Organic consumption behavior: A social identification perspective

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 190-198

  Du, Shuili ^a   Bartels, Jos ^b   Reinders, Machiel ^c   Sen, Sankar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive norms; Organic consumer identification; Organic consumption; Product familiarity; Social identification; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026671908     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.07.009     Document Type: Article

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