M. Joseph Sirgy is a personality/social/industrial psychologist who has written extensively on the subject of quality-of-life. He is the director of the Office of Quality-of-Life Measurement (OQOLM) and a professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the USA. He is also the executive director of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS).

• One: The Quality-of-Life (QOL) Concept Viewed from a Marketing Lens.- Two: Conceptual Frameworks, Approaches, Theories, and Philosophies of QOL.- Three: Measures and Measurement Issues in QOL Research.- Four: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Marketing Perspectives.- Five: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Population Segments.- Six: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Life Domains.- Seven: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Public and Private Sectors.- References.- Author Index.