Decision making process of community organic food consumers: An exploratory study

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Essoussi, Leila Hamzaoui ^a   Zahaf, Mehdi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Consumer behaviour; Organic foods; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549091491     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760810858837     Document Type: Article

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