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Peer reviewedDarley, John M.; Beniger, James R. – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Suggests that people's decisions to adopt energy-conserving processes and products is a specific instance of the decision to adopt an innovation. Discusses diffusion processes and factors influencing diffusion of networks. Indicates that the spread of energy-conserving household innovations proceeds primarily along social networks. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Conservation Education, Decision Making, Energy Conservation
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1982
The House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, sponsored an American Association for the Advancement of Science seminar (July 28, 1981) and 6 days of hearings (September 9-17, 1981) on "The Human Factor in Innovation and Productivity." These hearings were designed to increase knowledge…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship, Government Role, Human Resources
