An examination of the influences on 'green' mobile phone purchases among young business students: an empirical analysis

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-145

  Paladino, Angela ^a   Ng, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitude; behavior; environmental awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874460209     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2012.687044     Document Type: Article

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