Is Materialism All That Bad? Effects on Satisfaction with Material Life, Life Satisfaction, and Economic Motivation

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 349-366

  Joseph Sirgy, M ^a   Gurel Atay, Eda ^b   Webb, Dave ^c   Cicic, Muris ^d   Husic Mehmedovic, Melika ^d   Ekici, Ahmet ^e   Herrmann, Andreas ^f   Hegazy, Ibrahim ^g   Lee, Dong Jin ^h   Johar, J S ⁱ  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^e BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^g AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^h Yonsei University   (South Korea)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic motivation; Evaluation of standard of living; Life satisfaction; Materialism; Meritocracy; Quality of life; Satisfaction with material life

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; LIVING STANDARD; MACROECONOMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 84872486367     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9934-2     Document Type: Article

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