Can Protection Motivation Theory predict pro-environmental behavior? Explaining the adoption of electric vehicles in the Netherlands

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 276-288

  Bockarjova, M ^a,b   Steg, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU University   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoption of innovation; Conventional fuel vehicle; Efficacy; Energy security risk; Environmental risk; Slow onset risk

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84922363243     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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