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“I have a little, little, little footprint on the world” and “I’m not political”: feelings of low self-efficacy and the effect of identity on environmental behaviour in educators

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Pages 666-683 | Received 10 Jul 2019, Accepted 10 Mar 2020, Published online: 01 May 2020

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