Congruent or conflicted? The impact of injunctive and descriptive norms on environmental intentions

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-361

  Smith, Joanne R ^a   Louis, Winnifred R ^b   Terry, Deborah J ^b   Greenaway, Katharine H ^b   Clarke, Miranda R ^b   Cheng, Xiaoliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Descriptive norms; Injunctive norms; Pro environmental intentions; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863482741     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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