Abstracts Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass Zeitarbeitnehmer nicht nur gezwungen sind, nachteilige Arbeitsbedingungen hinzunehmen, sie erleben im Gefolge ihrer Diskriminierung auch einen sozialen Statusverlust. Auf der Grundlage einer Gelegenheitsstichprobe von insgesamt 157 Interviews sowohl mit...

This paper examines the consequences of status preferences on entrepreneurial risk-taking in a general equilibrium model of occupational choice. We distinguish between two frames of reference. In the first, status is derived from class-membership, the economic indicator of which is the expected...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the degree of ethnic identity and demographic characteristics (the length of residency in the USA, education, income, age, and origin of ethnicity) in relation to brand purchases for status. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based...

Purpose – This paper aims to compare the levels of status consumption for Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y (Millennials). Design/methodology/approach – With an email sample of 220 adult consumers living in the southeast USA, this study measures status consumption, generational...

Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the role of worry versus sadness in influencing young consumers’ purchase decisions and to clarify the differences across the worry–consumption versus the sadness–consumption relationships. Design/methodology/approach Three studies were...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to point to the inefficiency of the Italian educational system as a key factor of persistent differences between the distribution of incomes (skewed) and that of talents (normal), stated in the Pigou paradox. In fact, against the intention assigned to it...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the social status of migrants in a culturally liberal and historically cosmopolitan port city in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – A novel data set from the Izmir Labor Market Household Survey is used. Social status is measured by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the programs of status leveling – such as through the elimination of executive washrooms, reserved parking, and so forth – are a taken‐for‐granted feature of many workplace involvement and quality improvement programs, yet no prior...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to put forward the hypothesis that the demand for wine can be partly explained by social phenomena. Design/methodology/approach – A general framework considers social phenomena. A literature review in the domain of wine shows that these aspects may...