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Socialisation, community, and shopping malls : an empirical study at Auckland's St. Lukes Mall : examining the role the mall plays for its patrons : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Social Anthropology at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
With the steady growth in the number of shopping malls being constructed, and the high level of media attention they have been receiving, this exploratory study investigated the role shopping centres play for their patrons and conceptualized the findings
Farmer, Nathan Jerome
core  

The Ironic Effects of Financial Constraint‐Induced Suppression on Consumer Behavior

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial constraints are a pervasive concern for consumers, shaping spending patterns and psychological coping mechanisms. While previous research has primarily focused on behavioral adaptations, this study explores a cognitive mechanism: thought suppression.
Jane So, Miao Miao, Yuki Nishida
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences For Interior Public Spaces In Kuala Lumpur Shopping Malls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
As users of shopping malls, people’s needs play an important role in designing shopping malls, as it is not only for the quality of its shops and hospitality that matter, but also the interior public space it provides.
Fazle Moula, Fazilah
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Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Com que Cor Eu Vou pro Shopping que Você me Convidou? [PDF]

open access: yesRAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, 2015
This article analyzes how discourses on user profiles of shopping malls in the city of Belo Horizonte evidence two aspects of Brazilian socio-historical context: race relations and spatial segregation in organizational contexts.
Marco César Ribeiro Nascimento   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Shopping Mall Attractiveness: the Case of Shopping Malls in Nairobi, Kenya

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Economics and Business Studies, 2019
In the recent past there has been massive growth of shopping malls in Africa. As a result, in some countries like Kenya, shopping malls have to fight to ensure they attract shoppers to the mall and as a result maintain the image and the current tenants ...
P. Kiriri
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Resonance and Psychic Affirmation: A Comparison of Hartmut Rosa's and Daniel Haybron's Conceptions of Human Happiness

open access: yesConstellations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper compares Hartmut Rosa's resonance theory of “the good life” and Daniel Haybron's psychic affirmation theory of “happiness,” which he differentiates, as a descriptive notion, from “well‐being” as an evaluative notion. Haybron suggests that a central determinant of happiness has to be the somewhat reliable occurrence of positive ...
Ole Höffken
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study of commercial building energy-efficiency retrofit policies in four pilot cities in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings is more challenging to regulate and improve than the energy efficiency of new constructions. In 2011 and 2012, the Chinese Government selected four cities- Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen, and Chongqing-
Feng, W, Hou, J, Liu, Y, Wu, Y, Zhou, N
core   +1 more source

Shopping Motives, Mall Attractiveness, and Visiting Patterns in Shopping Malls in the Middle East: A Segmentation Approach

open access: yesContemporary Management Research, 2019
Middle Eastern consumers change their shopping behaviors in line with developments in global markets. Large-scale Western-style malls with various wellknown stores, shops, and cafes and restaurants have become shopping and attraction spaces.
Haluk Koksal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Towards an anthropology of acquisition: ‘How did you get that?’ Vers une anthropologie de l'acquisition : « Où as‐tu trouvé ça ? »

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The production‐distribution‐consumption triad has structured how anthropologists understand exchange for roughly a century. This article argues for expanding this triad to include an explicit focus on acquisition – the systems, processes, and practices of acquiring.
Hanna Garth
wiley   +1 more source

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