The interactions of consumption characteristics on social norms

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Lee, Richard ^a   Murphy, Jamie ^b   Neale, Larry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumption; Customer loyalty; Youth Paper

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349130087     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760910965873     Document Type: Article

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