Determinants of citizen acceptance of environmental policy regulating consumption in public settings: Organic food in public institutions

Mørk, Trine; Bech‐Larsen, Tino; Grunert, Klaus G.; Tsalis, George

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.139

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“…We further divided food environments into two factors, namely social environment (e.g., intrapersonal factor and social norms from family, peers, and media including ethical concern, as well as social context when food choice is made) and physical environment (e.g., product availability, accessibility, and convenience; in-store characteristics such as shelf display, order, placement, and time). Thirty-four models indicated that social environment contributes to the food choice decision [ 21 , 23 , 34 , 41 , 47 , 48 , 52 , 53 , 55 , 56 , 59 , 60 , 62 , 70 , 71 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 82 , 83 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 ]. In the social environment, family and the home food environment are important influences on dietary intake but this influence is more profound for children and adolescents, not adults [ 100 ].…”

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Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Chen

Antonelli

2020

Foods

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Understanding individual food choices is critical for transforming the current food system to ensure healthiness of people and sustainability of the planet. Throughout the years, researchers from different fields have proposed conceptual models addressing factors influencing the food choice, recognized as a key leverage to improve planetary and human health. However, a multidisciplinary approach is needed to better understand how different factors are involved and interact with each other in the decision-making process. The present paper reviews and analyzes existing models, providing an intact point-of-view by integrating key elements into a bigger framework. Key determinants of general food choice are identified and categorized, including food-internal factor (sensory and perceptual features), food-external factors (information, social environment, physical environment), personal-state factors (biological features and physiological needs, psychological components, habits and experiences), cognitive factors (knowledge and skills, attitude, liking and preference, anticipated consequences, and personal identity), as well as sociocultural factors (culture, economic variables, political elements). Moreover, possible directions of influence among the factors towards final food choice were discussed. The need of multidisciplinary impulses across research field with the support of empirical data are crucial for understanding factors influencing food choice as well as for enriching existing conceptual models. The framework proposed here would serve as a roadmap for facilitating communications and collaborations between research fields in a structural and systematic way.

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Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Chen

Antonelli

2020

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“…There have been a growing number of studies analyzing citizens' perceptions of the government and civil service (Vigoda-Gadot 2009;Van Ryzin 2007;Van de Walle 2007;Kim 2005). More recently, scholars have also studied the relationship between these perceptions and other variables such as citizen satisfaction with public services (Van de Walle 2018), citizens' acceptance of regulations (Mørk et al 2017), bureauphobia (Del Pino et al 2016), electronic participation (Krishnan et al 2017), support of public sector reform (Camoes and Mendes 2019), public sector transparency (Porumbescu 2017), citizen participation (Lee and Lauer Schachter 2019;Slomczynski and Janicka 2009), use of social media to enhance trust in government (Chen and Sun 2019;Kim et al 2017), and quality of government (Khan 2016), among others. Public views about government play an important role in how citizens judge both its performance and legitimacy.…”

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Public Sector Reform and Perceptions of Public Servants: An International Longitudinal Review

Sanabria-Pulido¹,

Bello-Gómez²

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant

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This chapter analyzes the evolution of citizen perceptions about public servants in different regions and countries of the world. Using quantitative data obtained from the World Values Survey (WVS), this work contributes to the study of such perceptions' trends in more detail, from an international comparative approach that allows to consider key country-level institutional factors such as the intensity and advancement of public sector reforms. The data does not suggest a global trend in perceptions about public servants, yet confidence in the public service is below a majority worldwide. Some regional patterns emerge with Latin America exhibiting the lowest levels of trust in the civil service and a detachment from perceptions on the government overall. From an analysis of the three most populated countries in the world (China, India, and the United States) and Latin America's distinct behavior, the influence of public sector reform on citizens'

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“…In particular, universalism value, which includes environmental protection and animal welfare, has a positive influence, especially for regular organic consumers rather than occasional ones Mørk et al, 2017;Thøgersen, de Barcellos, Perin, & Zhou, 2015). Mørk et al (2017) found that collectivist values affect attitude toward organic products also in the institutional/public setting. In contrast, Rahnama (2017) found that for Iranian women social and emotional values do not have a significant impact on organic food choices.…”

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“…18 Considering the socio-cultural factors, a common result from the reviewed studies is that personal norms and ethical values strongly affect consumers' attitudes and buying behavior of organic food products Hemmerling et al, 2015;Mørk, Bech-Larsen, Grunert, & Tsalis, 2017;Shashi et al, 2015). In particular, universalism value, which includes environmental protection and animal welfare, has a positive influence, especially for regular organic consumers rather than occasional ones Mørk et al, 2017;Thøgersen, de Barcellos, Perin, & Zhou, 2015). Mørk et al (2017) found that collectivist values affect attitude toward organic products also in the institutional/public setting.…”

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Making sense of the “clean label” trends: A review of consumer food choice behavior and discussion of industry implications

Asioli

Aschemann‐Witzel

Caputo

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Food Research International

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438

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Consumers in industrialized countries are nowadays much more interested in information about the production methods and components of the food products that they eat, than they had been 50years ago. Some production methods are perceived as less "natural" (i.e. conventional agriculture) while some food components are seen as "unhealthy" and "unfamiliar" (i.e. artificial additives). This phenomenon, often referred to as the "clean label" trend, has driven the food industry to communicate whether a certain ingredient or additive is not present or if the food has been produced using a more "natural" production method (i.e. organic agriculture). However, so far there is no common and objective definition of clean label. This review paper aims to fill the gap via three main objectives, which are to a) develop and suggest a definition that integrates various understandings of clean label into one single definition, b) identify the factors that drive consumers' choices through a review of recent studies on consumer perception of various food categories understood as clean label with the focus on organic, natural and 'free from' artificial additives/ingredients food products and c) discuss implications of the consumer demand for clean label food products for food manufacturers as well as policy makers. We suggest to define clean label, both in a broad sense, where consumers evaluate the cleanliness of product by assumption and through inference looking at the front-of-pack label and in a strict sense, where consumers evaluate the cleanliness of product by inspection and through inference looking at the back-of-pack label. Results show that while 'health' is a major consumer motive, a broad diversity of drivers influence the clean label trend with particular relevance of intrinsic or extrinsic product characteristics and socio-cultural factors. However, 'free from' artificial additives/ingredients food products tend to differ from organic and natural products. Food manufacturers should take the diversity of these drivers into account in developing new products and communication about the latter. For policy makers, it is important to work towards a more homogenous understanding and application of the term of clean label and identify a uniform definition or regulation for 'free from' artificial additives/ingredients food products, as well as work towards decreasing consumer misconceptions. Finally, multiple future research avenues are discussed.

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Determinants of citizen acceptance of environmental policy regulating consumption in public settings: Organic food in public institutions

Cited by 48 publications

References 42 publications

Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Public Sector Reform and Perceptions of Public Servants: An International Longitudinal Review

Making sense of the “clean label” trends: A review of consumer food choice behavior and discussion of industry implications

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