Follow the signal: When past pro-environmental actions signal who you are

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 273-282

  van der Werff, Ellen ^a   Steg, Linda ^a   Keizer, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental behaviour; Environmental self identity; Signalling strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907174679     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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