Age and environmental sustainability: A meta-analysis

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 826-856

  Wiernik, Brenton M ^a   Ones, Deniz S ^a   Dilchert, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Environmental concern; Environmental performance; Environmental sustainability; Green behavior; Pro environmental behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889031639     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-07-2013-0221     Document Type: Article

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