Acculturation and consumption: Textures of cultural adaptation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-212

  Cleveland, Mark ^a   Laroche, Michel ^b   Pons, Frank ^c   Kastoun, Rony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Consumption; Culture change patterns; Ethnic identity; Lebanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349240499     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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