Social trust, risk perceptions and public acceptance of recycled water: Testing a social-psychological model

Ross, Victoria; Fielding, Kelly S.; Louis, Winnifred R.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.01.039

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“…This relative importance of the role of procedural fairness in dialogue within SLO processes makes sense given the centrality of fairness in previous SLO research. Furthermore, numerous studies have provided a positive link between perceptions of procedural fairness and the acceptance of natural resource developments including mining, CSG development, nuclear power, sustainable energy technology, and water recycling Ross et al, 2014). Thus, based on our results and findings of previous research, we believe procedural fairness warrants further conceptual discussion as a critical factor in both SLO and dialogue.…”

Section: Procedural Fairness As Dialogicsupporting

confidence: 67%

“…Diverse methods have been used in past research on community perceptions in the context of resource extraction or management; quantitative surveys are a common approach at both local and national levels (e.g., Ross et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2015). Although a smaller, qualitative approach was appropriate for exploring the perceptions of practitioners where the sample pool was relatively small, a survey was decided to be appropriate for this section of the study for two reasons.…”

Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of these factors include: social identity (Ross, Fielding, & Louis, 2014); stage of resource development in a given region (Luke & Evensen, in press); legitimacy and credibility ; governance capacity and distributive fairness (Moffat, Zhang, & Boughen, 2014);…”

Section: Gaining a Social Licencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Increasing amounts of research have focused on how to attain and maintain a social licence and social acceptance (International Council on Mining and Metals, 2015a; Litmanen et al, 2016;Ross et al, 2014;. Across these models, the development of social acceptance (used as the most predominant proxy for social licence) has been linked to factors such as perceptions of trust, fairness (procedural and distributive), governance capacity, familiarity with development, legitimacy, credibility, respect, compatibility of interests, impacts, contact quality, contact quantity, identity, and risk.…”

Section: Drivers Of Social Licence To Operatementioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

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This thesis explores the multifaceted role of dialogue in the context of social licence to operate (SLO) in the extractives sector (including mining and gas extraction). SLO is a concept that describes the ongoing and dynamic social acceptance of a resource development by local communities and other stakeholders who have the power to influence company operations. There has been discourse by extractives companies and in academia about the importance of 'meaningful dialogue' as one form of engagement that contributes to developing and maintaining a social licence. The relationship between dialogue and SLO, however, has undergone relatively little explicit, in-depth examination. I use a mixed methods approach to address this gap by exploring the role of dialogue in social licence from three standpoints: (a) a theoretical perspective, drawing on literature from multiple disciplines; (b) stakeholder engagement practitioner perspectives using qualitative, semi-structured interviews; and (c) perceptions of residents in Australian mining communities through a quantitative, social psychological survey.Through this body of work, I make five contributions to the SLO field of knowledge. The first is an interdisciplinary conceptual framework considering the role of dialogue in SLO. The second is a coherent understanding of dialogue and potential outcomes from dialogue specific to SLO. The third is a reconceptualisation of two core factors that have previously been established as central to SLO: trust and procedural fairness, bringing conceptual depth to an under-theorised field.The fourth is an analysis of how dialogue can potentially reinforce the illegitimate power asymmetries it may seek to redress with implications for stakeholder identification and engagement processes. The fifth is a model establishing empirical relationships between community members' experiences of dialogue and other factors central to SLO including company-community relationship, perceptions of procedural fairness, company-community trust, and social acceptance.I argue, based on these theoretical and empirical findings, that dialogue has a critical but complex role to play in the processes of social licence engagement. I discuss each set of results in relation to the SLO literature. Implications for theory are highlighted, pointing to areas of future research that might usefully build on current findings. Implications for industry also are drawn to propose evidence-based considerations for the design, implementation, and evaluation of current and future engagement strategies used by companies to engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue in attempts to establish and maintain a social licence.3

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Section: Procedural Fairness As Dialogicsupporting

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Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

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Section: Gaining a Social Licencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Drivers Of Social Licence To Operatementioning

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“…This is a new finding as previous studies focused mainly on the relationships among trust, risk perception, and willingness. Siegrist et al, for example, demonstrated that when social trust is controlled, the relationship between perceived risks and benefits diminishes [68], and Ross validated the relationships among trust, risk perception, and the acceptance of recycled water [65]. No research has probed into the associations among trust, the possibility of transaction cost reduction, and the willingness to supply straw.…”

Section: Relationships Among Risk Perception Possibility Of Transactmentioning

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Influence of Trust on Biomass Supply Decision-Making in China

Wang

Watanabe

2017

Energies

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Given the abundant straw resources in Northeast China and the huge external costs associated with fossil fuels, straw-based biomass power plants have emerged as a popular alternative to coal-fired power plants. The sustainability of these green alternatives depends on straw supply from farmers, yet little is known about their perceptions regarding such supply because of a lack of cooperation in the supply chain. To better understand farmers' opinions on supplying straw, this study examined their trust in middlemen, perceptions regarding risk in straw supply, the possibility of reducing transaction costs, and their willingness to supply straw. Data were collected from 275 farmers in the national bioenergy industry area in Wangkui County, Northeast China. We investigated the theoretical and empirical connections between trust and risk perception, trust and the possibility of reducing transaction costs, and trust and willingness to supply straw. The results indicated that education, income, and trust factors explained farmers' risk perceptions, the possibility that they will reduce transaction costs, and their willingness to supply straw. On the basis of the analysis, a model of the influence of trust on straw supply was established. The overall findings indicated that biomass power plants and middlemen must build trusting relationships with farmers to ensure sustainable biomass supply.

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The psychology of recycled water: Factors predicting disgust and willingness to use

Wester

Timpano

Çek

et al. 2016

Water Resources Research

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Water recycling is increasingly recognized as a critical strategy to maintain sustainable water supplies. Yet public acceptance of water recycling often lags behind. It is unclear the degree to which individuals are aware of the role of disgust in their decisions about recycled water, how important anticipated disgust is to willingness to use when controlling for other factors, and what the most effective method of presenting information about water recycling would be to decrease disgust reactions and increase willingness to use. We used a two‐pronged approach, combining a survey with open‐ended and psychometric measures with an experimental manipulation, in a U.S., web‐based sample (N = 428). Only 2% of participants self‐identified disgust as important to their decisions about recycled water. When measured directly using a Likert scale, however, anticipated disgust was the strongest predictor of willingness to use recycled water when controlling for individual differences that have been shown to impact willingness to use, including a subscale of individual pathogen disgust sensitivity. Finally, participants were exposed to an educational brochure about water reuse framed either affectively or cognitively or were shown a simple, neutral definition. Exposure to either the affectively or cognitively framed brochures lowered anticipated disgust, but did not significantly affect willingness to use recycled water compared to the neutral condition.

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Social trust, risk perceptions and public acceptance of recycled water: Testing a social-psychological model

Cited by 176 publications

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The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

Influence of Trust on Biomass Supply Decision-Making in China

The psychology of recycled water: Factors predicting disgust and willingness to use

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