An analysis of the measurement of the construct "buying behaviour" in green marketing

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-69

  do Paço, Arminda ^a   Alves, Helena ^a   Shiel, Chris ^b   Filho, Walter Leal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

environmental concern; green buying behaviour; green marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898909361     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2014.894082     Document Type: Article

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