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Creation of brand equity in the Chinese clothing market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This study explores the relationship between 15 selected marketing activities and the creation of brand equity in the Chinese clothing market. The brand equity creation model from Yoo, Donthu and Lee's study (2000) was ...
The effects of consumers' online shopping goals and their characteristics on perceived interactivity and shopping behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purpose of this study is to examine how consumers' characteristics and their shopping goals influence their perceptions on interactivity of the website; further, the relationship between consumers' perceived interactivity ...
The clothing and textile research base: an author cocitation study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This is a study of the clothing and textile research base using author cocitation analysis. The study uses a custom database from a 15 year period, containing all citations in the field's leading journal: the Clothing and ...
Second weddings : a new kind of fairy tale
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Although most girls look forward to getting married, and the marriage market is a very lucrative business, a sometimes-overlooked market is the ...
Storied possessions : post-household disbandment older adult placemaking through meaningful belongings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
If older adults do not age-in-place, one of their last residential moves involves significant downsizing referred to as household disbandment. During this process, older adults divest themselves of possessions, change ...
Expectancy, perceived benefit and perceived cost of new technology : scale development in the context of Chinese textile and apparel firm mangers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The textile and apparel industry have been fundamentally changed due to technology development. However, developing countries are falling behind for adopting new technologies, such as China. To explore factors that may ...
Understanding the development of low-income marriages : investigating the antecedents and outcomes of marital functioning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Change in marital satisfaction is a salient research topic for social scientists, especially given the association between marital functioning and adult ...
Effect of gender and generation on objective and subjective retirement income adequacy at three points in time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the effect of gender and generation on subjective and objective measures of retirement income adequacy ...
Motivation in the apparel classroom : a self-determination perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of this study was to uncover strategies that apparel educators may use to encourage higher level self-regulation in foundational apparel studies. Based on the Organismic Integration sub-Theory of Self-Determination ...
Investment in couple relationship education as a key in the process of change : received dosage, active application, and motivation for attending
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] It is important to understand what works for whom and in which contexts in couple relationship education (CRE). This study examined investment in CRE ...
The lived experiences of first responders during emergency events involving children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Given the fact that first responders are often the first point of contact with children in emergency events that could potentially be appraised as traumatic and have long lasting detrimental effects, the purpose of this ...
Parent-child relationship factors associated with emotional adjustment and academic engagement in the transition to college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The current study used a person-centered approach to examine how the parentchild relationship is associated with emotional adjustment and academic ...
Between a nuclear family and a stepfamily : growing up with married biological parents and older half-siblings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Shared children in stepfamilies (i.e., those who are born into the repartnered family; they live with married biological parents and older half-siblings) have been found to fare worse than other sibling groups on a variety ...
Impact of leaders, team behaviors, and sense of community on innovation in conventional fashion and wearable technology product development teams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
With the current historical moment's rapid growth in technology, many researchers thinks that the fashion industry is currently going through another major industrial revolution. Therefore, an examination of the product ...
Divorced fathers' perceptions of parental disclosures to children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Parental disclosures about divorce-related topics can help children understand changes and reduce uncertainty following divorce; however, such disclosures ...
Buyers' power strategies and suppliers' compliance mechanism : case of Indian apparel export firms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Apparel industry in the developing world is experiencing a boom in apparel export since the quota free trade. However, incidences of poor working conditions and labor standard violations are commonly reported. Therefore, ...
The relation between organizational citizenship behavior and fashion retail businesses' sustainability performance : investigating internal and external antecedents /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In the U.S., the retail sector is the largest employment sector, and the third largest category of employers in this category is apparel and accessories retail stores. Retail jobs require working in stores while standing ...
Development of women empowerment index for the Indian apparel industry /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The significant role that women empowerment plays in economic and social development has led practitioners and researchers to search for the indicators that affect women empowerment. Women empowerment scales, such as Women ...
Family and life stressors predict adolescents' social behaviors via parenting and moral identity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The goal of the current studies was to examine the associations between family-level stressors and low income adolescents' social behaviors. Previous theory and research has suggested that stress can be emotionally and ...
Investigation into male apparel disposal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Textile and apparel disposal in U.S. landfills has grown over time creating environmental concerns. In an effort to reduce textile waste ending up in landfills, this research addresses how consumers currently dispose of ...