Sense of community: An exploratory study of US consumers of financial services

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 284-306

  Fraering, Martin ^a   Minor, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumption; Financial institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746917974     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652320610681738     Document Type: Article

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