The Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing announces the launch of the first academic network to foster collaboration among university-based initiatives that advance the study and practice of employee share ownership.
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The inauthentic consumer: Consequences of self-inauthenticity for possession disposal
Abstract Self-inauthenticity is characterized by feeling out-of-touch with one’s true, authentic self. Here, we propose that self-inauthenticity causes consumers to also feel out-of-touch with objects that are extensions of the self—namely, their material possessions. We call this effect possession alienation and suggest…