Consumer compulsive buying is an important area of inquiry in consumer behavior research. The importance of studying compulsive buying, stems, in part, from its nature as a negative aspect of consumer behavior. Specifically, exploring negative consumption phenomena could provide modified or new...

This study replicated an earlier study conducted in the USA and examined Israeli families’ decision making regarding various products and decision‐making stages. The results revealed that teenage children have influence over family purchases, particularly for products relevant to them (like...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact of Israeli children on family decision making. Design/methodology/approach – Two studies were used, replicating two different approaches that have been used to measure children's influence with US children. In study one, a survey...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence tactics used by adolescent children and parental yielding to these tactics outside North America. Design/methodology/approach – Parents of children ages ten to 18 in Israel were surveyed. The questionnaire included questions on...

Purpose – This paper seeks to assess the impact of consumer ethics and their piracy attitudes on piracy behaviors. The extent of such piracy is difficult to estimate because no worldwide statistics are available, but conservative estimates indicate that it costs manufacturers billions of...

Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the importance of examining sub‐cultural attitudes when assessing the animosity of individuals from one nation toward the products of other nations. Design/methodology/approach – The context chosen, Arab and Jewish Israelis' attitudes toward the UK...

Purpose – The purposes of this research are to examine the extent to which daughters view their mothers as consumption role models, the extent to which daughters serve as consumption role models for their mothers, and the extent to which external role models are shared by mothers and their...