The impact of electronic environmental knowledge on the environmental behaviors of people

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Zareie, Batool ^a   Jafari Navimipour, Nima ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behaviors; E Learning; Environmental; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORS; ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY; KNOWLEDGE; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY;

E-LEARNING;

AWARENESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; STRUCTURAL MODEL; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84982307289     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.025     Document Type: Article

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