Preface Introduction Measures and Methods in QOL/Marketing Research Developing a Life Satisfaction Measure Based on Need Hierarchy Theory by M. Joseph Sirgy, Dennis Cole, Rustan Kosenko, H. Lee Meadow, Don Rahtz, Muris Cicic, Guang Xi Jin, Duygun Yarsuvat, David L. Blenkhorn, and Natasha Nagpal Methodological Pitfalls and Solutions in Satisfaction Research by Edward Diener and Frank Fujita QOL Research in Functional Areas of Marketing Quality of Life, Technology, and Marketing: An Organizational Model by Millard F. Crask Small Businesses, Entrepreneurship, and Quality of Life: A Growth Perspective by Michael H. Morris, Donald L. Sexton, William H. Davis, and Pamela S. Lewis The Changing Role of Distribution within the Marketing System: A Normative Model by A. Coskun Samli QOL Research on Different Market Segments Uplifts, Hassles, and Quality of Life in Older Workers by Sara Staats, Beth Colbert, and Christie Partlo Enhancing the Quality of Life during Widowhood: A Marketing Challenge by Linda J. Shea and Charles D. Schewe Supporting the Quality of Life of Single-Parent Homeless Families: A Case Study by Marvin G. Cline Research in Certain QOL Domains--Marketing Implications Toward Consumer Well-Being: Consumer Socialization Effects of Work Experience by Noriyuki Nakano, Maurice MacDonald, and Robin Douthitt Leisure Advertising: Media Portrayals of the Postmodern Homo Ludens by Teresa J. Domzal and Jerome B. Kernan Communication and Public Perceptions of the Quality of Life by Leo W. Jeffres and Jean Dobos Occupational Prestige and Bureaucratization on the Spillover between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: Reconceptualization by David Efraty and M. Joseph Sirgy Neighborhood Quality of Life: A Subjective Matter? by Robin Widgery Research in QOL Related to Marketing in Specific Industries Quality-of-Life Issues in the Third World: A Focus on Indian Tourism by Zafar U. Ahmed and Franklin B. Krohn The Impacts of Tourism Development on Quality of Life in Host Communities by Robert R. Nelson Cigarette Smoking and Societal Quality of Life by Thaddeus H. Spratlen Epilogue Past, Present, and Future: An Overview of Quality-of-Life Research in Marketing by M. Joseph Sirgy, H. Lee Meadow, and A. Coskun Samli Selected Bibliography Index
