Materialism among Chinese children in Hong Kong

Young Consumers

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 47-61

  Chan, Kara ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); China; Consumerism; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993028316     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610310813988     Document Type: Article

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