Persuasive trash cans: Activation of littering norms by design

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 870-891

  de Kort, Yvonne A W ^a   McCalley, L Teddy ^a   Midden, Cees J H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental behavior; Littering; Norm activation; Persuasive design

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GROUP BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53549099638     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916507311035     Document Type: Article

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