The Need to Give Gratuitously: A Relevant Concept Anchored in Catholic Social Teaching to Envision the Consumer Behavior

The “gift exchange theory” articulated by Marcel Mauss, along with his core concept of a threefold obligation (giving/receiving/returning), is the dominant theoretical framework used to explain the majority of gift issues in marketing. This perspective assumes that some interest always lies behind g...

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Authors: Peyrelongue, Bénédicte de (Author) ; Masclef, Olivier (Author) ; Guillard, Valérie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2017
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 145, Issue: 4, Pages: 739-755
Further subjects:B Catholic Social Teaching
B Consumer behavior
B Need to give gratuitously
B Poison
B Gratuitousness
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