Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior in the context of recycling: The role of moral norms and of demographic predictors

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-67

  Botetzagias, Iosif ^a,b   Dima, Andora Fani ^b   Malesios, Chrisovaladis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Demographic characteristics; Moral norms; Recycling; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING;

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MORAL NORMS; PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBJECTIVE NORM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MORALITY; RECYCLING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREEK (CITIZEN); HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; RECYCLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84920197406     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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