The association of culture with financial satisfaction
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Anita Kaye Dale
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Archuleta, Kristy
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Kansas State University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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167
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Craft, Christy; Fitzgerald, Margaret; Robb, Cliff; Sanderson, Matthew
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-83594-6
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
General Human Ecology
Body granting the degree
Kansas State University
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2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation explores the association of culture with financial satisfaction. Social identity theory, a successor of symbolic interaction framework (Mead, 1930) serves as the theoretical framework for this study, conceptualizing the impact of culture on identity formation through the values, norms, and beliefs of cultures adopted by individuals. Social identity theory also provides an understanding of the power and influence of reference groups supplied by culture through the context provided for the internal determination of satisfaction. The cultures examined, geography, socioeconomic status, and religiosity, each have associations with life domains which influence satisfaction according to subjective well-being research. The associations of cultures with financial satisfaction is a largely unexplored area of research, perhaps due to the difficulty in defining and measuring culture, as well as the challenges associated with influencing financial satisfaction. Data for this study was obtained from the 2012 General Social Survey, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Individual & family studies
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Culture;Financial satisfaction;Geography;Religion and religiosity;Socioeconomic status