Cognitive and motivational structure of sustainability

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 726-741

  Van Dam, Ynte K ^a   van Trijp, Hans C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive structure; Consumer behaviour; Motivational structure; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052022648     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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