The Impact of Arab American Ethnic Identity on the Consumption of Culture-Specific Products

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 405-425

  Barakat, Areeg ^a   Gopalakrishna, Pradeep ^b   Lala, Vishal ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Americans; consumption; culture; ethnic identity; socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907575393     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08961530.2014.946575     Document Type: Article

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