The consumption and disposition behaviour of voluntary simplifiers
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Abstract Voluntary simplicity is a lifestyle choice that has received increasing media attention over time. A defining characteristic of voluntary simplicity is reduced material consumption and the removal of clutter from one's life, thus suggesting the topic of disposition may inform our understanding of voluntary simplifier lifestyle behaviour. This paper explores the disposition activities of voluntary simplifiers in the context of their overall consumption behaviour using a series of in‐depth interviews with 12 current voluntary simplifiers. The findings show that disposition plays an important role in voluntary simplifier behaviour, especially during the initial stages of adopting the lifestyle. The consideration of future disposition activities was also found to influence the day‐to‐day consumption behaviour of participants. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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The preferred usage of hand-me-downs and other second-hand goods signifies resistance to supporting marketers' efforts of selling products.
“To summarize this theme, similar to voluntary simplifiers (Ballantine and Creery, 2010) the preferred usage of hand-me-downs and other second-hand goods signifies the resistance of supporting marketers' efforts of selling products.”
From Anti-consumption in East Germany: consumer resistance to hyperconsumption (2010) · cites this paper as Ballantine and Creery, 2010
Whereas voluntary simplifiers experience periods of de-cluttering to break off their identity ties to goods prior to starting their anti-consumption efforts, our informants keep storing their items with the belief that they find use for them in the future.
“Whereas voluntary simplifiers experience periods of de-cluttering to break off their identity ties to goods prior to starting their anti-consumption efforts (Ballantine and Creery, 2010;Nelson et al., 2007;Zavestoski, 2002b), our informants keep storing their items with the belief that they find use for them in the future.”
From Anti-consumption in East Germany: consumer resistance to hyperconsumption (2010) · cites this paper as Ballantine and Creery, 2010
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- Authors
- Ballantine, P. W., & Creery, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Canterbury (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Ballantine, Paul W.
- ORCID
- Ballantine, Paul W.
- Venue
- Journal of Consumer Behaviour
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 45-56
- ISSN
- 1472-0817 (ISSN-L)
- 1479-1838
- OpenAlex
- W2040400190
- Cited by
- 155
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 12.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Consumer Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- UC Research Repository (University of Canterbury) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Consumer behavior in food and health
- Keywords
- simple living, lifestyle choices, consumption behaviour, decluttering, material consumption reduction
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