The influence of public self-consciousness and materialism on young consumers' compulsive buying

Young Consumers

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Yingjiao, Y ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buying behaviour; Consumers; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990924714     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610810857309     Document Type: Article

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