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Resilience and well‐being production among vulnerable consumers facing systematic constraints
Author(s) -
Huang Yimin,
Cheng Junjun,
Chu Rongwei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/joca.12333
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , empowerment , context (archaeology) , psychological resilience , situated , social capital , production (economics) , inequality , perception , business , economic growth , sociology , economics , social psychology , psychology , geography , neuroscience , social science , mathematical analysis , computer security , mathematics , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , macroeconomics
This paper explores how vulnerable consumers within systematic constraints of economic inequality, institutional barriers, and social segregation in an urban environment cope with their vulnerabilities to achieve their well‐being. Taking China's internal migrant workers as a research context, our study examines their vulnerable experiences and reveals the impact of systematic constraints on migrant workers' self‐perception, interpretation, and actions. It discovers a staged process through which migrant workers acquire resilience to optimize life satisfaction by fulfilling a sense of control over their migration life. Through a situated approach to capture the contextual impact of systematic constraints on vulnerability experiences and the construction of resilient pathways to achieve well‐being, this paper puts forward critical welfare issues such as inclusive marketplace, social capital, and community empowerment which are important to migrants' social integration and capability building. This calls for more coordinated efforts to promote effective resilience building and sustained well‐being among resource‐constrained consumers.