Dimensions and characteristics of time perceptions and perspectives among older consumers

Guy, Bonnie S.; Rittenburg, Terri L.; Hawes, Douglass K.

doi:10.1002/mar.4220110106

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“…The tendency for older people to report younger self-perceived ages has been viewed as a form of denial in the United States, where it has long been noted that 'to get older, to move into middle and especially old age, means to move into a less highly regarded age group' (Kuhlen, 1959: 863). Indeed, numerous accounts of the myths and negative stereotypes prevalent in American culture suggest that youth is valued, while old age is demeaning in a variety of ways (Dychtwald & Flower, 1989;Guy, Rittenburg & Hawes, 1994). However, such an ideology is not limited to American culture.…”

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Subjective age perceptions in the UK: An empirical study

Sudbury

2004

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

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The number of years a person has lived is a poor indicator of their self‐perceptions, attitudes and behaviours. For these reasons, gerontologists have looked to alternative measures of age, including self‐perceived or subjective age. While American researchers have built up a body of knowledge pertaining to self‐perceived age for more than half a century, little is known about the concept in the UK. This paper presents the findings of an empirical study into the self‐perceived age of a group of UK citizens (n = 356) aged 50‐79 (mean age 60.2 years). Using the cognitive age scale, respondents were asked how old they perceived themselves to be on the dimensions of feel, look, act and interests. Overall, respondents indicated a self‐perceived age of more than 10 years younger than their chronological age. These results suggest that the phenomenon is at least as extensive as in the US, where it is frequently argued that youth is valued over age. Policy and practice implications are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Subjective age perceptions in the UK: An empirical study

Sudbury

2004

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

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“…Research to date has undertaken the issues of time dimensions in strategic planning and management (Das, 1991), marketing (Quintens and Matthyssens, 2010), and consumer behavior (Guy et al, 1994;Kaufman and Lane, 1990). Bird and West (2007) stressed the importance of temporal dynamics in entrepreneurship.…”

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What makes successful entrepreneurs different in temporal and goal-commitment dimensions?

Przepiórka

2015

Time & Society

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Purpose: The article is an attempt to identify, with respect to temporal and goal-commitment dimension (effort, persistence, goal satisfaction), the characteristics of entrepreneurs in different stages of the entrepreneurial process (the prelaunch and postlaunch phases) and to indicate the differences between entrepreneurs and nonentrepreneurs.Methodology: To answer this question, data from three samples were collected. Actual (N ¼ 127) and nascent (N ¼ 344) entrepreneurs filled questionnaires: the Scale of Entrepreneurial Success, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, and Goal Questionnaire. These two groups were compared to participants either not interested in opening their own business or showing low intention to start their business (N ¼ 475). Findings: The results showed that both types of entrepreneurs were more future-oriented and perceived their presence less fatalistically than the group not interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Additionally, entrepreneurs put in more effort, were more persistent in pursuing their goals, and derived more satisfaction from their goals.

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“…Additional factors such as marital status, employment status, and education have also been investigated in the context of service quality in general and financial service quality in particular (Colgate and Hedge, 2001;Gagliano and Hathcote, 1994;Guy et al, 1994;Mathios, 1996;McCarty and Shrum, 1993;McDonald, 1993;Stafford, 1996: Thompson andKaminski, 1993;Urban and Pratt, 2000;Webster, 1989). Even though the evidence in the extant literature has been somewhat mixed, we argue that these variables do influence the assessment of search quality factors.…”

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Search quality in the financial services industry: a contingency perspective

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Spears²,

Hasty³

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Journal of Services Marketing

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractFinancial services are inherently intangible and high on experience and credence qualities. In order to promote them effectively, a service provider must first identify the dimensions used by consumers to evaluate the service quality of banks prior to becoming a customer. Based on responses from customers of a credit union, the current study identifies four dimensionsempathy/assurance, tangibility, routine transaction cost, and loan transaction cost -which form the domain of consumer's evaluation of search quality in the financial services industry. Further, the relationships between these search quality factors and overall assessment of respondents' current bank is also investigated. The results indicate that higher levels of importance accorded to search quality factors, especially loan transaction costs, were associated with extreme (good or bad) assessment of current bank. The importance accorded to these search quality factors was also tested against contingency variables such as gender, marital status, age, household income, employment status, education, and house ownership. Of these, gender and home ownership emerged as the strongest determinants. These findings suggest that bank managers should be cognizant of search quality factors and their relations with the appropriate contingency variables.

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Dimensions and characteristics of time perceptions and perspectives among older consumers

Cited by 24 publications

References 37 publications

Subjective age perceptions in the UK: An empirical study

Subjective age perceptions in the UK: An empirical study

What makes successful entrepreneurs different in temporal and goal-commitment dimensions?

Search quality in the financial services industry: a contingency perspective

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