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Religious gift giving: An ethnographic account of a Muslim pilgrimage
, 2013 This article enhances the understanding of consumption practices, particularly gift giving, within the context of an Islamic pilgrimage called the ziyara. Pilgrimages are rich sites of analysis of entangled secular and sacred consumption. The findings of
Moufahim, Mona, Mona Moufahim
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Humaniora, 2014 In Japan there is a culture of gift-giving, known as zÅtÅbunka. This culture is done every year in summer and winter to honor superiors or to maintain relationships between relatives. With the development of times and the incidence of financial crisis
Roberto Masami Prabowo
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Gift-giving, Quasi-Credit and Reciprocity [PDF]
The fluctuations in incomes inherent in rural communities can be attenuated by reciprocal assistance. A model of reciprocal assistance based upon rational action and voluntary participation is presented.
Tim Worrall, Jonathan P. Thomas
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Assessing the Link Between a Public University’s Brand-Building Activities and Alumni Gift-Giving
Marketing Management Journal, 2016 This study examines individualized alumnus gift-giving behaviors. It explores the link between alumnus traits such as age, gender, participation in fraternities or sororities, and college major with a university's brand-building activities and alumnus ...
YOUNG HAN BAE +2 more
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Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2010 Ever since the emigration from the Nordic countries the Old world and the New world have maintained an exchange of ideas, customs, and material culture. This cultural heritage consists of more than remnants of the past.
Lizette Grad én
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Online Surprise Gift-giving Services and Wellbeing: Sender and Recipient Perspectives
Purpose. Technology-mediated gift giving is prevailing as consumers seek convenience and novelty. Using an industry example, we explored how a subscription-based online gift-giving service contributes to the recipient’s wellbeing, both from sender and ...
Gregory-Smith, D. +3 more
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The language of giving: Eid rituals and gift-giving practices among Saudi Gen Z
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesGift-giving during Eid has evolved in Saudi Arabia from a simple act of generosity into a socially structured ritual shaped by cultural expectations and linguistic conventions.
Albandary Ibrahim Alhammad
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The influence of relationship beliefs on gift giving
Management şi Marketing, 2018 People have fundamental beliefs about what constitutes a good relationship, known as implicit theories of relationship, where some people have destiny beliefs whereas others have growth beliefs. People with destiny beliefs believe that potential partners
Dipankar Rai +3 more
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Gifts to Whom? Towards a Network View of Gift Receivers
Purpose: This research aims to understand how givers characterise and manage their gift giving networks by drawing on attachment theory. This responds to the need to illuminate the givers-receivers’ networks beyond traditional role-based taxonomies and ...
Branco-Illodo, Ines +2 more
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Revue Française de Civilisation BritanniqueThis article examines gift-giving during Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz’s State visit to Britain in July 1867. An exceptional occasion in itself – for an Ottoman Sultan had never left his Empire in peacetime or ever would again –, the visit offers an ...
Stéphanie Prévost
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