Status and sustainable consumption in lifestyles: From conspicuous to conscious

International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-311

  Wolfgramm, Rachel ^a   Conroy, Denise M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lifestyle choices; Lifestyle events; Status consumption; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961164745     PISSN: 18322077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.18848/1832-2077/cgp/v07i02/54906     Document Type: Article

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