Think globally, act locally: Construal levels and environmentally relevant decision making

Encouraging Sustainable Behavior: Psychology and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 81-100

  Fujita, Kentaro ^a   Clark, Sheri L ^b   Freitas, Antonio L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84918913168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203141182     Document Type: Chapter

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