"Act on climate change": An application of protection motivation theory

Social Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 62-84

  Cismaru, Magdalena ^a   Cismaru, Romulus ^a   Ono, Takaya ^b   Nelson, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860417137     PISSN: 15245004     EISSN: 15394093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15245004.2011.595539     Document Type: Article

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