Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism

Interest In the sociological aspects of consumption has spurred a number of marketing researchers to examine more closely the phenomenon of product symbolism. This study attempts to understand the determinants of product symbolism by positing significant influences of ethnic and gender subcultures....

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Main Author: Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1991
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7933/
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spelling ukm-79332016-12-14T06:45:41Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7933/ Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob, Interest In the sociological aspects of consumption has spurred a number of marketing researchers to examine more closely the phenomenon of product symbolism. This study attempts to understand the determinants of product symbolism by positing significant influences of ethnic and gender subcultures. In this study product symbolism refers to the conventional meaning of a product In theform of consumers' ascriptIOns of characteristIcs of a hypothellcal user or owner of the product. Survey results among a sample of males and females of Malay and Chinese ethnic groups in Malaysia indicate a significant gender-subcultural influence but an insignificant ethnic-subcultural influence. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1991 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7933/1/754-1439-1-SM.pdf Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob, (1991) Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism. Jurnal Pengurusan, 10 . pp. 13-25. ISSN 0127-2713 http://ejournals.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/200
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description Interest In the sociological aspects of consumption has spurred a number of marketing researchers to examine more closely the phenomenon of product symbolism. This study attempts to understand the determinants of product symbolism by positing significant influences of ethnic and gender subcultures. In this study product symbolism refers to the conventional meaning of a product In theform of consumers' ascriptIOns of characteristIcs of a hypothellcal user or owner of the product. Survey results among a sample of males and females of Malay and Chinese ethnic groups in Malaysia indicate a significant gender-subcultural influence but an insignificant ethnic-subcultural influence.
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author Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob,
spellingShingle Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob,
Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism
author_facet Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob,
author_sort Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob,
title Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism
title_short Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism
title_full Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism
title_fullStr Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism
title_full_unstemmed Gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism
title_sort gender-and ethnic-subcultural influences on product symbolism
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 1991
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7933/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7933/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7933/1/754-1439-1-SM.pdf
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