"It's not Easy Being Green": Exploring Green Creeds, Green Deeds, and Internal Environmental Locus of Control

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 293-305

  Cleveland, Mark ^a   Kalamas, Maria ^b   Laroche, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 84859724733     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20522     Document Type: Article

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