Online environmental community members' intention to participate in environmental activities: An application of the theory of planned behavior in the Chinese context

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1298-1306

  Park, Namkee ^a   Yang, Aimei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; ENGOs; Environmental activities; Online environmental communities; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHINESE CONTEXT; ENGOS; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GROUP IDENTIFICATION; INTERACTIVITY; SELF EFFICACY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBJECTIVE NORM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84860287085     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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