Ethical Consumers Among the Millennials: A Cross-National Study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-131

  Bucic, Tania ^a   Harris, Jennifer ^a   Arli, Denni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clusters; Ethical consumption; Millennials; Two country sample

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866514344     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1151-z     Document Type: Article

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