TY - JOUR TI - Motives for consumption among Polish young consumers AU - Korycka, Karolina TI - Motives for consumption among Polish young consumers AB - The study contains the results of research carried out among a homogenous group of young consumers – high school students. The studies sought to determine the motives of consumption in the examined group of men and women when making purchasing decisions. Their implementation required the use of the Scale of Motives of Consumption by Poraj-Weder and Maison. The tool diagnoses five types of motives of consumption. These include: status/distinction, control, affiliation, reward, value. The studies described are a pilot research. The research group consists of high school students of both sexes at the age of 18 years, living in the city of Radom and other surrounding smaller towns and villages. VL - Volume 1 IS - Issue 3 (2015) PY - 2015 C1 - 2450-114X SP - 189 EP - 201 DO - 10.4467/2450114XJJM.15.014.4471 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/jagiellonian-journal-of-management/article/motives-for-consumption-among-polish-young-consumers KW - motives of consumption KW - consumer behaviour KW - young consumers KW - purchasing decisions