The satisfaction-place attachment relationship: Potential mediators and moderators

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2593-2602

  Ramkissoon, Haywantee ^a,b   Mavondo, Felix T ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Moderated mediation; Place attachment; Pro environmental behavior; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942365069     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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