Impacts of consumer environmental ethics on consumer behaviors in green hotels

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 284-313

  Tsai, Chien Wen ^a   Tsai, Chien Pei ^b  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental ethics; Green consumer behavior; Green hotel

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849128825     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10507050801984974     Document Type: Article

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