Material world: Attitudes towards toys in China

Young Consumers

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-65

  Chan, Kara ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitude surveys; Children (age roups); China; Consumerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993038019     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610510814435     Document Type: Article

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