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Values and pro-environmental behaviour

2012
This chapter discusses features of values and value theories. It explains which values are important for environmental attitudes and behaviours, and how people can be encouraged to act upon their pro-environmental values. Values are desirable trans-situational goals that vary in importance and serve as guiding principles in the life of a person or ...
Groot, Judith I.M.de, Thøgersen, John; id_orcid 0000-0003-0613-8062   +1 more
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Self-interest and pro-environmental behaviour

Nature Climate Change, 2012
Inspired by the principles used to market physical products, campaigns to promote pro-environmental behaviour have increasingly emphasized self-interested (for example, economic) reasons for engaging with a self-transcendent cause (that is, protecting the environment)1, 2. Yet, psychological evidence about values and behaviour suggests that giving self-
Laurel Evans, Gregory R. Maio, Adam Corner, Carl J. Hodgetts, Sameera Ahmed, Ulrike Hahn   +5 more
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Economic Psychology and Pro‐Environmental Behaviour

2017
This chapter applies existing knowledge in the field of economic psychology to the domain of pro‐environmental behaviour. The field of economic psychology has generated a range of valuable concepts, theories and empirical insights useful when assessing the influence of psychological processes and translating them into effective policy.
Handgraaf, Michel, Griffioen, Anouk, Bolderdijk, Jan Willem, Thøgersen, John; id_orcid 0000-0003-0613-8062   +3 more
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Leadership and employee pro-environmental behaviours

2018
Organisational leaders can motivate followers to engage in pro-environmental behaviours. Although employees’ pro-environmental behaviours are critical to the success of organisational environmental initiatives, there is little understanding of the leadership mechanisms that foster these behaviours.
Bilal Afsar, Asad Shahjehan, Imad Shah
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Psychological Perspectives on Pro-environmental Behaviour

Filosofiya-Philosophy
Values serve as guiding principles and are typically viewed as determinants of beliefs and behaviour. In the current study we explored the relationships between basic human values, ecological beliefs, and pro-environmental behavior. The present study is oriented towards investigating the connections between basic human values, ecological beliefs and ...
Radina Stoyanova, Maria Rartz, Jonko Bushnyashki   +2 more
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Differentiating Habits for Pro-Environmental Behaviours

2015
To help protect the environment people need to change current non-environmental behaviours into more sustainable behaviours. By understanding habits for pro-environmental behaviours, people can strive toward building a more sustainable future. The goal of this thesis was to identify different types of repeated pro-environmental behaviours and how to ...
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The Adoption of Pro-Environmental Behaviour

Counteracting climate change and other environmental problems requires large-scale adoption of pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). However, many PEBs are still minority practices, only being adopted at a small scale. A key question therefore is: How can small-scale PEBs become majority practices? Whereas previous research identified that individuals may
Reintgen Kamphuisen, Fernanda, Bouman, Thijs, van der Werff, Ellen, Wijermans, Ferdinanda   +3 more
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Individual pro-environmental behaviour

Nature Climate Change, 2023
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Pro-environmental interaction: Engaging Goffman on pro-environmental behaviour change

2011
Reductions in the environmental impacts of everyday life are increasingly accepted as a crucial part of any transition to a sustainable economy. Despite profound differences in how it should be achieved, the vast majority of recent research on such pro-environmental action recognises that it poses a fundamentally social challenge - demanding shifts not
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Pro-environmental behaviour in the urban context: A literature review

Fostering pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) is critical to accomplish sustainable development. It is not only an urgent practical agenda but a hot research topic. Most of the PEB literature has focused on nature-based and hospitality settings with either tourists or consumers as major stakeholders, while much less consideration has been given to urban ...
Hongliang Qiu, Xiongzhi Wang, Wei Zheng, Yingzhi Guo   +3 more
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