Willingness to act and environmentally conscious consumer behaviour: Can prosocial status perceptions help overcome the gap?

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-264

  Zabkar, Vesna ^a   Hosta, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Concern; Environmentally conscious consumer behaviour; Information; Prosocial status perceptions; Willingness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876399646     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2012.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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