An empirical test of the Theory of Planned Behavior in two choice situations with two behavioral alternatives: Bike vs. car and container vs. garbage can;Eine überprüfung der Theorie des Geplanten Verhaltens in zwei wahlsituationen mit dichotomen handlungsalternativen: Rad vs. PKW und container vs. hausmüll

Zeitschrift fur Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-44

  Bamberg, Sebastian ^a   Lüdemann, Christian ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Choice Behavior; Recycling; Theory of Planned Behavior; Travel Mode Choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030526175     PISSN: 00443514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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