Fostering support for work floor energy conservation policies: Accounting for privacy concerns

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-210

  Bolderdijk, J W ^a   Steg, L ^a   Postmes, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic monitoring; Energy conservation; Motivated cognition; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872410858     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1831     Document Type: Article

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