Consumer environmental concern and green product purchase in Malaysia: structural effects of consumption values

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 204-214

  Mohd Suki, Norazah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Consumption value; Environmental concern; Green product; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PURCHASING; SALES;

CONSUMPTION VALUES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GREEN PRODUCTS; PURCHASING DECISION MAKINGS; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (SEM);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 84983803069     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.087     Document Type: Article

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