Young consumer ecological behaviour: The effects of environmental knowledge, healthy food, and healthy way of life with the moderation of gender and age

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 726-737

  Suki, Norazah Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Buying behaviour; Consumer behaviour; Ecological; Environment; Hierarchical regressions; Knowledge; Malaysia; Moderation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883730673     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MEQ-02-2013-0010     Document Type: Article

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