Jan LU (2021) BUSN39 20211
Department of Business Administration
Abstract (Swedish)
Previous research has shown self-authenticity to be an important aspect of the consumer experience, especially in luxury consumption. However, previous research has been inconclusive regarding how consumer personality traits interact with self-authenticity in a second-hand luxury consumption context. Furthermore, these personality traits were also researched when the consumer felt more deserving in their consumption. A questionnaire was conducted through the researchers’ social networks and found 135 respondents. SmartPLS’ PLS-SEM model was then used in combination with a mediation analysis and a moderation analysis of the direct effect. This analysis found that status-seeking consumers felt more authentic in their luxury consumption.... (More)
Previous research has shown self-authenticity to be an important aspect of the consumer experience, especially in luxury consumption. However, previous research has been inconclusive regarding how consumer personality traits interact with self-authenticity in a second-hand luxury consumption context. Furthermore, these personality traits were also researched when the consumer felt more deserving in their consumption. A questionnaire was conducted through the researchers’ social networks and found 135 respondents. SmartPLS’ PLS-SEM model was then used in combination with a mediation analysis and a moderation analysis of the direct effect. This analysis found that status-seeking consumers felt more authentic in their luxury consumption. Furthermore, a higher level of luxury deservingness was found to increase the positive self-authenticity of consumers that identified with higher levels of status-seeking behavior or frugality. Second-hand consumers that were more frugal felt less authentic in their consumption behavior. This gives practical insights, as managers could take these personality traits into account when they want to increase self-authenticity, but further research should be done to better understand this. (Less)
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author
Schmidt, David LU and Kastermans, Pim Jan LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Self-Authenticity in Second-Hand Luxury Consumption and the Effects of Frugality and Status Seeking through Luxury Deservingness
course
BUSN39 20211
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Luxury fashion, Second-hand luxury, First-hand luxury, Frugality, Status consumption, Self-authenticity
language
English
id
9060489
date added to LUP
2021-07-02 11:47:44
date last changed
2021-07-02 11:47:44
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  abstract     = {{Previous research has shown self-authenticity to be an important aspect of the consumer experience, especially in luxury consumption. However, previous research has been inconclusive regarding how consumer personality traits interact with self-authenticity in a second-hand luxury consumption context. Furthermore, these personality traits were also researched when the consumer felt more deserving in their consumption. A questionnaire was conducted through the researchers’ social networks and found 135 respondents. SmartPLS’ PLS-SEM model was then used in combination with a mediation analysis and a moderation analysis of the direct effect. This analysis found that status-seeking consumers felt more authentic in their luxury consumption. Furthermore, a higher level of luxury deservingness was found to increase the positive self-authenticity of consumers that identified with higher levels of status-seeking behavior or frugality. Second-hand consumers that were more frugal felt less authentic in their consumption behavior. This gives practical insights, as managers could take these personality traits into account when they want to increase self-authenticity, but further research should be done to better understand this.}},
  author       = {{Schmidt, David and Kastermans, Pim Jan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Bona Fide Indulgence}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}