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Consumption

By: Allison Pugh & Tonie Marie Gordon
In: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Vicki Smith
Subject:Organizational Psychology, Sociology of Work (general), Organizational Theory
Keywords:consumers; consumption; customers; emotional labor; labor; service work; value creation

Consumption is the acquisition and use of an object or service. Consumption and production have generally been treated as dichotomous in academic thinking and research; however, contemporary scholars are emphasizing the connections between the two by building on the work of ...

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  Pugh, A., & Gordon, T. M. (2013). Consumption. In V. Smith (Ed.), Sociology of work: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 118-120). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n42
  
  Pugh, Allison, and Tonie M. Gordon. "Consumption." In Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, edited by Smith, Vicki, 118-20. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n42.
  
  Pugh, A. and Gordon, T. M. 2013. Consumption. In: Vicki Smith Editor, 2013. Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 118-120 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n42> [Accessed 17 Aug 2022].
  
  Pugh, Allison and Tonie M. Gordon. "Consumption." Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Vicki Smith. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013, pp. 118-20. SAGE Knowledge. 17 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n42.
  
  Pugh, Allison, and Tonie M. Gordon (2013). Consumption In: Smith, Vicki (Ed.),Consumption Sociology of work: An encyclopedia Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2013:118-120. doi:10.4135/9781452276199.n42
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