Situational and personality factors as direct or personal norm mediated predictors of pro-environmental behavior: Questions derived from norm-activation theory

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-334

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

^a Hague Police Service   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Police Service Haaglanden/SKD/Analyse and Research   (Netherlands)

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EID: 37149013832     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530701665058     Document Type: Article

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