Two Essays on Lay Theories of the Valence of Busyness

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dc.contributor.advisorPatrick-Ralhan, Vanessa M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBlair, Edward A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRudd, Melanie
dc.contributor.committeeMemberVera, Dusya M.
dc.creatorEbrahimi, Mahdi
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-7571-3898
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T00:08:53Z
dc.date.available2019-09-18T00:08:53Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2017
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017
dc.date.updated2019-09-18T00:08:53Z
dc.description.abstractConsumers hold different lay theories about the valence of busyness. Two essays investigate antecedents and consequences of these lay theories. Essay 1 examines the frequency with which consumers hold these lay theories and demonstrates that holding a lay theory that feeling busy is good (vs. bad) leads to greater feelings of empowerment, which in turn increases volunteering behavior. Essay 2 focuses on antecedents of these lay theories and demonstrates that engaging in activities high (vs. low) on meaningfulness and low (vs. high) on stress increases consumers’ tendency to hold the belief that feeling busy is good (vs. bad). Emotional attention moderates this effect in the sense that consumers high (vs. low) in emotional attention have less malleable lay theories. Consequently, making meaningfulness and stress salient does not influence consumers’ beliefs about the valence of busyness for consumers high, but not low, in emotional attention. In addition, essay 2 shows that daily experiences that are high on meaningfulness and low on stress are associated with greater volunteering behavior, thus linking this essay to the findings of essay 1.
dc.description.departmentMarketing and Entrepreneurship, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/4767
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectLay theories
dc.subjectBusyness
dc.subjectEmpowerment
dc.subjectVolunteering
dc.subjectMeaningfulness
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectEmotional Attention
dc.titleTwo Essays on Lay Theories of the Valence of Busyness
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeC. T. Bauer College of Business
thesis.degree.departmentMarketing and Entrepreneurship, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineBusiness Administration
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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