Consumption values and consumer environmental concern regarding green products

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 269-278

  Mohd Suki, Norazah ^a   Mohd Suki, Norbayah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

consumption value; environmental concern; epistemic value; green products; Malaysia; partial least squares

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EAST MALAYSIA; LABUAN; MALAYSIA;

EID: 84928051372     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2015.1013074     Document Type: Article

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