Investigating the Demographics and Behavioural Characteristics Associated with Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyles in a Developed and a Developing Country: A Comparison between US and Turkish Simplifiers

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dc.authoridTorlak, Omer/0000-0002-8927-5355
dc.authoridCengiz, Hakan/0000-0002-2732-2873
dc.contributor.authorCengiz, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorTorlak, Omer
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:05:03Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:05:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to compare the demographics and behavioural characteristics of consumers who adopt voluntary simplicity as a daily lifestyle process, focusing on one developed country and one developing country. Data were accordingly collected from 589 US and Turkish consumers who define themselves as voluntary simplifiers. Although other studies found that voluntary simplifiers have same demographic characteristics, our results indicate that Turkish and US simplifiers do not vary statistically in terms of demographic variables such as income class, marital status, number of children and gender but do vary statistically in terms of education, age and working hours. They also vary in terms of the deliberate shortening of working hours. The results reveal that several behavioural and demographic characteristics of consumers who adopt the same lifestyle philosophy may vary based on their culture and the conditions of their country. Findings in the discussion section are aligned with previous studies in the literature and with socioeconomic and demographic indicators of the two countries.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0972150918807084
dc.identifier.endpage131en_US
dc.identifier.issn0972-1509
dc.identifier.issn0973-0664
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85059341595en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage119en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0972150918807084
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/6481
dc.identifier.volume22en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000622800000008en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Business Reviewen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectVoluntary simplicityen_US
dc.subjectconsumer lifestyleen_US
dc.subjectlifestyle segmentationen_US
dc.subjectsimple livingen_US
dc.subjectcross-cultural comparisonen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Demographics and Behavioural Characteristics Associated with Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyles in a Developed and a Developing Country: A Comparison between US and Turkish Simplifiersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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