Browsing by Subject "authenticity"
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Antecedents and Consequences of Authenticity in the Marketplace
(2019)Consumers value and seek authenticity in the marketplace, including in their products, themselves, and others. Due to its appeal to consumers, the study of authenticity in the marketplace has recently accelerated in consumer ... -
Authenticity and Enhancement
(2019)Recent accounts of authenticity have defined the concept in terms of self-creation, self-discovery, or some combination of the two. While these accounts get something right about the concept, I argue that they fail to capture ... -
Authenticity, Sincerity and Spontaneity: The Mutual Implication of Nature and Religion in China and the West
(Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 2013-01-01)Fundamental approaches to ethics and morality in both China and the West are bound up not only with conceptions of religion and ultimate truth, but also with conceptions of nature. One dominant theme in the West is to see ... -
Determinants and Implications of Self-perceived Authenticity: Beliefs About Authenticity and Reactions to Behavioral Incongruence
(2016)Although many perspectives suggest that authenticity is important for well-being, people do not always have direct access to the psychological processes that produce their behaviors and, thus, are not able to judge whether ... -
Do Individual Differences in Authenticity Influence the Magnitude and Affective Consequences of Self-Discrepancies?
(2011)Theories of self-regulation address the continuous process in which individuals compare their behavior to salient goals or standards. Two well-known theories of self-regulation, self-discrepancy theory (SDT) and regulatory ... -
Gondolas in the Desert: Searching for Authenticity in Las Vegas
(2007)Las Vegas is under siege. Even as the city in the desert flourishes, its longstanding critics are determined to deride it as a constructed reality that indefensibly purges history and culture from its sterile landscape. -
Keys to the Past: Building Harpsichords and Feeling History in the Postwar United States
(2010)This dissertation traces the range of popular forms and practices associated with the harpsichord in the twentieth century in the United States, focusing on the 1950s, 60s and 70s. It draws on archives of period correspondence, ... -
To Thine Own Self Be True? an Exploration of Authenticity
(2007-12-14)What does it mean to be authentic? Is authenticity an attribute of the individual, or do certain environmental factors facilitate or inhibit the enactment of the authentic self? This research proposes that authentic behavior ...
