With chapters written by experts in their field, this volume advances the understanding of
theory and successful practice of marketing and promoting environmental sustainability. The …

This paper develops theory related to advertising, materialism, and life satisfaction by formally
testing explanations related to the antecedents and consequences of materialism. Survey …

The literature in economic psychology and quality-of-life studies alludes to a negative
relationship between materialism and life satisfaction. In contrast, the macroeconomic literature …

Although prior research has explored religion, sustainable consumption, and subjective well‐being
as isolated constructs, research has yet to explore the relations among these …

The list of values (LOV) was administered in a national survey in 2007 to monitor social
values across key demographic variables in the United States (Kahle, 1983). The results were …

Some people experience self-expressiveness in shopping. Self-expressiveness in shopping
is defined as the degree to which consumers they think shopping activity is an important …

Materialism can influence life satisfaction both positively and negatively. We build on the
dual model of materialism (Sirgy et al. Social Indicators Research, 110(1), 349-366, 2013 ) to …

Millions of dollars are spent on celebrity contracts each year by assuming that the benefits
of using celebrities will exceed the costs. Accordingly, many researchers have studied the …

This paper is a sequel to Sirgy et al. (Social Ind. Res. 68(3) (2004) 251), “The Impact of
Globalization on a Country’s Quality of Life: Toward an Integrated Model” published in Social …

Recent changes in the environment (eg, climate change and decreases in nonrenewable
resources) have persuaded many scholars that we cannot continue to use the world’s …