Reactions to unethical consumer behavior across six countries

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 254-263

  Babakus, Emin ^a   Cornwell, T Bettina ^b   Mitchell, Vince ^c   Schlegelmilch, Bodo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Cross cultural management; Ethics; Marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344649126     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760410542165     Document Type: Article

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