A community psychology of object meanings: Identity negotiation during disaster recovery

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-287

  Baker, Stacey Menzel ^a   Hill, Ronald Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Community psychology; Disaster recovery; Object meanings; Self identity; Sense of connectedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878901585     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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