Although the concept of intrinsic motivation has been widely investigated in most of the social sciences, it has rarely been applied to consumer or shopping behavior. In this paper, relationships of the concepts, within a shopping context, to variables often considered its antecedents and consequences are examined empirically, using responses obtained from 380 adults who were exiting a large mall. There may be serious problems with intrinsic motivation as a variable construct.
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