Think global, act local: The effect of goal and mindset specificity on willingness to donate to an environmental organization

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-399

  Rabinovich, Anna ^a   Morton, Thomas A ^a   Postmes, Tom ^b   Verplanken, Bas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Environmental behavior; Goal specificity; Mindset specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549091179     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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