Better understanding the foundations of sufficiency in consumption: the role of religiosity

Mieux comprendre les fondements de la sobriété dans la consommation: le rôle de la religiosité

Anne Vaal, Géraldine Michel and Sophie Rieunier ()
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Géraldine Michel: IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School
Sophie Rieunier: IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel

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Abstract: While sufficiency is attracting renewed interest in the context of the ecological transition, its roots lie in the religious traditions. The literature shows that an individual's religiosity encourages sufficiency in consumption. However, our understanding of the mechanisms through which this link operates remains patchy, in particular because the literature emphasises the role of the moral dimension of religion without considering how individuals appropriate and live their religion in all its components. Based on guided introspections collected from 20 practising Catholics, our research reveals five mechanisms through which religiosity promotes sufficiency in consumption. We show how religiosity acts as a substitute for consumption to construct the self and to cope with uncertainty. This work enriches the literature on sufficiency in consumption by inviting further exploration of the links between different forms of spirituality (institutionalised or not) and sufficiency.

Date: 2024-02-27
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Published in Revue management & avenir, 2024, N° 139 (1), pp.17-38. ⟨10.3917/mav.139.0017⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/mav.139.0017

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