Re-examining green purchase behaviour and the green consumer profile: New evidences

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 972-988

  Akehurst, Gary ^a   Afonso, Carolina ^b   Gonçalves, Helena Martins ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Demographics; Ecological consciousness; Green consumer behaviour; Green consumer profile; Green marketing; Green purchase behaviour; Green purchase intention; Psychographics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861405690     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211227726     Document Type: Article

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