Developing an extended Theory of Planned Behavior model to predict consumers' intention to visit green hotels

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-230

  Chen, Mei Fang ^a   Tung, Pei Ju ^b  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental concern; Extended theory of planned behavior (TPB); Green hotels; Perceived moral obligation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886241136     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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