Green food consumption intention, behaviors and influencing factors among Chinese consumers

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 279-286

  Zhu, Qinghua ^a   Li, Ying ^a,b   Geng, Yong ^c   Qi, Yu ^d  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Green food consumption behaviors; Green food consumption intention; Influencing factors; Mediation effect; Moderation effect; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869449982     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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