The influence of money attitudes on young Chinese consumers' compulsive buying

Young Consumers

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-109

  Li, Dongjin ^a   Jiang, Ying ^b   An, Shenghui ^c   Shen, Zhe ^d   Jin, Wenji ^d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG WANLI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes; China; Consumer behaviour; Money; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992958056     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610910964688     Document Type: Article

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