Distinguishing the sources of normative influence on proenvironmental behaviors: The role of local norms in household waste recycling

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 623-635

  Fornara, Ferdinando ^a   Carrus, Giuseppe ^b   Passafaro, Paola ^c   Bonnes, Mirilia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

household waste recycling; injunctive vs. descriptive norms; social norms; structural equation modelling (SEM); subjective vs. local norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052249289     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211408149     Document Type: Article

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