Do transparent business practices pay? Exploration of transparency and consumer purchase intention

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-149

  Bhaduri, Gargi ^a   Ha Brookshire, Jung E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

apparel industry; Fishbein model; global trade; manufacturing; purchase intention; social responsibility; sourcing; theory; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959824583     PISSN: 0887302X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X11407910     Document Type: Article

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