Family and television influences on materialism: a crosscultural lifecourse approach

Journal of Asia Business Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-144

  Moschis, George ^a   Sim Ong, Fon ^b   Mathur, Anil ^c   Yamashita, Takako ^d   BenmoyalBouzaglo, Sarah ^e  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University Gakuen nishi machi   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Family; Materialism; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032069443     PISSN: 15587894     EISSN: 15592243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15587891111152302     Document Type: Article

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