Gender differences in information search: Implications for retailing

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 417-428

  Barber, Nelson ^a   Dodd, Tim ^b   Kolyesnikova, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Customer satisfaction; Search output

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350267814     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760910988238     Document Type: Article

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