What's in it for Me? motivational differences between farmers' subsidised and non-subsidised conservation practices

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-353

  Lokhorst, Anne Marike ^a   Staats, Henk ^b   Van Dijk, Jerry ^c   Van Dijk, Eric ^b   De Snoo, Geert ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79956143408     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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