Behaviour and climate change: Consumer perceptions of responsibility

Journal of Marketing Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 808-833

  Wells, Victoria K ^a   Ponting, Cerys A ^b   Peattie, Ken ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Consumer responsibility; Environmental responsiveness; Sociodemographic variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960884961     PISSN: 0267257X     EISSN: 14721376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267257X.2010.500136     Document Type: Article

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