The adoption of sustainable innovations: The role of instrumental, environmental, and symbolic attributes for earlier and later adopters

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-84

  Noppers, Ernst H ^a   Keizer, Kees ^a   Bockarjova, Marija ^b   Steg, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoption of innovations; Costly signal; Early adopters; Electric car; Electric vehicle; Symbolic attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943602539     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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