Visitors’ pro-environmental behavior and the underlying motivations for natural environment: Merging dual concern theory and attachment theory

Kim, Minseong; Koo, Dong-Woo

doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102147

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“…How to promote pro-environmental behavior through internet use has received increasing attentions. Existing research involves a series of theories in behavior, psychology and cognition, such as the theory of planned behavior (TPB) [ 23 ], value-belief-norm theory [ 24 , 25 ], dual concern theory and attachment theory [ 25 ], norm-activation theory [ 26 ], as well as social cognitive theory [ 27 ] have made outstanding contributions to the analysis of pro-environmental behavior.…”

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Internet use and pro-environmental behavior: Evidence from China

2022

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Solving environmental problems relies upon cultivating pro-environmental behavior in the society. While the internet has been widely used to facilitate information transmission and communication, it’s important to understand its function in promoting pro-environmental behavior. Using the data from the China General Social Survey 2013, the relationship between the use of internet and the individual’s pro-environmental behavior is investigated, and overall positive effects are found. The results show that, the influence of internet use is more pronounced on the private pro-environmental behavior when further dividing pro-environmental behavior into private and public types. Moreover, the positive effect of internet use on pro-environmental behavior is more pronounced among low-income and female groups, compared to middle to high income and male counterparts, respectively, when considering the heterogeneity across different groups of individuals. We further explore the plausible channels of providing information, encouraging participation in pro-environmental campaigns and improving social relationships through which internet use facilitates pro-environmental behavior.

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Internet use and pro-environmental behavior: Evidence from China

2022

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“…Furthermore, our findings revealed a negative relationship between green pull motives at the macro level and overall tourist satisfaction, implying that tourist destination management organizations (DMOs) should provide tourists with authentic green experiences to boost their emotional attachment to destinations, which would favorably influence their behavior (Kim and Koo, 2020). Through, Fredman et al (2012) highlighted that different tourism market actors need to work together because a varied array of services (e.g.…”

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“…As a response to growing pressure on the tourism sector to become green oriented, tourism destinations have shifted their orientation from traditional to pro-environmental forms of tourism, such as ecotourism, green tourism, sustainable tourism and nature-based tourism (Mishra and Gupta, 2019). As such, the concept of environmentally friendly tourists has emerged, which refers to those who attempt to minimize their negative impact on the natural environment and contribute to environmental protection (Leonidou et al , 2015; Kim and Koo, 2020). Noteworthy, as our data does not provide information that can distinguish between various types of green tourists, the terms green tourist and green tourism will be used for simplicity throughout this paper.…”

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Green pull motives and overall tourist satisfaction: a macro- and micro-levels analysis

Peković

2021

IJCHM

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Purpose The environmental sensitivity of consumers has played an important role in shaping the tourism industry. Although the green trend is an ongoing concern within the tourism industry, empirical research examining the link between green motivation and tourist satisfaction has been lacking in the tourism literature. The study bridges this research gap by examining the relationship between green pull motives and overall tourist satisfaction using empirical data from 28 Member States of the European Union and Turkey, North Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Moldova. Moreover, the framework incorporates both macro- and micro-level analyses, thus offering an unbiased approach compared to analyses based on a single-level perspective. The purpose of this paper is also to compare the relationship between green pull motives and tourist satisfaction across different generational cohorts, thus offering new insights into tourist satisfaction across life-courses. Design/methodology/approach Through an examination of 7,450 tourists from 28 Member States of the European Union and Turkey, North Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Moldova derived from the Flash Eurobarometer survey called “Preferences of Europeans towards tourism,” the authors used a Tobit model to test the proposed framework. Findings The obtained findings demonstrate that the green pull motives at the macro level are negatively associated with overall tourist satisfaction. In contrast, the green pull motives at the micro level are positively related to overall tourist satisfaction. In addition, the results show that the relationship between green pull motives and overall tourist satisfaction diverges between different generational cohorts. Practical implications These results have wide implications for tourism marketers across different European countries, suggesting that adequately managing attributes associated with green motives at both the macro and micro levels, as well as across life-course, considerably contributes to overall tourist satisfaction. Originality/value The novel findings increase understanding of the impact of green trends within the tourism sector by providing unbiased analysis of the relationship between green pull motives and overall tourist satisfaction that involves both a multilevel approach and generational cohort comparisons across life-course.

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“…For example, in the organizational context, scholars mainly use social identity theory [ 49 ], social exchange theory [ 50 ], social learning theory [ 51 ], and ability-motivation-opportunity theory [ 52 ] to explain the promotion effect of corporate social responsibility, environmental management practice, ethical leadership, and green human resource management on employees’ pro-environmental behavior. In the context of tourism, place attachment theory is used to explain tourists’ environmental responsibility behavior [ 53 , 54 ].…”

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Pro-Environmental Behavior Research: Theoretical Progress and Future Directions

Tian

Liu

2022

IJERPH

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Realistic environmental problems drive the growth of pro-environment behavior research, among which the most important progress is about the theoretical innovation and development of pro-environmental behavior. Thus, the main purpose of this paper was to review the literature and help researchers to understand the theoretical progress of pro-environmental behavior. This study systematically analyzed 1806 papers published in SCI-EXPANDED and SSCI databases. It presented the research overview of pro-environmental behavior in terms of status of literature publication, research hotspots and topics. On this basis, this paper further focused on key theoretical papers and summarized three paths of theoretical progress for pro-environmental behavior: theoretical development, theoretical exploration and theoretical integration. Along the theoretical development path, studies mainly apply theories of psychology, sociology and economics to analyze and explain the formation and consequences of pro-environmental behavior. In terms of theoretical exploration, existing studies propose and develop value-belief-norm theory, behavioral theories related to contexts and pro-environmental behavior decision models. Theoretical integration is the direction of future research, such as the combination of rationality and sensibility, and the combination of external and internal causes. Therefore, this paper summarized the theoretical progress of pro-environmental behavior and proposed future research directions, which contribute to its theoretical development.

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Visitors’ pro-environmental behavior and the underlying motivations for natural environment: Merging dual concern theory and attachment theory

Cited by 61 publications

References 84 publications

Internet use and pro-environmental behavior: Evidence from China

Internet use and pro-environmental behavior: Evidence from China

Green pull motives and overall tourist satisfaction: a macro- and micro-levels analysis

Pro-Environmental Behavior Research: Theoretical Progress and Future Directions

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