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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2016.14.7.83

An Effect of the Eco-friendly Consciousness of the Undergraduate by the Lifestyle on the Purchase Intention of the Eco-friendly Products  

Han, Dong-Yeo (Dept. of Business Administration, Sahm Yook University)
Lee, Jung-Im (Dept. of Fashion Design & Marketing, Seoul Women's University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.14, no.7, 2016 , pp. 83-91 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the difference of environmental consciousness and its influence on the eco-friendly products purchase intention by the undergraduates' lifestyle patterns. The results of this analysis are as follows. First, the health orientation lifestyle of the undergraduates showed the high significant level to both cognition of environmental performance and environmental protection. However, both self pursuit and positive action lifestyle showing the low significant level were rejected. Second, the high environmental protection lifestyle of the undergraduates showed high significant level. This study shows that the health orientation lifestyle undergraduates are high environmental consciousness, and also they show high purchase intention of eco-friendly products.
Keywords
Lifestyle; eco-friendly products; purchase Intention; environment consciousness; environment protection; environment performance;
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