The link between green purchasing decisions and measures of environmental consciousness

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 35-55

  Schlegelmilch, Bodo B ^a   Bohlen, Greg M ^b   Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^b  

^a Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Environment; Market segmentation; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135365739     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090569610118740     Document Type: Article

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