Generalized trust narrows the gap between environmental concern and pro-environmental behavior: Multilevel evidence

Tam, Kim‐Pong; Chan, Hoi‐Wing

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.12.001

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“…As a follow-up model, Model 4 is a random coefficient model where individual level variables significant in Model 3 vary randomly across regions. The results show that residency area, income, union membership, willingness to pay for the environment, environmental risk perception, and non-anthropocentric concern have regional variations, which is in line with previous studies [8,11,55]. Finally, we consider the interaction effects across the two levels.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…There are also many studies that analyze PEB at the national level using macro data [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]30,40]. As shown in the previous Table 1, while many different external factors have been identified by the extant studies, they could be grouped into four factors: economic status, environmental pollution, government policy, and civil society.…”

Section: Regional Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recently, some researchers have focused on the interaction between external factors and personal factors on PEB [8,11,30]. Ertz et al [30] find that objective contextual factors (perceived busyness and wealth) may partially influence personal attitudes and PEB.…”

Section: Cross-level Interaction Between Regional Factors and Personamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a study of 30 countries, Pisano et al [8] find that in more developed countries, there is a stronger positive correlation between the pro-ecological attitudes and PEB. Using two international survey datasets (World Values Survey and International Social Survey Programme), Tam et al [11] find that concern-behavior association is stronger among individuals and countries with higher levels of generalized trust.…”

Section: Cross-level Interaction Between Regional Factors and Personamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recently, more and more studies on pro-environmental behavior (PEB) are examining multi-level factors influencing individual PEB, looking at not only personal factors such as environmental consciousness, interest, norms, intentions, and values but also external factors such as economic and environmental conditions, culture characteristics, government regulations, and environmental NGOs [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. They note that variations in external factors lead to differences in PEB across countries mainly using data for the Western world.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Effects of Regional Characteristics and Policies on Individual Pro-Environmental Behavior in China

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2018

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As the Chinese economy grows, Chinese people’s environmental behavior enormously affects the environment of neighboring countries as well as China. Many studies have related environmental behavior to personal characteristics such as environmental knowledge and attitude or to national policies such as environmental taxes and regulations. Few studies have looked at how regional factors affect residents’ environmental behaviors, particularly for China. This is a substantive gap in the literature regarding the effects of regional governments on resident behavior at a closer distance via different mechanisms than the national government. This paper examines determinants of individual pro-environmental behavior (PEB) in terms of regional attributes as well as personal characteristics in China. For this purpose, we applied a multi-level regression model that regresses the degree of PEB on both individual and regional level factors, using Chinese General Social Survey data and the China Environment Yearbook data for the year 2010. The analysis shows that environmental attitude, willingness to pay for the environment, objective and subjective environmental knowledge, and environmental risk perception all promote PEB at the individual level. These results are in line with the existing literature on environmental behavior. In addition, at the regional level, environmental budgets, administrative enforcement, and economic development have positive impacts on resident PEB, while environmental pollution has a negative effect. Specifically, the levels of regional economic development and administrative enforcement not only directly affect behavior, but also indirectly affect behavior by controlling the influence of individual level variables. This means that the relationships between individual level variables and environmental behavior can be changed by regional contextual factors. These results suggest that regional government efforts for the environment can effectively promote PEB.

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The current research investigates the role of social influence on pessimistic consumers' approach toward organic food consumption using the self‐focused regulations theoretical framework. It also examines the mediating and moderating role of environmental concern and social influence on the proposed relationships, respectively. An e‐survey was conducted on 300 Indian consumers. The findings reveal that pessimistic consumers do not typically consume organic food. However, they have a strong concern for the environment, which, in turn, is likely to change them into optimistic consumers who begin to consume organic foods. Further, social influence significantly motivates pessimistic consumers to adopt organic foods and reduces the concern‐behavior gap. The study provides significant implications for organic food marketers and retailers.

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Generalized trust narrows the gap between environmental concern and pro-environmental behavior: Multilevel evidence

Cited by 188 publications

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