Linking green skepticism to green purchase behavior

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 629-638

  Goh, See Kwong ^a   Balaji, M S ^b  

^a TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b University of Nottingham   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental concern; Environmental knowledge; Green marketing; Green products; Skepticism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PURCHASING; SALES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; GREEN MARKETING; GREEN PRODUCTS; SKEPTICISM;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84969504993     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.122     Document Type: Article

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