Cultural differences in environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of Canadian consumers

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-282

  Laroche, Michel ^a,d   Tomiuk, Marc Alexandre ^b   Bergeron, Jasmin ^c   Barbaro Forleo, Guido ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

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EID: 0036771396     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2002.tb00272.x     Document Type: Article

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