Using Social Cognitive Theory to Investigate Green Consumer Behavior

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 326-343

  Lin, Hsiu Yi ^a   Hsu, Meng Hsiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Ethical consumerism; Green consumer behavior; Self efficacy; Social cognitive theory (SCT); Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937023333     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1820     Document Type: Article

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