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Adolescents’ perceptions of mother–father dominance in family vacation decisions: a 25-society study

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This study applies and builds on Davis and Rigaux’s (J Consum Res 1(1):51–62, 1974) triangle of spousal dominance styles of family purchase decisions. We explored adolescents’ perceptions of parents’ dominance in family decisions by investigating mother–father relative influence (MFRI) and responsibility sharing with family for 15 issues relating to vacations. The results, derived from data collected in 25 societies, demonstrate a tendency toward an autonomic style of parents’ decision-making for all sub-decisions and all societies except Turkey. Overall, both decision phases and cultural regions correlated with democratization of family vacation decisions. The relationship between sex-role specialization and societal cluster differed across sub-decision clusters. Further, societal effectiveness in general, individualism and long-term orientation were positively correlated with MFRI.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    I-Fang Cheng & Yingfang Huang

  2. Department of Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510, Zhongzheng Rd, Xinzhuang Dist, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan

    Che-Jen Su & Wen-Shen Yen

  3. Department of Culinary Arts, Nanya Institute of Technology, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    Hsin-Hsing Liao

  4. Canisius College, Buffalo, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14208, USA

    Nicolas Lorgnier

  5. UFR STAPS, University of Burgundy, Campus Universitaire, BP 27877, 21078, Dijon Cedex, France

    Anne-Marie Lebrun

  6. Graduate School of Tourism, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan

    Yi-Fang Lan

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Cheng, IF., Su, CJ., Liao, HH. et al. Adolescents’ perceptions of mother–father dominance in family vacation decisions: a 25-society study. Serv Bus 13, 755–778 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11628-019-00404-6

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