The influence of image consciousness, materialism and compulsive spending on credit card usage intentions among youth

Young Consumers

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-253

  Nga, Joyce K h ^a   Yong, Lisa H l ^b   Sellappan, Rathakrishnan ^b  

^a SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compulsive spending; Consumer behaviour; Financial management; Image consciousness; Malaysia; Materialism; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993083316     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473611111163296     Document Type: Article

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