Elaborating on the attitude-behaviour gap regarding organic products: Young Danish consumers and in-store food choice

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 550-558

  Aschemann Witzel, Jessica ^a   Niebuhr Aagaard, Emilie Marie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accompanied shopping; Food choice; Organic; Point of sale; Qualitative; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927581501     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12115     Document Type: Article

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