Antecedents of green purchasing behavior among Malaysian consumers

International Business Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Sinnappan, Punitha ^a   Rahman, Azmawani Abd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Environmental factors; Ethnic group; Green marketing; Green purchasing; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954991046     PISSN: 19935250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ibm.2011.129.139     Document Type: Article

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