Status consumption and role-relaxed consumption: A tale of two retail consumers

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-59

  Clark, Ronald A ^a   Zboja, James J ^b   Goldsmith, Ronald E ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Retail consumers; Role relaxed consumer; Status consumption

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MARKET SYSTEM; RETAILING;

EID: 33750463075     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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