Impulse buying and variety seeking: A trait-correlates perspective

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-283

  Sharma, Piyush ^a   Sivakumaran, Bharadhwaj ^b   Marshall, Roger ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Change seeking; Impulse buying; Impulsiveness; Optimum stimulation level; Self monitoring; Variety seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349110137     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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