Development of a green consumer behaviour model

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 414-421

  Do Paço, Arminda ^a   Alves, Helena ^a   Shiel, Chris ^b   Filho, Walter Leal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buying behaviour; Environmental concern; Green marketing; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879492406     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12009     Document Type: Article

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