Wei-Fen Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 239691 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wei-Fen Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wei-Fen |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Low Self-Concept Clarity Induces Scarcity Perceptions: The Subsequent Effects on Prosocial Behavior
We explore the relationship between self-concept clarity (SCC), scarcity perceptions, and the associated behavioral consequences. While scarcity perceptions are often linked to experiences and considerations of resource constraints, our research suggests that low SCC can induce such perceptions and decrease prosocial behavior. With six studies, we demonstrated that low SCC triggers scarcity perceptions (Studies 1A to 4B), which is mediated by inc…
Perceiving Low Social Mobility Induces Zero-Sum Beliefs About Social Hierarchies
Individuals may consider socioeconomic status (SES) change from an absolute or relative standpoint. Across five studies and supplementary analyses of secondary data, we found that individuals who perceive SES as being unlikely to change (i.e., low perceived social mobility) tend to consider SES change from a relative standpoint—i.e., one person’s gain in SES occurs at the expense of another’s loss in SES—reflecting that they harbor zero-sum belie…
When to Appeal to Cultural Capital in Advertisements? Cultural Capital Appeals Increase Purchase Intentions for High- But Not Low-Priced Products
Cultural capital refers to a set of socially distinctive knowledge and practices. While cultural capital is prevalently appealed to in advertisements to increase product desirability, the effectiveness of this advertising strategy, including when and how it works, remains under-researched. A cultural capital appeal and high-priced products share social status implications. Three studies consistently revealed that a cultural capital appeal increas…
Contesting Shopping Tourism: Neoliberal Consumptionscapes and Conflicts in Host Societies
In this "cutting edge" review article, Chen and Ting maintain that new middle class tourists (especially those consumption-driven, urban dwellers from emerging economies) have acquired a taste for shopping tourism and quickly become the majority of the inbound visitors who bring business niches to the postindustrial host societies. They argue that under this trend, scant scholarly attention has been paid to the corresponding reactions, confusions…
James Cairns, The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope
The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope. \nJames Cairns, , The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope. Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2017. 208 pp. \nReviewed by: Wei-Fen Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. \nAt first glance, given the title of this book, one might infer that it discusses the generational culture and lifestyles of millennials. In reality, however, James Cairns…
Champagne taste, beer budget: The new poor’s incongruent capital and consumption
This study examines the shopping preferences of “new poor” consumers who have incongruent capital: lower economic capital and higher noneconomic capital. The new poor exemplify consumers with ambiguous and fragmented identity; thus, they do not fit marketers’ static categorization of consumer segments. In the marketplace, these consumers must compromise between their upper-class taste and lower-class earnings. Taking a Consumer Culture Theory app…
Proud Stigma: The Domestic Narrative of a Family as Political Criminal Descendants
This performance-based autoethnographic work is inspired by the epiphanic moment in the author's life. By depicting a woman struggling between families' expectations to her and her own dream, the author demonstrates the complicated nature of the structure-agency interaction and sympathizes with those obedient daughters who inherit the family traditions with understanding but simultaneously are confined by the past. The haunting ghost of the woman…
Champagne taste, beer budget: The new poor’s incongruent capital and consumption
This study examines the shopping preferences of “new poor” consumers who have incongruent capital: lower economic capital and higher noneconomic capital. The new poor exemplify consumers with ambiguous and fragmented identity; thus, they do not fit marketers’ static categorization of consumer segments. In the marketplace, these consumers must compromise between their upper-class taste and lower-class earnings. Taking a Consumer Culture Theory app…
Proud Stigma: The Domestic Narrative of a Family as Political Criminal Descendants
This performance-based autoethnographic work is inspired by the epiphanic moment in the author's life. By depicting a woman struggling between families' expectations to her and her own dream, the author demonstrates the complicated nature of the structure-agency interaction and sympathizes with those obedient daughters who inherit the family traditions with understanding but simultaneously are confined by the past. The haunting ghost of the woman…
Champagne taste, beer budget: The new poor’s incongruent capital and consumption
This study examines the shopping preferences of “new poor” consumers who have incongruent capital: lower economic capital and higher noneconomic capital. The new poor exemplify consumers with ambiguous and fragmented identity; thus, they do not fit marketers’ static categorization of consumer segments. In the marketplace, these consumers must compromise between their upper-class taste and lower-class earnings. Taking a Consumer Culture Theory app…
James Cairns, The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope
The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope. \nJames Cairns, , The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope. Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2017. 208 pp. \nReviewed by: Wei-Fen Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. \nAt first glance, given the title of this book, one might infer that it discusses the generational culture and lifestyles of millennials. In reality, however, James Cairns…
Contesting Shopping Tourism: Neoliberal Consumptionscapes and Conflicts in Host Societies
In this "cutting edge" review article, Chen and Ting maintain that new middle class tourists (especially those consumption-driven, urban dwellers from emerging economies) have acquired a taste for shopping tourism and quickly become the majority of the inbound visitors who bring business niches to the postindustrial host societies. They argue that under this trend, scant scholarly attention has been paid to the corresponding reactions, confusions…
When to Appeal to Cultural Capital in Advertisements? Cultural Capital Appeals Increase Purchase Intentions for High- But Not Low-Priced Products
Cultural capital refers to a set of socially distinctive knowledge and practices. While cultural capital is prevalently appealed to in advertisements to increase product desirability, the effectiveness of this advertising strategy, including when and how it works, remains under-researched. A cultural capital appeal and high-priced products share social status implications. Three studies consistently revealed that a cultural capital appeal increas…
Low Self-Concept Clarity Induces Scarcity Perceptions: The Subsequent Effects on Prosocial Behavior
We explore the relationship between self-concept clarity (SCC), scarcity perceptions, and the associated behavioral consequences. While scarcity perceptions are often linked to experiences and considerations of resource constraints, our research suggests that low SCC can induce such perceptions and decrease prosocial behavior. With six studies, we demonstrated that low SCC triggers scarcity perceptions (Studies 1A to 4B), which is mediated by inc…
Perceiving Low Social Mobility Induces Zero-Sum Beliefs About Social Hierarchies
Individuals may consider socioeconomic status (SES) change from an absolute or relative standpoint. Across five studies and supplementary analyses of secondary data, we found that individuals who perceive SES as being unlikely to change (i.e., low perceived social mobility) tend to consider SES change from a relative standpoint—i.e., one person’s gain in SES occurs at the expense of another’s loss in SES—reflecting that they harbor zero-sum belie…
Economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works)