The value-action gap in waste recycling: The case of undergraduates in Hong Kong

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 603-612

  Chung, Shan Shan ^a   Leung, Monica Miu Yin ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Recycling commitment; Undergraduates; Value action gap

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING COMMITMENT; UNDERGRADUATES; VALUE-ACTION GAP;

CURRICULA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HONG KONG; RECYCLING; STUDENTS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; RECYCLING; WASTE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HONG KONG; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 34648827000     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0363-y     Document Type: Article

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