Exploring carsharing usage motives: A hierarchical means-end chain analysis

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-77

  Schaefers, Tobias ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carsharing; Cognition; Consumer behavior; Laddering; Means end chain; Qualitative method

Indexed keywords

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CARSHARING; COGNITION; LADDERING; MEANS-END CHAINS; QUALITATIVE METHOD;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

CAR USE; COGNITION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870699706     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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