Climate protection needs societal change: Determinants of intention to participate in collective climate action

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 466-473

  Rees, Jonas H ^a,b   Bamberg, Sebastian ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84905559977     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2032     Document Type: Article

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