Determinants of employee electricity saving: The role of social benefits, personal benefits and organizational electricity saving climate

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 280-287

  Zhang, Yixiang ^a   Wang, Zhaohua ^a   Zhou, Guanghui ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Electricity saving intention; Enjoyment; Environmental benefit; Organizational benefit; Organizational electricity saving climate; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SAVING; ENJOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ORGANIZATIONAL BENEFIT; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84893713493     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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