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Who could blame me? I got it on sale! An investigation of purchase price disclosure as an impression management tactic

Who could blame me? I got it on sale! An investigation of purchase price disclosure as an... Surveys 72 female undergraduates at a US Midwestern university to establish whether or not people distort the purchase price of goods as a means of impression management, an, if so, whether they under‐ or over‐report the price, depending on their level of self‐esteem. Finds that people with low self‐esteem are more likely to use price as a surrogate indicator for taste. Links this to marketing theory in that consumers purchase products for their meaning as well as their purpose and as symbols to demonstrate social status and to communicate self‐image. Takes into account micro‐economics and the price‐quality relationship. Supposes that consumers would buy the cheaper article when confronted with two similar items at different prices but confirms that this is not necessarily the case. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Management Research News Emerald Publishing

Who could blame me? I got it on sale! An investigation of purchase price disclosure as an impression management tactic

Dennis N. Bristow; Daniel A. Sachau
Management Research News , Volume 21 (4/5): 12 – May 1, 1998
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 1998 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
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0140-9174
DOI
10.1108/01409179810781473
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Abstract

Surveys 72 female undergraduates at a US Midwestern university to establish whether or not people distort the purchase price of goods as a means of impression management, an, if so, whether they under‐ or over‐report the price, depending on their level of self‐esteem. Finds that people with low self‐esteem are more likely to use price as a surrogate indicator for taste. Links this to marketing theory in that consumers purchase products for their meaning as well as their purpose and as symbols to demonstrate social status and to communicate self‐image. Takes into account micro‐economics and the price‐quality relationship. Supposes that consumers would buy the cheaper article when confronted with two similar items at different prices but confirms that this is not necessarily the case.

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Management Research News – Emerald Publishing

Published: May 1, 1998

Keywords: Consumer behaviour; Prices; Self‐esteem; Taste

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