An empirical investigation of green purchase behaviour among the young generation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 528-536

  Kanchanapibul, Maturos ^a   Lacka, Ewelina ^b,c   Wang, Xiaojun ^a   Chan, Hing Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological cognition; Green products; Purchase behaviour; Young generation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL COGNITIONS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; GREEN PRODUCTS; PURCHASING DECISIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; YOUNG GENERATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

SALES;

EID: 84893729871     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.062     Document Type: Article

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