Personal values associated with political consumption: An exploratory study with university students in Brazil

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-216

  De Barcellos, Marcia Dutra ^a   Teixeira, Caio Mascarello ^a   Venturini, Jonas Cardona ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Consumer behaviour; Human values; Political consumption; Self transcendence; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894030530     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12084     Document Type: Article

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