SMART Journal of Business Management Studies

Open Access
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 1

Effect of materialism on impulsive buying behavior: An empirical study of arab consumers

University of Boumerdes (Algeria) boutalebbrahimdz@yahoo.fr

Online published on 29 January, 2022.

Abstract

This study focuses on materialism's impact on Arab consumers' impulsive purchasing behaviour. This study adopts a method of investigation, which presented consumers in the Arab world with a series ofquestions. The ACP-method of correlation and regression analysis were used to evaluate the hypothesis. Results confirmed that materialism did have good effect on impulsive purchases but materialism may not be the main reason.

Keywords

Materialism, Impulsive Buying, Consumer Behavior