Relationships between daily affect and pro-environmental behavior at work: The moderating role of pro-environmental attitude

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-175

  Bissing Olson, Megan J ^a   Iyer, Aarti ^a   Fielding, Kelly S ^a   Zacher, Hannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Attitudes; Daily diary study; Pro environmental behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872405377     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1788     Document Type: Article

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