Cross cultural differences in materialism

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dc.citation.epage77en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.spage55en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber17en_US
dc.contributor.authorGer, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBelk, R. W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T11:55:45Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T11:55:45Z
dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Managementen_US
dc.description.abstractMaterialism was explored in twelve countries using qualitative data, measures of consumer desires, measures of perceived necessities, and adapted versions of the Belk (1985) materialism scales with student samples. The use of student samples and provisionary evidence for cross-cultural reliability and validity for the scales, make the quantitative results tentative, but they produced some interesting patterns that were also supported by the qualitative data. Romanians were found to be the most materialistic, followed by the U.S.A., New Zealand, Ukraine, Germany, and Turkey. These results suggest that materialism is neither unique to the West nor directly related to affluence, contrary to what has been assumed in prior treatments of the development of consumer culture.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/0167-4870(95)00035-6en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1872-7719
dc.identifier.issn0167-4870
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/10775
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-4870(95)00035-6en_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Economic Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectPersonality traitsen_US
dc.subjectLifestyleen_US
dc.subjectMoneyen_US
dc.subjectConsumer researchen_US
dc.subjectCross-cultural differencesen_US
dc.titleCross cultural differences in materialismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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