Who Calls the Shots in Beijing? Resources, Culture and Equality in Family Purchasing Decision Power
We argue that the contemporary research approach to family purchasing decision power is largely limited by a tacit reliance on the inappropriately broad definition of power that follows French and Raven (1959).Well-conducted studies that form exceptions to this approach for the Chinese case tend to be qualitative (Zuo & Bian,2005) or to rely on data that cannot take into account recent changes in the Chinese cultural context (Shu,Zhu & Zhang,2012).Such studies tend to focus solely on husband-wife decision power to the exclusion of generational power dynamics in multi-generation households.We draw on research specific to Confucian culture to develop hypotheses about which sets of norms may be important in understanding family purchasing decision power in a representative sample of 356 randomly selected Beijing families.Traditional Confucian sex role norms and respect for parents were associated with more husband power.Respect for education was associated with more husband-wife equality.A strong relationship between elder decision-making power and wife”s retirement status suggests grandmothers may play a uniquely important role in purchasing decision in Beijing families.
Chinese decision making family purchasing power culture grandma power
国内会议
北京
英文
1-31
2013-08-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）