Predicting pro-environmental agricultural practices: The social, psychological and contextual influences on land management

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-78

  Price, Jennifer C ^a   Leviston, Zoe ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental values; Land management; Locus of control; Pro environmental behaviour; Structural equation modelling; Theory of Planned Behaviour; Values Beliefs Norms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84893421124     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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