The moderating influence of environmental consciousness and recycling intentions on green purchase behavior

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 228, Issue , 2019, Pages 1425-1436

  Kautish, Pradeep ^a   Paul, Justin ^b   Sharma, Rajesh ^a  

^a MODY UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Emerging markets; Environment; Green marketing; Recycling intentions; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; MARKETING; RECYCLING;

CONSCIOUSNESS; EMERGING MARKETS; ENVIRONMENT; GREEN MARKETING; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL MODELING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85065492822     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.389     Document Type: Article

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