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Factors Influencing Individual Recycling Behavior in Office Settings

dc.contributor.authorLee, Yung-Jaanen_US
dc.contributor.authorDe Young, Raymonden_US
dc.contributor.authorMarans, Roberten_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:56:39Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:56:39Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationLee, Yung-Jaan; De Young, Raymond; Marans, Robert (1995). "Factors Influencing Individual Recycling Behavior in Office Settings." Environment and Behavior 27(3): 380-403. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67924>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0013-9165en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67924
dc.description.abstractThis study explores office recycling behavior and its antecedents through a survey administered to 1,788 workers in Taipei, Taiwan. The instrument measured household and office recycling behavior, commitment to and motives for recycling, and the convenience of carrying out recycling in their office settings. Prior experience was shown to be an excellent predictor of office-based conservation behavior. However, to be effective, prior experience must be of the same specificity as the office behavior being predicted. Thus prior experience with general household recycling was effective at predicting general office recycling behavior, but was unable to predict more specific recycling behavior. Likewise, prior experience with a particular material—In this instance paper—predicted office conservation behavior with respect to that material alone. Organizational commitment and individual commitment were found to be modest predictors of office-based conservation behavior, although economic motivation was not found to be a particularly effective predictor of such behavior. Implications for office-based recycling programs are discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleFactors Influencing Individual Recycling Behavior in Office Settingsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUnversity of Michigan, University's Institute for Social Researchen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherNational Chengchi University in Taiwanen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67924/2/10.1177_0013916595273006.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0013916595273006en_US
dc.identifier.sourceEnvironment and Behavioren_US
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