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http://dx.doi.org/10.5850/JKSCT.2008.32.11.1802

Research in Shopping: Review of Academic Disciplines for a Shopping Theory  

Park, Kyung-Ae (School of Textiles, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles / v.32, no.11, 2008 , pp. 1802-1813 More about this Journal
Abstract
As a very first step for theorizing shopping, this study attempted to diagnose the current of shopping research. Using the keyword of shopping from major academic databases in Korea, the study collected 560 research articles and analyzed patterns of: 1) research by year, journal, and academic area; 2) researchers by academic area; 3) keywords; and 4) research contents. Analyses showed that two thirds of articles in shopping were published after 2000. While the number of journals was the highest in business and engineering, the numbers of articles and researchers were the highest in business and apparel. The most frequently used included internet shopping mall, internet shopping, and shopping orientation. About 66% of shopping research was internet shopping related, and 80% was empirical study using individual consumers. Though shopping was studied as an individual consumer behavior, there were noticeable patterns in research contents by academic field. The study discussed such patterns and provided implications for multidisciplinary approaches for shopping theory and research.
Keywords
Shopping; Shopping theory; Shopping research;
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