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Creator:: Yeh, Chun-Lan
Abstract:: According to Engel, Blackwell, and Miniard (1993), evaluative criteria is defined as "the standards and specifications used by consumers to compare different products and brands" (p.51). Many studies have investigated factors that might influence the importance of clothing evaluative criteria used by consumers in the decision making process. However, few...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: spend leisure time. Studies of consumer shopping behavior have abounded as well as the research on the

Creator:: Cristi, Marie Abigail V.
Abstract:: Little empirical research has been conducted on self-gifts as a phenomenon of consumer behavior. A review of literature demonstrated that the phenomenon of self-gifts has been studied from the conceptual aspect, such as self-gift functions. Yet, our knowledge of self-gifts still remains limited because many of the determinants of self-gifts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: empirical research has been conducted on self- gifts as a phenomenon of consumer behavior. A review of

Creator:: Lee, Sun-young
Abstract:: The purpose of the present study was to investigate consumer knowledge and attitudes toward consumer education of college students in secondary teacher education preparatory programs in Korea. Specifically, this study was aimed to 1) measure the degree of consumer knowledge of college students in secondary teacher education preparatory programs, 2)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: secondary schools. At the college level, consumer education as an elective subject is offered only to

Creator:: Choi, Mi-Jeong
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and as a vehicle for peer approval. Thus, FI and FOL may be positively related to Consumer

Creator:: Barry, Kate R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interviews with eight welfare eligible women student parents in Oregon’s Parents as Scholars Program. Six

Creator:: Ng, Jacob N. K.
Abstract:: Community colleges in the United States have become an important educational destination for international students. According to the Institute of International Education (IIE, 2006), international students who enrolled for the first time at a U.S. campus increased by 8 per cent, from 131,946 students in 2004/2005 to 142,923 in 2005/2006....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: conduct more comprehensive studies on international student performance based on other factors such as

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