Pro-environmental behaviors for thee but not for me: Green giants, green Gods, and external environmental locus of control

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 12-22

  Kalamas, Maria ^a   Cleveland, Mark ^b   Laroche, Michel ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude behavior relationship; External environmental locus of control; Green marketing; Pro environmental behaviors; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888437481     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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