Vertical and Horizontal Individualism As Determinants of Materialism Within and Across Cultures

Trinadis’ HVIC framework clarifies the relationship between materialism and cultural orientation. Using survey data from seven countries with diverse cultural orientation, we find materialism-success is positively/negatively correlated with VI/HI respectively and that both orientations are positively correlated with materialism-happiness. The individual-level VI effect is stronger when country-level VI is lower.



Citation:

Ellen Garbarino, Julie Lee, and Geoff Soutar (2014) ,"Vertical and Horizontal Individualism As Determinants of Materialism Within and Across Cultures", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42, eds. June Cotte, Stacy Wood, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 486-486.

Authors

Ellen Garbarino, University of Sydney, Australia
Julie Lee, University of Western Australia, Australia
Geoff Soutar, University of Western Australia, Australia



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42 | 2014



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