Context change and travel mode choice: Combining the habit discontinuity and self-activation hypotheses

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Verplanken, Bas ^a   Walker, Ian ^a   Davis, Adrian ^b   Jurasek, Michaela ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b JMP Consulting   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43949102013     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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