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An Integrative Review of Material Possession Attachment

By Baker, Stacey Menzel
Publication: Academy of Marketing Science Review
Date: Thursday, January 1 2004

AUTHOR_AFFILIATION

Susan Schultz Kleine is Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, (410) 354-8070, skleine@bgsu.edu. Stacey Menzel Baker is Assistant Professor, Department

of Management and Marketing, College of Business Administration, University of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3275, Laramie, WY 82071, smbaker@uwyo.edu. Direct correspondence to either author. The authors would like to thank Russ Belk for his personal insights, Rob Kleine for his insights and feedback about the manuscript, and the editor and three reviewers for their many helpful suggestions.

Material possession attachment reflects a vital and ubiquitous way people valuate goods. A significant body of literature now provides a foundation for understanding material possession attachment. Yet there remains more to investigate about how possession attachment involves acquisition, consumption, and disposition behaviors, how it compares to place, brand, or consumption experience bonds, whether marketing activities influence possession attachment, and how having attachments affect consumer well-being and life satisfaction.

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