Associations of unethical consumer behavior and social attitudes

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-383

  Callen Marchione, Karen S ^a   Ownbey, Shiretta F ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Decision making; Ethics; Human nature; Young adults

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; CONSUMER RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; MARKETING;

EID: 48249099315     PISSN: 13612026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13612020810889317     Document Type: Article

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