Attitude towards littering as a mediator of the relationship between personality attributes and responsible environmental behavior

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2601-2611

  Ojedokun, Oluyinka ^a  

^a ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitude towards littering; Ibadan metropolis; Nigeria; Personality attributes; Responsible environmental behavior

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TOWARDS LITTERING; IBADAN METROPOLIS; NIGERIA; PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTES; RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COGNITION; EMPOWERMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TOWARDS LITTERING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MALE; NIGERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NIGERIA; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO;

EID: 80054849500     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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