Consuming cool: Behind the unemotional mask

Research in Consumer Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages 183-208

  Belk, Russell W ^a   Tian, Kelly ^b   Paavola, Heli ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Advansis Oy   (Finland)

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EID: 84861948856     PISSN: 08852111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0885-2111(2010)0000012010     Document Type: Article

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