Shopping with mum – mother and daughter consumer socialization

Young Consumers

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-177

  Minahan, Stella ^a   Huddleston, Patricia ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Family roles; Shops; Skills; United States of America; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993093063     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473611011074241     Document Type: Article

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