Personality, individual differences, and demographic antecedents of self-reported household waste management behaviours

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-26

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^c   Snelgar, Rosemary ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Machiavellianism; Personality; Political cynicism; Recycling behaviour; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951579593     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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