The messy social lives of objects: Inter-personal borrowing and the ambiguity of possession and ownership

Journal of Consumer Behaviour

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-139

  Jenkins, Rebecca ^a   Molesworth, Mike ^a   Scullion, Richard ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84896503557     PISSN: 14720817     EISSN: 14791838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cb.1469     Document Type: Article

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