Abu samah, B.; D’silva, J. L.; Mohamed shaffril, H. A.; Man, N. & Azman, A. 2012. Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture. Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research. 2(9): 9205-9210.
Aghasafari, H.; Ghorbani, M. & Dorandish, A. 2015. Analysis of Farmers' Financial Contribution to Reduce Environmental Impact of Agricultural Chemical Inputs (Case Study of Kashafrood River Basin). Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development. 29(1): 1-19. (In Persian)
Ahmadvand, M. & Nooripour, M. 2011. Agricultural student environmental attitude of Yasouj University: A gender analysis. Iran agricultural extension and education journal. 6(2): 1-13. (In Persian)
Ahnstrom, J.; Hockert, J.; Bergea, H. L.; Francis, C.; Skelton, P. & Hallgren, L. 2009. Farmers and nature conservation: what is known about attitudes, context factors and actions affecting conservation? Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 24(1): 38-47.
Barghi, H.; Hassaninezhad, A. & Shayan, M. 2017. Evaluate the Effect of Agricultural Inputs and Chemical Pesticides on Rurals’ Environment (Case Study: Zarindasht City Rural Area). Environmental Management Hazards. 4(3): 247-262. (In Persian)
Becker, J. M. & Ismail, I. 2016. Accounting for sampling weights in PLS path modeling: Simulations and empirical examples. European Management Journal. 34(6): 606-617.
Bord, R. J.; O’Connor, R. E. & Fisher, A. 2000. In what sense does the public need to understand global climate change? Public Understand. Sci. 9: 205–218.
Cheng, H. C. 2009. Knowledge sharing and group cohesiveness on performance: An empirical study of technology R & D teams in Taiwan. Tec novation. 29: 786-797.
Danlap, R. E. & Van Liere, K. D. 1978. The new environmental paradigm. Journal of Environmental Education. 9(4): 10-19.
Daryaie, N.; Rezayi Moghadam, K. & Salmanzadeh, S. 2014. Factors Affecting Farmers Attitude towards Sustainable Cultivation of Rice in the Mazandaran Province. Agricultural Extension and Education Research. 7(1): 33-43. (In Persian)
Dorandish, A.; Ramezani, M. & Aminizadeh, M. 2018. Investigation of the Effective Factors on Use of Chemical Fertilizers in Saffron Farms (Case study: Gonabad County). Saffron agronomy and technology. doi: 10.22048/jsat.2018.120688.1289. (In Persian)
Dunlap, R. E.; Van Liere, K. D.; Mertig, A. G. & Jones, R. E. 1999. Measuring endorsement of the new ecological paradigm: A revised NEP scale-statically data included. Journal of Social Issue. 6: 425-442.
FAO 2013. Market monitors (Report), XVI (1), Trade and Markets Division. Retrieved from <http://www.fao.org/economic/est/publica tions/rice-publications/rice-marketmonitor-rmm/en/>.
Fornell, C. & Larcker, D. 1981. Structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error, Journal of Marketing Research. 18(1): 39-50.
Ghaderi, N.; Choupani, S. & Salehi, S. 2015. A Study of Social Factors affecting on Environmental Attitudes and Behavior in the Marivan City in 2014. Zanko J Med Sci. 16(48): 10-18. (In Persian)
Golzardi, F.; Sarvaramini, S. & Sarvaramini, M. 2011. Investigating the Attitudes and the Behaviors on Chemical Herbicides Use among Farmers in Markazi District of Karaj. Journal of Weed Ecology. 2(1): 71-83. (In Persian)
Hulland, J. 1999. Use of partial least square (PLS) in strategic management research: a review of four recent studies. Journal of Strateg Manage. 20: 195–204.
Ibitayo, O. O. 2006. Egyptian farmers’ attitudes and behaviors regarding agricultural pesticides: implications for pesticide risk communication. Risk Analysis. 26(4): 989-995.
Kaiser, F.G.; Wolfing, S. & Fuhrer, U. 1999. Environmental attitude and ecological behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 19: 1-9.
Karimi, L. 2010. Investigating sociological factors affecting environmental behavior (relying on water use behavior). M.Sc thesis Payame Noor University, Tehran. (In Persian)
Karimi, Y. 2000. Attitude and attitude change, Institute of Publishing and Editing, Tehran. (In Persian)
Koh, D. & Jeyaratnam, J. 1996. Pesticides hazards in developing countries. Science Total Environment, 188: 78–85.
Malek saeidi, H.; Ajili, A. & Rezaei moghaddam, K. 2009. Factors Affecting Knowledge of Agricultural Experts toward Organic Farming in Jihad-e-Keshavarzi Organization, Khuzestan Province. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research. 40(2): 81-91. (In Persian)
Maleki, A.; Salehi, S. & Karimi, L. 2014. A Survey on Relationship between New Ecological Paradigm and Water Consumption Behavior. Journal of Water and Wastewater (parallel title). Ab va Fazilab. 25(1): 122-129. (In Persian)
Manzanal, R. F.; Barreiro, L. R. & Carrasquer, J. 2007. Evaluation of Environmental Attitudes: Analysis and Results of a Scale Applied to University Student. Science Education. 91(6): 988-1009.
Mappin, M. J. & Johnson, E. A. 2005. Changing perspectives of ecology and education in environmental education. In E. Johnson & M. Mappin (Eds), Environmental Education and Advocacy: Changing Perspectives of Ecology and Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1-27.
Martinsons, M. G. 1995. Knowledge-based systems leverage human resource management expertise, Int J Manpower. 16(2): 17–34.
Mohtashami, T. 2018. Factors Affecting Excessive Nitrogen Fertilizer Use in Saffron Cultivation: Case Study of Torbat Heydarieh Area. Journal of Saffron Research. 6(1): 127-140) .In Persian)
Mokhtari-Malekabadi, R.; Abdollahi, A. & Sadeghi, H. 2014. Analysis and Recognition of Urban Environmental Behaviors (Case Study: Isfahan City 2012). Urban research and planning. 5(18): 1-20. (In Persian)
Sadati, S. A.; Shabanali Fami, H.; Kalantari, K.; Mohamadi, Y. & Asakere, A. 2010. Investigating effective factors on attitude of paddy growers towards organic farming: a case study in Babol County in Iran. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology. 3(4): 362-367.
Sarstedt, M.; Ringle, C. M. & Ting, H. 2019. Structural Model Robustness Checks in PLS-SEM. Tourism Economics, 1-24. DOI: 10.1177/1354816618823921. Available at <https://sagepub.com/journals-permissions>.
Satoh, T. & Hosokawa, M. 2000. Organ phosphates and their impact on the global environment. Neurotoxicoloty. 21: 223-227.
Schultz, P. W. & Zelezny, L. 1999. Values and Proenvironmental Behavior; a Five-country study.Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 29: 540-558.
Shams, A.; Vedadi, E. & Ahmadi, Z. 2015. Study of Farmers’ Attitude towards Sustainable Agriculture and Its Relation with Their Chemical Input Use in Asadabad Township. Iranian Agricultural Extension and Education Journal. 11(1): 197-210. (In Persian)
Sharafoaldin, H. 1998. Attitude. Knowledge Quarterly. 25: 86-89. (In Persian)
Thompson, S. C. & Barton, M. A. 1994. "Ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 14:149- 157.
Udeigwe, T. K.; Teboh, J. M.; Stietiya, M. H.; Kumar, V.; Hedrix, J.; Mascagni, H. J. R.; Ying, T. & Kandakji, T. 2015. Implication of leading crop production practices on environmental quality and human health. Journal of Environmental Management. 151: 267-279.
Velten, S.; Leventon, J.; Jager, N. & Newig, J. 2015. What Is Sustainable Agriculture? A Systematic Review. Sustainability. 7(6): 7833-7865.
Watson, K. H. C. 2005. Environmental Concern in a local Context; The Significance of Place Attachment. Environmental and Behavior. 33(2): 249-263.
Wenwu, S. 2010. Linking Bayesian networks and PLS path modeling for causal analysis. Export Systems with Applications. 37: 134-139.
Yazgan, M. S. & Tanik, A. 2005. A new approach for calculating the relative risk Level of pesticides. Environment International. 31:687- 692.
Zhang, Y. 2009. A Study of Corporate Reputation’s Influence on Customer Loyalty Based on PLS SEM Model. International Business Research. 2(3): 28-35.
)