The role of attitudes and objectives in farmer decision making: Business and environmentally-oriented behaviour in Scotland

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 286-303

  Willock, Joyce ^a   Deary, Ian J ^e   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^b   Gibson, Gavin J ^f   McGregor, Murray J ^c   Sutherland, Alistair ^d   Dent, J Barry ^g   Morgan, Oliver ^d   Grieve, Robert ^e  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032783648     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00814.x     Document Type: Article

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