Children as agents of secondary socialisation for their parents

Young Consumers

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-294

  Watne, Torgeir ^a   Lobo, Antonio ^a   Brennan, Linda ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Children; Computer related products; Consumer behaviour; Consumer socialization; Family; High tech products; Influence; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993013114     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473611111185841     Document Type: Article

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