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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]
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
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The Ironic Effects of Financial Constraint‐Induced Suppression on Consumer Behavior
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
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Preferences For Interior Public Spaces In Kuala Lumpur Shopping Malls [PDF]
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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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
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Com que Cor Eu Vou pro Shopping que Você me Convidou? [PDF]
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
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Determinants of Shopping Mall Attractiveness: the Case of Shopping Malls in Nairobi, Kenya
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
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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
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Comparative study of commercial building energy-efficiency retrofit policies in four pilot cities in China [PDF]
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
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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
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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
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