An ethnographic study of packaging-free purchasing: designing an interactive system to support sustainable social practices

Rapp, Amon; Marino, Alessandra; Simeoni, Rossana; Cena, Federica

doi:10.1080/0144929x.2017.1365170

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“…Items sold in U.K. PF shops differ slightly, but most sell an assortment of dried pastas, grains, beans, nuts, dried fruit, fair-trade coffee and chocolate, bread, eggs, washing-up liquid and laundry products (Moss, 2019), which are contained in modern dispensers (Rapp et al, 2017). Some even sell cheese, butter, ice-cream, and environmentally friendly products such as bamboo toothbrush holders, plastic-free dental floss.…”

Section: Packaging Free (Pf) Shoppingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This research makes three contributions. First, it contributes and builds on previous PF research that has received scant attention to date (Fuentes et al, 2019;Louis et al, 2021;Rapp et al, 2017), focusing on what influences consumers' behaviors as other research has examined it more from the retailer or supply chain perspective (Louis et al, 2021;Scharpenberg et al, 2021). This is by adding a quantitative element to add objectivity and generalizability to the predictors of the likelihood of PF shopping.…”

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Values, personality traits, and packaging‐free shopping: A mixed‐method approach

Gordon‐Wilson

Modi

Eastman

2022

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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This research examines packaging-free shopping, which contributes to reducing the negative impact of plastic packaging on the environment, and its' relationship with green consumption values, value consciousness, and psychological traits. A mixedmethods approach is adopted with quantitative followed by qualitative research. Study 1 recruits 240 respondents from social media and the lead author's university website to examine different factors that increase consumers' likelihood of packaging-free shopping. Study 2 recruits packaging-free shoppers from Facebook Pages, explores these findings and provides further insights. Study 1 finds that consumers are driven more by green consumer values than by value consciousness, and consumers who are more conscientious are more likely to do packaging-free shopping. Study 2 supports this by finding that green consumer values drive packaging-free shopping, but this in only one part of their green efforts. The research contributes by illustrating the importance of conscientiousness specifically in the domain of packaging-free shopping and that these packaging-free shoppers are not driven in terms of value for money but by addressing their green consumer values. We recommend that packaging-free retailers and policy makers utilize promotional efforts to communicate how packagingfree shopping provides a balance with consumers' green values for these shoppers, how it fits in with their other green efforts, and how these shopping efforts are making a difference in helping the environment.

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Section: Packaging Free (Pf) Shoppingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Values, personality traits, and packaging‐free shopping: A mixed‐method approach

Gordon‐Wilson

Modi

Eastman

2022

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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“…Smart tangible toys (Mironcika et al, 2018), for instance, could be used for gamifying serious tasks or supporting change in behavior. Likewise, personal fabrication technologies such as 3D printers could be appropriated within a game frame (Bhaduri et al, 2017) to create novel gamified activities (Rapp et al, 2017). Further, wearable technologies are starting being used in game research, for example to increase the immersiveness and player/character relationship (Buruk & Özcan, 2018), and could be inspiring for gamification ends as well.…”

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Strengthening gamification studies: Current trends and future opportunities of gamification research

Rapp

Hopfgartner

Hamari

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International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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“…However, how is time related to engagement in this perspective and what is the role of design in determining the experiences of time? IS research as well as the applications of social practice theory to the analysis and design of IT artefacts treated time and engagement separately (Granqvist & Gustafsson, 2016;Rapp et al, 2017;Tavakoli & Schlagwein, 2016), overlooking that the phenomenological time can be intentionally designed in an IT artefact in order to increase the users' engagement.…”

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Time, engagement and video games: How game design elements shape the temporalities of play in massively multiplayer online role‐playing games

Rapp¹

2021

Information Systems Journal

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Researchers and developers constantly seek novel ways to create engaging applications that are able to retain their users over the long term, make them desire to spend time using the application or go back to using it after a break.With this aim, video games can be an insightful source of inspiration, as they are specifically designed to maximise playing time, increase players' intentions of playing during the day or enhance their willingness to replay. In a gaming context, 'time' is an important factor for engagement because game designers can design the game time to retain players in the game environment. Drawing on social practice theory, which is increasingly used in Information Systems (IS) research, I conducted an ethnographic study in World of Warcraft (WoW) to understand how various temporalities are produced within a video game and the effects that they have on players' engagement. The findings show that game temporalities stem from the complex interaction between the design features of the game and the norms, routines and expectations that are part of the game practices. Moreover, these temporalities can engender temporal experiences that may stimulate engagement in various ways. The study contributes to IS literature by proposing a novel understanding of how time can be intentionally designed to sustain user engagement. Finally, it suggests that 'time design' in video games could inspire designs in broader IS

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An ethnographic study of packaging-free purchasing: designing an interactive system to support sustainable social practices

Cited by 31 publications

References 81 publications

Values, personality traits, and packaging‐free shopping: A mixed‐method approach

Values, personality traits, and packaging‐free shopping: A mixed‐method approach

Strengthening gamification studies: Current trends and future opportunities of gamification research

Time, engagement and video games: How game design elements shape the temporalities of play in massively multiplayer online role‐playing games

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