Predicting proenvironmental behavior cross-nationally: Values, the theory of planned behavior, and value-belief-norm theory

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-483

  Oreg, Shaul ^a   Katz Gerro, Tally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Proenvironmental behavior; Theory of planned behavior; Value belief norm theory

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MODELING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 33744484014     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505286012     Document Type: Article

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