An intervention to address deteriorating water quality: Anapplication of Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior

dc.contributor.author	Duncan, Albert Ebo
dc.contributor.author	Vries, Nanne de
dc.contributor.author	Nyarko, Kwabena Biritwum
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-09T14:56:56Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-09T14:56:56Z
dc.date.issued	2020-04-08
dc.identifier.issn	23105496
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5620
dc.description	9p:, ill.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This study investigates the factors which influence illegal miners’intention to choose an alternative ob using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Three hundred and thirty-eight respondents from illegal mining communities in the Pra Basin completed a questionnaire on behavioral, social and demographic factors which might motivate an illegal miner to choose an alternative job. The attitude was found to e the only dominant significant antecedent of the ehavioral intention. The findings from the study reveal that Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) which has een the focus of the ob intervention in the basin is not a redictor of their intention	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Cape Coast	en_US
dc.subject	Illegal miners	en_US
dc.subject	Alternative jobs	en_US
dc.subject	Intervention	en_US
dc.subject	Theory of planned behavior	en_US
dc.subject	Pollution control	en_US
dc.title	An intervention to address deteriorating water quality: Anapplication of Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US