The karma of consumption: Role of materialism in the pursuit of life satisfaction

Purpose: This paper aims to examine how social comparison (SC) and belief in karma (KA) encourage materialism (MAT) and promote consumers’ life satisfaction (LS). Design/methodology/approach: Two studies were conducted with Indian middle class consumers to test the basic premises of the current...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roy, Rajat, Rabbanee, Fazlul, Chaudhuri, Himadri R, Menon, Preetha
Format: Journal Article
Published: Emerald 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80241