Promoting energy conservation behavior in public settings: The influence of social norms and personal responsibility

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-34

  Dwyer, Patrick C ^a   Maki, Alexander ^a   Rothman, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal responsibility; Proenvironmental behavior; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911908524     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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