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Fostering Sustainable Behavior through Community-Based Social Marketing

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McKenzie-Mohr, Doug (2000). Fostering sustainable behavior through community-based social marketing.. American Psychologist, 55, 5, 531-537.
"Psychology has a central role to play in speeding the transition to a sustainable future, because a central aspect of sustainability is widespread behavior change. To date, howev…

Leadership in the North American Environmental Sector: Values, Leadership Styles, and Contexts of Environmental Leaders and their Organizations

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Egri, Carolyn P.; Herman, Susan (2000). "Leadership in the North American environmental sector: Values, leadership styles, and contexts of environmental leaders and their organizations.". Academy of Management Journal, 43, 4, 571-604.
Examined (1) the nature and strength of environmental leaders' personal and environmental values as motivating principles for transforming leadership behavior, (2) whether leaders…

Consumer Concern, Knowledge, Belief, and Attitude toward Renewable Energy: An Application of the Reasoned Action Theory

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Bang, Hae-Kyong; Ellinger, Alexander E.; Hadjimarcou, John; Traichal, Patrick A. (2000). "Consumer concern, knowledge, belief, and attitude toward renewable energy: An application of the reasoned action theory.". Psychology & Marketing, 17, 6, 449-468.
Using the theory of reasoned action as a theoretical framework, the current research investigates the relationship of concern with the environment, knowledge about renewable energ…

Pollution Reduction Preferences of U.S. Environmental Managers: Applying Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior

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Cordano, Mark; Frieze, Irene Hanson (2000). Pollution reduction preferences of U.S. environmental managers: Applying Ajzen's theory of planned behavior.. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 4, 627-641.
Modified I. Ajzen's theory of planned behavior to analyze the behavioral preferences of 295 environmental managers. Ss were surveyed and structural equation analysis was used to l…

Impact of an Environmental Education Program on Students' and Parents' Attitudes, Motivation, and Behaviours

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Legault, Louise; Pelletier, Luc G. (2000). "Impact of an environmental education program on students' and parents' attitudes, motivation, and behaviours.". Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 32, 4, 243-250.
"environmental education program, environmental attitudes & behavior, 6th graders & parents"

Personality Profiles of Environmentally Responsible Groups

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Ramanaiah, Nerella V.; Clump, Michael; Sharpe, J. Patrick (2000). Personality profiles of environmentally responsible groups.. Psychological Reports, 87, 1, 176-178.
"relationship of high environmental responsibility attitudes & personality profiles, college students"

Individual Environmental Initiative: Championing Natural Environmental Issues in U.S. Business Organizations

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Andersson, Lynne M.; Bateman, Thomas S. (2000). Individual environmental initiative: Championing natural environmental issues in U.S. business organizations.. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 4, 548-570.
"Presents a framework describing how 3 activities--identifying, packaging, and selling--can lead to successful environmental championing. The authors explain how individuals, as e…

Reexamining the Theory of Planned Behavior in Understanding Wastepaper Recycling

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Cheung, S. F., Chan, D. K. S. & Wong, Zoe S. Y. (1999). Reexamining the theory of planned behavior in understanding wastepaper recycling. Environment and Behavior, 31, 5, 587-612.
Investigated (a) the applicability of I. Ajzen's (1988, 1991) theory of planned behavior (TOPB) in predicting wastepaper recycling intention and self-reported behavior, (b) the ro…

Responsibility as a Predictor of Ecological Behavior

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Kaiser, F. G. & Shimoda, T. A. (1999). Responsibility as a predictor of ecological behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology , 19, 3, 243-253.
Tested responsibility's role as a predictor of ecological behavior, addressing the following questions: (1) What makes people feel responsible for the environment? (2) Do people a…

Educational Interventions that Improve Environmental Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis

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Zelezny, L. C. (1999). Educational interventions that improve environmental behaviors: A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 31, 1, 5-14.
Compared studies of the effectiveness of 18 educational interventions conducted in classrooms and in nontraditional settings in improving proenvironmental behavior. Classroom inte…
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