How do people negotiate through their constraints to engage in pro-environmental behavior? A study of front-country campers in Alberta, Canada

Tourism Management

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 362-372

  Moghimehfar, Farhad ^a   Halpenny, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraints; Knowledge; Motivation; Negotiation; Pro environmental behavior

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODEL TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84978209272     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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