Adolescents’ influence on family decision-making

Young Consumers

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 68-78

  Chavda, Hiral ^a   Haley, Martin ^a   Dunn, Chris ^a  

^a Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Decision making; Family life; Parents; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858176392     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610510701223     Document Type: Article

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