Explaining proenvironmental intention and behavior by personal norms and the theory of planned behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2505-2528

  Harland, Paul ^a   Staats, Henk ^a   Wilke, Henk A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033236762     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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