Empirical investigation of the roles of attitudes toward green behaviors, overall image, gender, and age in hotel customers' eco-friendly decision-making process

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 519-528

  Han, Heesup ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^c  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Jane)   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age; Attitudes toward green behaviors; Gender; Green hotel; Overall image

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349179796     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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