Examining the nexus between social cognition, biospheric values, moral norms, corporate environmental responsibility and pro-environmental behaviour. Does environmental knowledge matter?

Sampene, Agyemang Kwasi; Cai, Li; Wiredu, John; Agyeman, Fredrick Oteng; Brenya, Robert

doi:10.1007/s12144-023-04832-6

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“…The concept of moderation posits a scenario in which the association between two conceptual variables is not consistently stable but is contingent upon the influence of a third variable known as the moderator variable. As expounded by Sampene, Li, Khan, et al (2023), this moderator variable governs the strength and directionality of the interaction between the two structures within the model. Following this theoretical framework and the study’s goals, we looked at how the moderator variable, competitive advantage (CPA), affects the connection between CSR and EP using the statistical method of partial least squares (PLS).…”

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Fostering Environmental Performance Via Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Innovation Initiatives: Examining the Moderating Influence of Competitive Advantage

Owusu,

Zhou,

Kwasi Sampene

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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The current research delves into the correlation between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the environmental performance (EP) of manufacturing enterprises in China. In addition, we examined the mediation impact of green innovation practices (GIP) on the interaction between CSR and EP. The study also looked at competitive advantage (CPA) as a moderator to see how it influences the connection between CSR and EP in dynamic capability view theory (DCV). A structured questionnaire was adapted to collect data from 910 manufacturing companies in Zhanjiang city, in Jiangsu province, China. The partial least squares (PLS-SEM) methodology analyzed the theoretical framework. The empirical findings are as follows: (1) CSR is a crucial predictor of EP. (2) GIP has a direct impact on EP. (3) GIP acts as a mediator in the CSR-EP connection, and (4) Lastly, the CPA strongly enhances the interaction between CSR and EP. These findings contribute practically and theoretically to understanding how CSR fosters EP, emphasizing the necessity for manufacturing companies to institute policies and initiatives for environmental sustainability and prioritize ecologically friendly practices to enhance EP.

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Fostering Environmental Performance Via Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Innovation Initiatives: Examining the Moderating Influence of Competitive Advantage

Owusu,

Zhou,

Kwasi Sampene

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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“…Therefore, it is hypothesized that, (1977), as cited by Zeiske et al (2021), defined values as guiding principles in an individual's life. Biospheric is an altruistic value in which people care and protect not only the environment and nature but all living beings on the planet (Sampene et al, 2023). The biosphere is defined as the space between the earth's outer crust and an inner layer of the atmosphere around the globe, where all living beings exist.…”

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Effect of Social Norms and Psychological Factors on Consumer Green Buying Intentions: The Mediating Role of Personal Norms an Entrepreneurial Perspective

Yawar Abbas,

Tasawar Javed,

Aemin Nasir

2024

JEBV

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The prime concern of the present study entails exploring the various factors that relate to the social and psychological perspectives that derive from personal norms and influence the behaviour of consumers towards the purchase of products and the adoption of green services and products that address environmental concerns. This research effort contributes to creation of knowledge with mediation effect of consumer personal norms among samples from developing countries. The data was collected cross-sectionally from consumers of Dolmen Mall Karachi, Pakistan. The researcher approached 330 individuals under probability sampling, and data was collected through questionnaire in malls. This research paper utilized PLS-SEM for the analysis of collected data. The entrepreneurial perspective has the tendency to influence the behavior of consumers and employees. The firms strive to incorporate innovative initiatives for business operations from the entrepreneurial perspective. The firms face a number of issues, problems, and challenges and find the solution in an entrepreneurial approach that firms incorporate in their strategic management. Similarly, it has been argued that the entrepreneurial approach enables the firms to devise innovative solutions and has the tendency to influence the green buying intentions. The results found that personal norms predict buying intentions, and formerly descriptive social norms, injunctive social norms, and biospheric values directly predict consumer personal norms. However, consideration of future consequences could not show any influence on personal norms. The results supported the mediating role of personal norms between descriptive social norms, injunctive social norms, biospheric values, and buying intentions. The results of this study provide important insights to green product researchers, marketers, and policymakers. Marketers can get guidance to design effective marketing strategies by focusing on consumer-related descriptive and injunctive social norms and biospheric values. The study also highlights its implications and limitations as well as the suggestions for future research.

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“…The direct relationship between environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behaviour appears to be challenged in research. Though some studies suggest that knowledge about climate change issues would have a direct impact on individuals' likelihood to act in favour of the environment [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], others seem to point out that knowledge is necessary but insufficient to bring about behavioural change in the environmental domain [15,21,[25][26][27]. Multiple potential explanations of the knowledge-behaviour discrepancy can be found, referring either to the abstract and imprecise nature of individuals' environmental knowledge or to the biases affecting it.…”

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Why Knowing about Climate Change Is Not Enough to Change: A Perspective Paper on the Factors Explaining the Environmental Knowledge-Action Gap

Colombo,

Chiarella,

Lefrançois

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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A successful transition to a lower-emission society may require major changes in the patterns of individual behaviours. Yet, whilst awareness and concern about climate change have increased in recent years among the global population, global greenhouse gases emissions have not ceased to rise. This paper discusses potential reasons underlying the gap between individual knowledge of climate change and the actions implemented to contain greenhouse gas emissions. To investigate this phenomenon, we look at the scientific literature exploring the factors influencing pro-environmental behaviour. First, we highlight how an individual’s environmental knowledge is not only approximate but also biased by cognitive, affective, and cultural factors, influencing their appraisal of climate information and their motivation to act. Second, we discuss three major models of pro-environmental behaviour, such as the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), the Norm-Activation Model (NAM), and the Value-Belief-Norm (VBN), to highlight their failure to account for automatic cognitive and affective factors influencing an individual’s ability to implement pro-environmental intentions. Then, we discuss the Comprehensive-Action-Determination Model of pro-environmental behaviour (CADM), and its efforts to overcome the limits of the previous models. Finally, we examine the dispositional traits associated with pro-environmental engagement to highlight how the relationship between dispositions and pro-environmental behaviour performance appears related to self-regulation processes, supported by executive functioning; increased self-regulation would enable alignment of pro-environmental intentions and behaviours, and anticipation of the long-term consequences of present behaviours. We conclude by calling for more research to be carried out on the effect of enhanced self-regulation, and of self-regulation training, on individual reactions to the climate crisis.

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Examining the nexus between social cognition, biospheric values, moral norms, corporate environmental responsibility and pro-environmental behaviour. Does environmental knowledge matter?

Cited by 10 publications

References 116 publications

Fostering Environmental Performance Via Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Innovation Initiatives: Examining the Moderating Influence of Competitive Advantage

Fostering Environmental Performance Via Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Innovation Initiatives: Examining the Moderating Influence of Competitive Advantage

Effect of Social Norms and Psychological Factors on Consumer Green Buying Intentions: The Mediating Role of Personal Norms an Entrepreneurial Perspective

Why Knowing about Climate Change Is Not Enough to Change: A Perspective Paper on the Factors Explaining the Environmental Knowledge-Action Gap

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