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AuthorAffiliation

Karen L. Becker-Olsen (Ph.D., Lehigh University) is an associate professor of management, Marketing and Interdisciplinary Business, The College of New Jersey.

Patricia A. Norberg (Ph.D., University of Rhode Island) is an associate professor of marketing and advertising, Quinnipiac University.

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