Compulsive comorbidity and its psychological antecedents: A cross-cultural comparison between the US and South Korea

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 418-434

  Kwak, Hyokjin ^a   Zinkhan, George M ^b   Roushanzamir, Elizabeth P Lester ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Terry Coll Bus Univ Georgia G ^*  (Georgia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Personalities; South Korea; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844266088     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760410558681     Document Type: Article

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