The Impact of Materialism on Consumer Ethics: An Empirical Study on Adult Students in Hong Kong

Olivia, Lai Wah Lui; Tong, Canon; Wong, Anthony

doi:10.5296/jmr.v4i2.1233

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“…This could cause utilitarianists who spend a majority of their time in universities and schools to perceive NHNF behavior as unethical. This is in line with the study by Olivia, Tong, and Wong (2012) who found that level of education has a positive moderation effect on consumer ethics. The university students may indeed be tempted to engage in risky behavior, as explained earlier in the discussion regarding hedonic motivation, but it seems that this temptation is overridden by collectivist norms giving away a salient imagination regarding the existence of intellectual peers and artists that will be victimized by piracy and counterfeiting.…”

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No Harm No Foul Behavior and Consumption Motivation Among Indonesian Students

Abraham

Maulida

2015

ANIMA IPJ

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Large scale corruption could start from everyday unethical daily behavior. Due to its “everyday” nature, the effects of such behavior often go unnoticed. This research examines the no harm no foul behavior (NHNF) as a behavior that is located in the “gray area” but can be perceived as unethical by some people. The psychological predictors of the behavior will be investigated, i.e. utilitarian and hedonic motivation in a world of consumption. Participants were late adolescent students recruited through convenience sampling technique in the Greater Area of Jakarta, the Capital of Indonesia (148 males, 72 females; Mage = 20.055 years old, SDage = 1.181 years). It was found that utilitarian motivation can predict the evaluation of NHNF as an unethical behavior in a positive direction while hedonic motivation was not found to be able to predict it. Suggestions to improve the NHNF measurement and implications also issues to be considered when applying the results of the study will be discussed at the end of this article.

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No Harm No Foul Behavior and Consumption Motivation Among Indonesian Students

Abraham

Maulida

2015

ANIMA IPJ

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“…The second dispositional characteristic is materialism. Materialism is every other construct gaining growing attention from researchers on corruption (Olivia, Tong, & Wong, 2012). Olivia et al, (2012) depicted "materialism as an introduction defines seeing material belonging and cash as being critical for personal joy and social advancement."…”

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“…Materialism is every other construct gaining growing attention from researchers on corruption (Olivia, Tong, & Wong, 2012). Olivia et al, (2012) depicted "materialism as an introduction defines seeing material belonging and cash as being critical for personal joy and social advancement." Having materialwealth is the basic expectation in a materialistic character's life."…”

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“…Having materialwealth is the basic expectation in a materialistic character's life." Materialism is a prime reason for societal and moral latitudes (Olivia et al, 2012). Belk (1988) related materialism to an inescapable loss of concerns for material wellbeing of others in the society, which make individuals less sensitive to being materially supportive orhavingreadiness to use personal resourcesfor philanthropy, helping friends or family members (Olivia et al, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Education and Dispositional Factors as Determinants of Corrupt Behaviour Among Local Government Employees in Odeda Lga, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Ishola¹,

Kenku²,

Oyewo³

2019

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The study inquired the role of education and dispositional variables as determinants of corrupt behavior among local government employees in Odeda LGA, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study was a cross-sectional survey research of the expost facto type. Three hundred and fifty (350) middle to junior level cadre local government employees were purposive sampled in the study. The participants responded to a self-report questionnaire containing standardized items measuring Narcissism (α = 0.68), materialism (α = 0.74), involvement in corrupt practices (α = 0.77) scales and information on participants socio-demographic characteristics. Data was analyzed withdescriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis at p≤.05 level of significance. Results revealed that demographic and personality variables significantly predicted corruption practices among employees. The study also demonstrated that educational attainment, materialism and narcissism correlated with corrupt practices among employees in the local governments. Based on these findings, it is recommended that government should put policy measures in place to cater for the basic needs of the employees in the local government service. There should also be more emphasis on ethics in the civil service of the state.

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“…If the Alpha value is 0, this means that there is no internal reliability. An Alpha value of 0.7 is considered to indicate an acceptable level of internal reliability (Lui, Tong, & Wong, 2012;George & Mallery, 2006). In this study, Cronbach's Alpha is used for measuring the reliability of the four factors: information quality, system quality, service quality, and perceived relationship quality.…”

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Exploring the Customer Relationship Management Practices of Online Shopping Malls in Hong Kong

Lee¹,

Chan²

2015

IJBM

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Online shopping malls (such as Taobao and Tmall.com) are a new trend in the online environment. These malls offer products from many different stores in a central location. Building high quality relationships with customers is vital for online shopping malls and customer relationship management (CRM) is a widely used concept for building these relationships. Previous studies of offline platforms have examined the online platforms of individual companies. However, few studies have discussed the CRM practices of online shopping malls. This study aims to fill this gap in the literature. A mixed-method approach with both a survey (a quantitative study) and an in-depth interview (a qualitative study) is used. Four hundred people are interviewed for the quantitative study in Hong Kong to collect data to test the hypotheses. SPSS is used to conduct statistics analysis such as reliability test, Correction and t-test. The results show that there are positive relationships between information quality, system quality, service quality, and perceived relationship quality. These findings could provide useful insights for e-commerce. An in-depth interview is also conducted with an expert in the e-commerce industry to gain more insights into industry development.

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The Impact of Materialism on Consumer Ethics: An Empirical Study on Adult Students in Hong Kong

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No Harm No Foul Behavior and Consumption Motivation Among Indonesian Students

No Harm No Foul Behavior and Consumption Motivation Among Indonesian Students

Education and Dispositional Factors as Determinants of Corrupt Behaviour Among Local Government Employees in Odeda Lga, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Exploring the Customer Relationship Management Practices of Online Shopping Malls in Hong Kong

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