The impact of different types of concernment on the consumption of organic food

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 625-633

  Hoffmann, Stefan ^a   Schlicht, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b STEINBEIS UNIVERSITY BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concernment; Consumer behaviour; Ecological concern; Ecological consumption; Health concern; Organic food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885935120     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12044     Document Type: Article

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