Why do people fail to adopt environmental protective behaviors? Toward a taxonomy of environmental amotivation

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2481-2504

  Pelletier, Luc G ^a   Dion, Stéphanie ^a   Tuson, Kim ^a   Green Demers, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033236757     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00122.x     Document Type: Article

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