A Review of Determinants of and Interventions for Proenvironmental Behaviors in Organizations

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2933-2967

  Lo, Siu Hing ^a   Peters, Gjalt Jorn Y ^a   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84871239940     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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