Saving energy at the workplace: The salience of behavioral antecedents and sense of community

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-127

  Dixon, Graham N ^a   Deline, Mary Beth ^b   McComas, Katherine ^b   Chambliss, Lauren ^b   Hoffmann, Michael ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Organizational behavior; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924042486     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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