A moral basis for recycling: Extending the theory of planned behaviour

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-102

  Chan, Lucy ^a   Bishop, Brian ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Moral norms; Recycling; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882756952     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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