Accounting for materialism in four cultures

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-204

  Ger, Güliz ^a   Belk, Russell W ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounts; Consumption; Cross cultural research; Justification; Materialism; Morality of consumption

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL TRADITION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

EID: 0032880021     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918359900400204     Document Type: Article

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