An extended decomposed theory of planned behaviour to predict the usage intention of the electric car: A multi-group comparison

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 6212-6245

  Moons, Ingrid ^a   De Pelsmacker, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decomposed theory of planned behaviour; Early and late adopters; Electric cars; Emotions; Habits; New product adoption

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AUTOMOBILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; PLANNING THEORY; PREDICTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84934881003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7056212     Document Type: Article

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