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Consumer behaviour : Irish patterns and perspectives / Margaret Linehan.

By: Linehan, Margaret.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2008Description: vii, 235 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780717144563.Subject(s): Consumers -- Ireland | Consumer behavior -- IrelandDDC classification: 658.8342
Contents:
Introduction to consumer behaviour -- Perception and consumer involvement -- Consumer motivation -- Personality, lifestyles and psychographics -- Consumer learning -- Consumer attitude formation and change -- Consumer decision processes -- Consumer behaviour and communication -- The influence of culture, subculture and social class on consumer behaviour -- Organisational, Reference-Group and family influences on consumer behaviour.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.8342 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available MTU Cork Module MGMT8076-Core reading. 00159663
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

* Introduces a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the key aspects of Consumer Behaviour

* Case studies, examples and scenarios throughout the text highlight both the global and Irish perspectives

* Details the impact of the global economy in terms of choice and product availability on consumer decisions and behaviour

* Presents contextual evidence to highlight how changes in social, cultural and economic circumstances determine trends and directions in consumer behaviour, including the impact of the internet

* Includes both consumer and organisational buyer behaviour

* Written to support a structured learning approach, each chapter opens with learning objectives, and concludes with discussion and revision questions

* Suitable for students studying consumer behaviour at diploma or degree level in Universities or Institutes of Technology

* Also suitable for HETAC courses offering Consumer Behaviour, as well as Marketing Institute of Ireland courses

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-223) and index.

Introduction to consumer behaviour -- Perception and consumer involvement -- Consumer motivation -- Personality, lifestyles and psychographics -- Consumer learning -- Consumer attitude formation and change -- Consumer decision processes -- Consumer behaviour and communication -- The influence of culture, subculture and social class on consumer behaviour -- Organisational, Reference-Group and family influences on consumer behaviour.

CIT Module MRKT 6007- Core reading

CIT Module MRKT 6006- Core reading

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Margaret Linehan BBS, MBS is a Senior Lecturer at Cork Institute of Technology. She is also author of MTG Management, and co-author of MTG Marketing and Principles of Organisational Behaviour.

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