The role of behavioral, normative, and control beliefs in the consumption of Australian products and services by Chinese consumers

Australasian Marketing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 206-213

  Smith, Joanne R ^a   Liu, Shuang ^b   Liesch, Peter ^b   Callois, Cindy ^b   Yi, Ren ^c   Daly, Stephanie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Middle Kingdom   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Consumer behavior; Consumer beliefs; Country of origin; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957789961     PISSN: 14413582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ausmj.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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