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Original Articles

Status Consumption Among Malaysian Consumers

Exploring Its Relationships with Materialism and Attention-to-Social-Comparison-Information

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Pages 83-98 | Received 01 Sep 2004, Accepted 01 Jan 2005, Published online: 08 Sep 2008

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