Changing behavior with normative feedback interventions: A field experiment on curbside recycling

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-36

  Schultz, P Wesley ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85047670904     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2101_3     Document Type: Article

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