Sustainable Consumption and the Attitude-Behaviour-Gap Phenomenon - Causes and Measurements towards a Sustainable Development

Terlau, Wiltrud; Hirsch, Darya

doi:10.18461/ijfsd.v6i3.634

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“…Last but not least, the findings also demonstrated a psychological gap between attitudes and actual behaviour/everyday decisions (e.g. Burgiel, 2020;Terlau and Hirsch, 2015;Jin et al, 2021;Prillwitz and Barr, 2011;Vincent, 2019) among respondents commuting by urban and regional public transport, and those using multiple modes. These groups of commuters tended to confirm a willingness and readiness to reduce/give up travelling by car to take more care of the environment and local communities.…”

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“…European Union, 2017; UNECE, 2020; European Union, 2020; European Platform on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, 2019a, 2019b), including sustainable transport choices made by students (dell'Olio et al, 2019;Danielis 2014, 2015;Setiawan et al, 2015;Cattaneo et al, 2018;Romanowska et al, 2019;Paradowska, 2019b), the problem of knowledgeattitude-behaviour gaps in developing sustainable consumption (e.g. Burgiel, 2020;Terlau and Hirsch, 2015;Bernardes et al, 2018;Luchs et al, 2015), as well as the low demand elasticity of travelling by car (e.g. Berri, 2009;McCarthy, 1996;EIA, 2014;Dong et al, 2012).…”

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Remote study and deconsumption – sustainable mobility versus (un)necessary university commuting

Paradowska

2021

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The remote study was one of the many restrictions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. It resulted in a deconsumption of university commuting which, together with telecommuting, could be considered as a means to implement a sustainable mobility policy. Within this context, this paper investigates student's perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of daily travel before online learning started with a focus on the resultant satisfaction from the use of given means of transport. In this context, we examined the potential for developing more sustainable mobility and possibilities for further deconsumption of transport processes. This was based on the results of a preliminary survey the author conducted online among students of two public universities in Poland. The results obtained, revealed that the respondents associated commuting to university with more advantages than disadvantages. However, these perceptions differed dependent on the most frequently used transport mode. Car users hardly benefited from commuting compared to other transport users and were the group least likely to resign from individual motorisation. Pedestrians and cyclists perceived the most benefits and were most satisfied. In general, students expected to continue commuting using the transport modes they used prior to the pandemic. Nevertheless, when students were asked about their “dream transport mode” which enabled the possibility for deconsumption of commuting by way of cheap and commonly available teleportation, the private car turned out to be a better option than teleportation among students commuting either by car or by urban public transport. In such a hypothetical situation, only car users and active commuters were not prepared to change their transport behaviour.

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Remote study and deconsumption – sustainable mobility versus (un)necessary university commuting

Paradowska

2021

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“…However, the consumers' positive tendency toward sustainable consumption does not always lead to actual practice (Dirzyte & Rakauskiene, 2016;Min & Rhee, 1999). This inconsistency between attitude and actual behavior is influenced by various factors, including individual, social, and situational factors (Terlau & Hirsch, 2015).…”

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“…Among them, the consumers' propensity and actual behavior about sustainable consumption can vary depending on individual socioeconomic characteristics, including age, sex, education, and income. Furthermore, personal needs and wants, values, norms, habits, and abilities can affect the process by which the consumers' propensity leads to actual sustainable consumption behavior (Balderjahn, 2013;Carrington et al, 2010;Terlau & Hirsch, 2015;Vermeir & Verbeke, 2006). Considering the above, each consumer's attitude and behavior may vary owing to certain factors.…”

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Inconsistency between subjective propensity and practice of sustainable consumption: Impact of the consumers' values‐in‐behavior and social participation

Hwang

Yeo

2022

Sustainable Development

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This study examined the gap between the consumers' subjective propensity to engage in sustainable consumption and their actual behavior to develop an understanding of the consumers' practical contribution to sustainable development. This study examined the gaps between the consumers' subjective propensity to hold sustainable consumption attitudes or beliefs and their practical behavior by focusing on the value consumers assign to sustainable consumption while engaging in such behavior. Additionally, the effects of the consumers' social relationships and civic participation on sustainable consumption and the propensity-behavior gap were investigated. Survey data were collected by a professional market research organization from 422 panel consumers. The results indicate that functional value influences actual behavior, while subjective propensity is affected by emotional and altruistic values, as well as by functional value. Bridging social capital negatively affects actual practice of sustainable consumption, whereas the consumers' civic roles have the opposite effect.Finally, the gap between propensity and actual behavior is more likely to occur when consumers are led by emotional and altruistic values of sustainable consumption.

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“…Additionally, it is necessary to consider the inconsistency between attitudes towards consumption of products versus the actual purchase of such products (attitude-behavior-gap). In order to reduce this gap, Terlau and Hirsch (2015) recommend to improve communication of relevant quality attributes as well as creating unified and simple labels that provide transparency to the processes behind the labels.…”

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Consumers' choice of chicken meat. The case of local dual-purpose breeds and local protein feedstuff.

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verbunden sind, könnten jedoch einen Anreiz für die Verbraucher darstellen, solche Produkte zu kaufen, insbesondere wenn lokale Rassen gefördert werden. Diese Informationen müssen leicht erkennbar und verständlich sein, damit die Vorteile dieser Produkte wirksam kommuniziert werden können. Neben diesen extrinsischen Eigenschaften ist auch die Fleischqualität für die Verbraucher beim Kauf von Hühnerfleisch von Bedeutung. Obwohl es viele Faktoren gibt, die die Fleischqualität von Hühnerfleisch beeinflussen können, zeigt diese Untersuchung, dass Ackerbohnen als Alternative zu Sojabohnen als Eiweiβfuttermittel verwendet werden können, ohne die physikochemische und organoleptische Qualität des Fleisches zu beeinträchtigen.

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Sustainable Consumption and the Attitude-Behaviour-Gap Phenomenon - Causes and Measurements towards a Sustainable Development

Cited by 18 publications

References 36 publications

Remote study and deconsumption – sustainable mobility versus (un)necessary university commuting

Remote study and deconsumption – sustainable mobility versus (un)necessary university commuting

Inconsistency between subjective propensity and practice of sustainable consumption: Impact of the consumers' values‐in‐behavior and social participation

Consumers' choice of chicken meat. The case of local dual-purpose breeds and local protein feedstuff.

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