Behavioral Effects of Mortality Salience: An Experimental Study

Leila E. Zein, Hussein Akil and Said Hussein

Journal of Management and Sustainability, 2020, vol. 8, issue 4, 65

Abstract: The study is intended to explain the effect of Mortality Salience (MS) on consumer behaviors. In a first part, we present a state of the art of Terror Management Theory (TMT) and its contributions in management sciences by focusing on the impact of MS on consumption. In a second part, we illustrate the results of an experiment testing the effect of death reminders on consumption choices. The results of the experiment show that the reminders of death generate, for the most part of participants, pro-materialistic consumption choices. Based on these results, we highlight the effect the death reminders can generate on Lebanese consumers.

Date: 2020
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