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dc.contributor.authorHari, Jürg J.-
dc.contributor.authorRawitzer, Heike-
dc.contributor.authorSukale, Nadine-
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-08T08:28:05Z-
dc.date.available2019-03-08T08:28:05Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/15934-
dc.description.abstractIt is widely acknowledged that people, on average, are risk averse. Moreover, there is a substantial amount of research that confirms that women are more risk averse than men. Research in consumer psychology suggests that much of human behavior is influenced by non-conscious, uncontrolled, unobserved processes in memory. To this end three studies were conducted, which comprises an implicit association test (IAT) and a questionnaire (explicit). The IAT is a sorting task requiring test subjects to quickly classify words or pictures (items) into predetermined categories. It aims to assess the strength of associations – in the present case towards risk or security, respectively. The underlying premise is that people have an implicit preference for risk-seeking behavior relative to risk averse behavior if they are faster to categorize items when ‘risk’ and ‘positive’ are combined and ‘security’ and ‘negative’ are combined, relative to the reverse. Financial and insurance advisors are well aware of risk seeking stereotypes and aim to establish their clients’ risk aversion to better suit their financial and/or insurance needs. This situation also poses a challenge for advertisers who wish to aid financial institutions in providing a sense of security. We present three studies using the IAT to confirm the gender stereotype about risk, both on the explicit as well as on the implicit level. One study also included pictures used in financial services advertising. The aim of this study was twofold: First, the study examined if people who are risk averse prefer advertisements that convey security and if they dislike advertisements that involve the concept of risk. Second, it analyzed whether women differ from men in their preferences regarding ‘risk’ advertisements. The results of these studies corroborate the view that (i) people in general are risk averse, and (ii) women are more risk averse than men. Remarkably, the IAT scores (strengths of association) are very high, i.e., people show a clear preference towards security. These three studies demonstrate that implicit measures add incremental value beyond explicit measures.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherEUKOde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectMarketingde_CH
dc.subject.ddc658.8: Marketingmanagementde_CH
dc.titleGender-specific risk attitudes : does this stereotype also exist at the implicit level?de_CH
dc.typeKonferenz: Sonstigesde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Marketing Management (IMM)de_CH
zhaw.publisher.placeDarmstadtde_CH
zhaw.conference.detailsEUKO 2015: Stereotypen und Wissensrepräsentationen in Marketing und Werbung, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 29.-31. Oktober 2015de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Abstract)de_CH
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Hari, J. J., Rawitzer, H., & Sukale, N. (2015). Gender-specific risk attitudes : does this stereotype also exist at the implicit level? EUKO 2015: Stereotypen Und Wissensrepräsentationen in Marketing Und Werbung, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 29.-31. Oktober 2015.
Hari, J.J., Rawitzer, H. and Sukale, N. (2015) ‘Gender-specific risk attitudes : does this stereotype also exist at the implicit level?’, in EUKO 2015: Stereotypen und Wissensrepräsentationen in Marketing und Werbung, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 29.-31. Oktober 2015. Darmstadt: EUKO.
J. J. Hari, H. Rawitzer, and N. Sukale, “Gender-specific risk attitudes : does this stereotype also exist at the implicit level?,” in EUKO 2015: Stereotypen und Wissensrepräsentationen in Marketing und Werbung, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 29.-31. Oktober 2015, 2015.
HARI, Jürg J., Heike RAWITZER und Nadine SUKALE, 2015. Gender-specific risk attitudes : does this stereotype also exist at the implicit level? In: EUKO 2015: Stereotypen und Wissensrepräsentationen in Marketing und Werbung, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 29.-31. Oktober 2015. Conference presentation. Darmstadt: EUKO. 2015
Hari, Jürg J., Heike Rawitzer, and Nadine Sukale. 2015. “Gender-Specific Risk Attitudes : Does This Stereotype Also Exist at the Implicit Level?” Conference presentation. In EUKO 2015: Stereotypen Und Wissensrepräsentationen in Marketing Und Werbung, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 29.-31. Oktober 2015. Darmstadt: EUKO.
Hari, Jürg J., et al. “Gender-Specific Risk Attitudes : Does This Stereotype Also Exist at the Implicit Level?” EUKO 2015: Stereotypen Und Wissensrepräsentationen in Marketing Und Werbung, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 29.-31. Oktober 2015, EUKO, 2015.


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