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The Comfort of the future: The role of Social Norms in Constructing the Ideal towards Sustainability – A Randomised Field Experiment

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  • Love O. Idahosa

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In the environmental sustainability (ES) movement, the challenge of modifying human behaviour for effective demand side management of resources has been highlighted. This challenge is peculiar in the Tourism Accommodation Industry (TAI) as managers struggle to balance the need to be sustainable with their objective of providing comfort for their guests. Consequently, the uptake of […]

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  • Love O. Idahosa, 2019. "The Comfort of the future: The role of Social Norms in Constructing the Ideal towards Sustainability – A Randomised Field Experiment," Working Papers 170, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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