Old Habits Die Hard: Travel Habit Formation and Decay During an Office Relocation

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1089-1106

  Walker, Ian ^a   Thomas, Gregory O ^a   Verplanken, Bas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automaticity; behavior change; discontinuity; habit; pro environmental behavior; travel mode choice

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; RELOCATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84939566941     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916514549619     Document Type: Article

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