Factors influencing the willingness to behave environmentally friendly at home and holiday settings

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 430-447

  Mehmetoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental behaviour; Environmental concern; Environmentally friendly; Seemingly unrelated regression

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURIST DESTINATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 78650279301     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2010.520861     Document Type: Article

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