Anthropology and consumer research: Qualitative insights into green consumer behavior

Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-25

  Tadajewski, Mark ^a   Wagner Tsukamoto, Sigmund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer research; Green marketing; Social anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744466405     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522750610640521     Document Type: Article

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