Autoethnography and Subjective Experience in Marketing and Consumer Research

  • Chris Hackley Royal Holloway University of London, UK
  • Rungpaka Amy Hackley Queen Mary University of London, UK

Abstract

Marketing and consumer research is often associated with the methods of natural science applied to experimental and survey data, but there are also strong traditions of interpretive and qualitative work that draw on disciplines such as qualitative sociology, ethnography and anthropology. This paper outlines one such approach, authoethnography, in order to consider its wider adoption in marketing and consumer research. The paper refers to multidisciplinary sources along with autoethnographic studies published in American and European marketing and consumer research journals. It concludes by suggesting that a stronger understanding of autoethnographic research principles could broaden the scope, reach and relevance of marketing and consumer research.

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Author Biographies

Chris Hackley, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Rungpaka Amy Hackley, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Lecturer in Marketing, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Published
2016-09-25
How to Cite
Hackley, C., & Hackley, R. A. (2016). Autoethnography and Subjective Experience in Marketing and Consumer Research. Revista Interdisciplinar De Marketing, 6(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.4025/rimar.v6i1.28115