Encouraging sustainability in the workplace: A survey on the pro-environmental behaviour of university employees

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-67

  Blok, Vincent ^a   Wesselink, Renate ^a   Studynka, Oldrich ^a   Kemp, Ron ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human capital; Pro environmental behaviour; Responsibility of individual employees; Sustainable development; Theory of planned behaviour; University

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL;

HUMAN CAPITALS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR; RECENT RESEARCHES; SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR; UNIVERSITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938216230     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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