The role of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical identity on attitudes and intentions towards organic food

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Michaelidou, Nina ^a   Hassan, Louise M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethical self identity; Food safety; Health consciousness; Organic foods; Rural consumers; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992116351     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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