Psychology of gift-giving / / Bernd Stauss

• Autore: Stauss Bernd
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2023.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 pages)
• Disciplina: 394
• Soggetto topico: Gifts; Social psychology; Psicologia positiva; Regals
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Nota di contenuto: Gift giving: joy, duty and frustration -- Gift and counter-gift: the reciprocity rule -- The valuation of the gift: the recipient decides, not the giver -- The financial value of the gift: can't buy me love?- The emotional value of the gift: empathy, surprise, sacrifice -- Gifts as information media: what they say about the giver and the relationship with the recipient -- Gifts in romantic relationships: what enhances and what weakens the relationship?- Gifts to different recipients: who gets anything at all and how much?- Difficult givers and recipients: risk reduction strategies -- Cash gifts and vouchers: when are they taboo and when are they welcome?- Handling over and receiving the gift: the moment of truth -- Gifts and gender: Santa Claus is a woman -- Gifts and culture: what applies globally and what regionally?.
• Sommario/riassunto: Gift-giving is an economically significant area of consumer behavior. For we are constantly buy gifts: for Christmas and Mother’s Day, for birth and baptism, for the start of school and exams, for engagements and weddings, for birthdays or as souvenirs. Moreover, gift-giving is a very important psychological phenomenon, based on voluntariness, but also representing a duty and requiring compliance with rules. Thus, gift giving is by no means always associated with joy, but also with stress in the search for a perfect gift and disappointment when gifts fail. The book presents central results of psychological research on gift-giving. These provide answers to the following questions, among others: What ‘secret’ rules of giving and receiving do we follow? What messages do we send with our gifts? How do certain characteristics - such as the amount of the price or empathy - influence satisfaction with a gift? What mistakes should we avoid when giving gifts in romantic relationships? When is a monetary gift appropriate and when is it not? The Author Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Bernd Stauss held the Chair of Service Management at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Psychology of Gift-Giving
• ISBN: 9783662663936; 9783662663929
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910640389303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II