More Than Twenty Years of Value-Belief-Norm Theory of Environmentalism: What Has Been and Yet To Be Done?

Canlas, Ian Phil; Karpudewan, Mageswary; Khan, Nur Sabrina Mohamed Ali

doi:10.21601/ijese/11801

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“…Values: Openness to change OTC refers to stimulation and self-direction based on the motivation of independent thoughts and actions, which conflict with the motivation of fulfilling others' expectations (Parks-Leduc et al, 2014;Canlas et al, 2022). The concept of OTC or readiness to change has been widely adopted in various studies.…”

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Social entrepreneurial intention among working adults: An emerging country context

Yang

Mamun²,

Jingzu³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Under the premise of the value-belief-norm (VBN) model, this study examined the influence of values, beliefs and norms on social entrepreneurial intention of working adults in China. The cross-sectional design was employed, and an online survey, which involved 1,075 working adults, was conducted. All data were analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The obtained results showed the significant and positive influence of self-enhancement, openness to change, and self-transcendence on the sense of meaning and purpose. Moreover, the sense of meaning and purpose exhibited significant and positive influence on problem awareness, and problem awareness was found to have positive effect on outcome efficacy. Besides that, the sense of meaning and purpose, problem awareness, outcome efficacy, and injunctive social norms were found to exhibit significant and positive on personal norms. Finally, personal norms and injunctive social norms exhibited statistically significant and positive influence on social entrepreneurial intention. The results of effect size confirmed the considerable influence of personal norms and injunctive social norms on social entrepreneurial intention. Therefore, policy development aimed at promoting socioeconomic and environmental sustainability through social entrepreneurship should comprehensively consider the influence of personal norms and injunctive social norms. Increasing the sense of meaning and purpose of the working population, prompting an increased problem consequence and outcome self-efficacy, as well as instilling personal norms and injunctive social norms through various social and environmental incentives are recommended.

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Section: Development Of Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social entrepreneurial intention among working adults: An emerging country context

Yang

Mamun²,

Jingzu³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…Most of these models agree that positive attitudes towards the environment, which are related to feelings of personal moral responsibility to act in favor of the environment (i.e., environmental personal norms), are necessary for pro-environmental behavior. The widely used value-belief-norm theory [ 24 , 25 ] and the more recent comprehensive action-determination model [ 12 , 26 ] postulate that our personal norms are activated when we feel that something valuable is being threatened. Hence, activating each individual’s personal norms related to the environment requires the interaction between environmental beliefs and values.…”

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Psychological barriers moderate the attitude-behavior gap for climate change

2023

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Behavioral change has been increasingly recognized as a means for combating climate change. However, being concerned about climate problems and knowing the importance of individual actions in mitigating them is not enough for greater adherence to a more sustainable lifestyle. Psychological barriers such as (1) finding change unnecessary; (2) conflicting goals; (3) interpersonal relationships; (4) lack of knowledge; and (5) tokenism have been proposed as an explanation for the gap between environmental attitudes and actions. Yet, so far, this hypothesis has remained untested. This study aimed to assess if psychological barriers moderate the association between environmental attitudes and climate action. A sample of Portuguese individuals (N = 937) responded to a survey measuring climate change beliefs and environmental concerns as an index of environmental attitudes, a scale of self-reported frequency of environmental action, and finally, the dragons of inaction psychological barrier scale. Our participants revealed generally elevated positive environmental attitudes. These attitudes were positively and moderately related to greater self-reported frequency of environmental action in areas such as reusing materials, reduced consumption of animal products, water and energy saving, and airplane use, but not driving less. Critically, the association between attitudes and behavior was negatively moderated by psychological barriers for the reuse, food, and saving domains, but not for driving or flying. In conclusion, our results corroborate the assumption that psychological barriers can partly explain the attitude-behavior gap in the climate action domain.

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“…There are theories developed and tested in studying the general human behaviour (Teo, 2016). In the pro-environmental related studies, the VBN theory is commonly used for investigating various issues (Canlas et al, 2022). The VBN theory posits that personal values and beliefs towards the environment are found to be influencing pro-environmental behaviours (Chua et al, 2016).…”

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The influence of environmental factors on ecological beliefs and ecological behaviour of energy-efficient appliance purchase

Sai-Keong Chan,

Farzana Quoquab,

Rohaida Basiruddin

2023

AAMJ

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Previous ecological behaviour studies have focused on personal factors only, and thus ignored the impact of environmental factors on ecological behaviour. In addition, there are criticism on the complexity of belief component in the value-belief-norm theory. Hence, this study aims to investigate the effect of environmental factors and to assess the mediating role of ecological beliefs on energy-efficient appliance purchasing. This study utilised a questionnaire survey among 592 Malaysian consumers. The partial least squares technique was utilised to analyse the data and to test the study hypotheses. The findings show that environmental factors have a positive influence on both ecological beliefs and ecological behaviour; ecological beliefs are positively related to ecological behaviour. Additionally, ecological beliefs mediate the relationship between environmental factors and ecological behaviour. This holistic research framework helps to elaborate on the existing knowledge of environmental factors and an individual’s belief, in the context of energy-efficient appliance purchase.

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More Than Twenty Years of Value-Belief-Norm Theory of Environmentalism: What Has Been and Yet To Be Done?

Cited by 11 publications

References 63 publications

Social entrepreneurial intention among working adults: An emerging country context

Social entrepreneurial intention among working adults: An emerging country context

Psychological barriers moderate the attitude-behavior gap for climate change

The influence of environmental factors on ecological beliefs and ecological behaviour of energy-efficient appliance purchase

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