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19 June 2022 Bernd Schmitt
Payment Frequency Impacts Consumer Spending
Featured on Slider The Pitch 

Payment Frequency Impacts Consumer Spending

27 May 2022 Markus Giesler
Donating Time versus Money
Featured on Slider The Authors' Table 

Donating Time versus Money

12 May 202228 May 2022 June Cotte
Why Consumers Value Effort in Caregiving
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Why Consumers Value Effort in Caregiving

5 May 202212 May 2022 Markus Giesler
Call for Nominations: Editor in Chief
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Call for Nominations: Editor in Chief

22 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
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  • Ashlee Humphreys
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  • Meet Our Researchers
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Current Issue

New Research 

Practice Diffusion

26 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
New Research 

Consumers Value Effort over Ease When Caring for Close Others

26 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
New Research 

The Impact of Payment Frequency on Consumer Spending and Subjective Wealth Perceptions

26 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
New Research 

Consumers as Naive Physicists: How Visual Entropy Cues Shift Temporal Focus and Influence Product Evaluations

26 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
New Research 

Hiding in the Crowd: Secrecy Compels Consumer Conformity

26 April 202227 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
New Research 

In the Eye of the Beholder: The Interplay of Numeracy and Fluency in Consumer Response to 99-Ending Prices

26 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
New Research 

Social Emotions and the Legitimation of the Fertility Technology Market

26 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
New Research 

The Threshold-Crossing Effect: Just-Below Pricing Discourages Consumers to Upgrade

26 April 2022 Vlad Dovijarov
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The NetworkSee All

JCR Best Paper 2021: An Author Interview
The Network 

JCR Best Paper 2021: An Author Interview

22 December 202112 May 2022 Markus Giesler

JCR Authors Donna Hoffman and Tom Novak on their award-winning paper.

The Ferber Award 2021
Editorial Matters The Network 

The Ferber Award 2021

30 October 202112 February 2022 Markus Giesler
Crafting the Identity Politics of Consumption
The Network 

Crafting the Identity Politics of Consumption

14 April 202126 October 2021 Markus Giesler
Our Associate Editors on Twitter
The Network 

Our Associate Editors on Twitter

13 February 20212 March 2021 Markus Giesler

Chalkboard: Resources For TeachersSee All

Consumer Culture Research in JCR: Our List
JCR Chalkboard 

Consumer Culture Research in JCR: Our List

1 March 202222 April 2022 Markus Giesler

A collection for research and training, created by Zeynep Arsel, Markus Giesler, and Ashlee Humphreys.

Wordify: An Author Interview
JCR Chalkboard 

Wordify: An Author Interview

2 October 202112 February 2022 Markus Giesler
Audio Mining: An Author Interview
JCR Chalkboard 

Audio Mining: An Author Interview

28 September 202126 October 2021 Andrew Stephen
The Legitimation of Contested Products
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The Legitimation of Contested Products

8 February 202125 February 2021 Markus Giesler

The Authors’ TableSee All

Consumption under Fragmented Stigma
The Authors' Table 

Consumption under Fragmented Stigma

16 March 20221 June 2022 Markus Giesler

Somewhere over the Rainbow: Christian Eichert and Marius Luedicke explain why the gay community has fallen apart.

Practice Diffusion: Insights from Surfing
The Authors' Table 

Practice Diffusion: Insights from Surfing

27 August 202126 October 2021 Stacy Wood
How Do Brand Leaders Become Charismatic?
The Authors' Table 

How Do Brand Leaders Become Charismatic?

8 July 202126 October 2021 Markus Giesler
April Issue: Voices Behind the Research
The Authors' Table 

April Issue: Voices Behind the Research

9 April 202128 July 2021 Markus Giesler

Editorial MattersSee All

How Do We Evaluate JCR Papers?
Editorial Matters 

How Do We Evaluate JCR Papers?

26 February 202124 April 2021 The Editors

At JCR, we broadly distinguish between five different types of papers, each requiring a slightly different approach.

Evaluating Conceptual Papers
Editorial Matters 

Evaluating Conceptual Papers

26 February 202121 May 2021 The Editors
Evaluating Theory-Driven Empirical Papers
Editorial Matters 

Evaluating Theory-Driven Empirical Papers

26 February 202123 April 2021 The Editors
Evaluating Substantive Phenomena Papers
Editorial Matters 

Evaluating Substantive Phenomena Papers

26 February 202124 April 2021 The Editors
Evaluating Consumer Culture Research Papers
Editorial Matters 

Evaluating Consumer Culture Research Papers

26 February 202123 April 2021 The Editors
Evaluating (Multi-)Method and Empirical Quant Papers
Editorial Matters 

Evaluating (Multi-)Method and Empirical Quant Papers

26 February 202124 April 2021 The Editors

The Pitch: Resources for JournalistsSee All

The Hidden Cost of Gaining Expertise
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The Hidden Cost of Gaining Expertise

26 October 202126 October 2021 June Cotte

Expertise can undermine emotional reactions. But that doesn’t have to be the case.

Responsibilizing Consumers: The Role of Affect
Featured on Slider The Pitch 

Responsibilizing Consumers: The Role of Affect

8 August 2021 Markus Giesler
Are Consumers More Honest in their Native Language?
The Pitch 

Are Consumers More Honest in their Native Language?

1 April 202123 April 2021 Stacy Wood
Regenerating Consumer Movement Solidarity
The Pitch 

Regenerating Consumer Movement Solidarity

5 March 20215 March 2021 Markus Giesler

The Editors

https://youtu.be/4rF5VSL5GEo

Bernd Schmitt, Columbia Business School
June Cotte, Ivey Business School
Markus Giesler, Schulich School of Business
Andrew Stephen, Saïd Business School
Stacy Wood, NC State University

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Just a ThoughtSee All

Thank you
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Thank you

31 December 2021 Bernd Schmitt

Thank you to all of you. Happy new year!

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Until 2017, most Walmart employees were paid every week—now, they can get paid every day, as can workers at many other companies.

@wdlrosa and @StephMTully uncover in a new @JCRNEWS paper how receiving smaller, more frequent paychecks impacts spending.

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