Changing behaviour: Increasing the effectiveness of workplace interventions in creating pro-environmental behaviour change

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-229

  Unsworth, Kerrie L ^a   Dmitrieva, Alina ^a   Adriasola, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Goal hierarchy; Goals; Motivation; Pro environmental behaviour; Self concordance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872398342     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1837     Document Type: Article

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