Testing and validation of a hierarchical values-attitudes model in the context of green food in China

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-314

  Perrea, Toula ^a   Grunert, Klaus G ^a   Krystallis, Athanasios ^a   Zhou, Yanfeng ^b   Huang, Guang ^c   Hue, Yue ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS STUDIES   (China)

^d China Mobile Group Guangdong Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

China; Food safety; Green food; Values attitudes hierarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905388134     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/APJML-09-2013-0106     Document Type: Article

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