Delivery of Material Aid: Effects of Aid Restrictiveness on Perception of Justice and Satisfaction Among Consumers of Varying Power Levels

Traumatic events create resource scarcity and cause individuals to seek aid. However, aid delivery can be restrictive and overlook consumer vulnerabilities. Across six experiments, including one on COVID-19, we find that when vulnerable individuals are offered more (vs. less) restricted aid, they perceive the aid as less just lowering satisfaction.



Citation:

Nea North and Connie Pechmann (2021) ,"Delivery of Material Aid: Effects of Aid Restrictiveness on Perception of Justice and Satisfaction Among Consumers of Varying Power Levels", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49, eds. Tonya Williams Bradford, Anat Keinan, and Matthew Matthew Thomson, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 342-343.

Authors

Nea North, University California-Irvine
Connie Pechmann, University of California, Irvine



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 | 2021



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