Environmentally-Oriented Motivations and Potential of Disappointment
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Czech Sociological Review
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0038-0288,2336-128X
DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2013.49.1.03