Children's influence on and participation in the family decision process during food buying

Young Consumers

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-216

  Kümpel N⊘rgaard, Maria ^a   Bruns, Karen ^a   Haudrup Christensen, Pia ^b   Romero Mikkelsen, Miguel ^c  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Unit for General Practice   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Decision making; Family; Food products; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992925334     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610710780945     Document Type: Article

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