Qualitative Steps toward an Expanded Model of Anxiety in Gift-Giving

By David B. Wooten. 2000

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The dark side of trust: When trust becomes a ‘poisoned chalice’ (2014, background): “The gift-giving literature has intensively discussed the anxieties stemming from fears of not meeting the expectations of the other party (Wooten, 2000).”
It's the thought (and the Effort) That Counts: How Customizing for others Differs from Customizing for Oneself (2011, background): “Unsuitable gifts can cause embarrassment to both the giver and the recipient, jeopardizing valued social relationships (Sherry, McGrath, and Levy 1993; Wooten 2000).”
Purchase and Consumption Habits: Not Necessarily What You Intend (2007, background): “Building on Belk’s ideas, researchers have examined how consumers’ perceptions, evaluations, and brand choices are influenced by situational variables such as colors and displays (e.g., Babin, Hardesty, & Suter, 2003), reference group influences (e.g., Childers & Rao, 1992), gift shopping (e.g., Wo”
Beyond the Extended Self: Loved Objects and Consumers' Identity Narratives (2005, background): “…in which social relationships are overtly structured around shared product ownership (McAlexander, Schouten, and Koening 2002; Muniz and O’Guinn 2001), and it is also central to the literature on gifts (Belk and Coon 1993; Ruth, Otnes, and Brunel 1999; Sherry and McGrath 1989; Wooten 2000).”