Sense of belonging, international migrants' spending, and implications for their subjective well-being
Hang, Hai and Zhong, Jing (2023) Sense of belonging, international migrants' spending, and implications for their subjective well-being. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 47 (1). pp. 86-99. ISSN 1470-6423
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A lack of a sense of belonging in the host country has become one of the most common challenges facing international migrants in today's sociopolitical environment. Our two online experiments with 881 international migrant workers in the United States jointly demonstrate that, to cope with their lack of a sense of belonging in the host country, international migrants may spend money suboptimally: more on material purchases but less on experiential and prosocial purchases. More importantly, our studies suggest that prosocial purchases are more effective than experiential
purchases in increasing international migrants’ subjective well-being. This is because prosocial purchases can lead to both relatedness need satisfaction and beneficence, with each independently contributing to international migrants’ subjective well-being. Our research suggests that public policymakers should address the social exclusion international migrants experience when moving to a new country because it can have a negative impact on their subjective well-being. Our research further suggests that one way to mitigate social exclusion is to encourage international migrants to spend money on others rather than themselves.
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hang, Hai and Zhong, Jing (2023) Sense of belonging, international migrants' spending, and implications for their subjective well-being. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 47 (1). pp. 86-99. ISSN 1470-6423, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12807. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
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