When does self-identity predict intention to act green? A self-completion account relying on past behaviour and majority-minority support for pro-environmental values

Lalot, Fanny; Quiamzade, Alain; Falomir‐Pichastor, Juan Manuel; Gollwitzer, Peter M.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.01.002

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“…Furthermore, being a member of a supportive social minority can enhance the efforts to behave pro-environmentally. If the minority group welcomes past behavior patterns, the person might be motivated to continue these patterns, whereas the person may be willing to change past behavior patterns, if they are not supported by the minority group (Lalot et al 2018(Lalot et al , 2019. Although, the results were not totally convincing because of different outcomes in the studies, they can be helpful to understand our own results.…”

Section: Green Self-identitymentioning

confidence: 90%

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Understanding permaculturist motivations among residents of the “PermaKulturRaum” in Goettingen, Germany: a qualitative analysis

Petri

Faust

2020

SN Soc Sci

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By using an inductive qualitative approach, investigating the micro scale, that is, the individual level, we conducted a case study on the PermaKulturRaum in Goettingen, Germany—an experimental space for students to explore alternative lifedesigns. On the supposition that only a radical transition can achieve sustainability on a global scale, we identified permaculture as an appropriate method to achieve this. However, permaculture is not widely spread and largely ignored by scientific research. We started a first attempt to understand the underlying motivations of permaculturists. Using behavioral studies as our theoretical framework, we found out that behavioral determinants, like biospheric values, green-identity, and the intention to act green were extraordinarily high and that the core of their pro-environmental behavior is most likely their strong intrinsic motivation. Regarding the PermaKulturRaum, we could formulate following theses: (1) a comprehensive implementation of permacultural aspects requires an urge for an alternative lifedesign, (2) a radical lifedesign attracts primarily like-minded people, which creates isolated spaces, (3) early childhood experiences or single key moments are important to trigger a pro-environmental interest.

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Section: Green Self-identitymentioning

confidence: 90%

“…Support by a majority proved to lessen the effects of self-identity on behavior, because it creates a feeling of self-completeness, according to the self-completion theory. Further, a PEB can be lessened, when a majority is anti-environmental (Brick et al 2017;Lalot et al 2019).…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Behavioral Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding permaculturist motivations among residents of the “PermaKulturRaum” in Goettingen, Germany: a qualitative analysis

Petri

Faust

2020

SN Soc Sci

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“…However, despite using self-completion theory as a theoretical background, the authors do not discuss or investigate social recognition, which is a core feature of self-completion theory. In a similar vein, Lalot et al (2019) propose self-completion theory as a framework, investigating the influence of alleged minority vs. majority opinion and pro-environmental vs. anti-environmental attitudes on moral balancing. They report the results of three online questionnaire studies and one classroom questionnaire study, which suggest overall that the participants' score on a pro-environmental intentions scale was reduced (increased) by previously provided information about an alleged majority (minority) opinion in association with a previous assessment of the participants' own pro-environmental behavior.…”

Section: Previous Research On Moral Balancing Relevant To Self-complementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This theory states that social recognition allows people to derive a sense of progress or goal attainment from their goal-congruent actions, which in turn influences future goal-striving. The potential influence of social recognition on moral balancing effects has been previously discussed (Monin and Miller, 2001;Merritt et al, 2010;Jordan et al, 2011;Lalot et al, 2019). Yet, to the best of our knowledge, it has not been empirically tested explicitly.…”

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“…Yet, to the best of our knowledge, it has not been empirically tested explicitly. Recently, Lalot et al (2019) proposed a self-completion account to explain balancing effects. However, they mainly focused on minority vs. majority influence as a moderating variable, i.e., the normative influence resulting from alleged opinions presented to participants.…”

Section: Introduction Prosocial Behavior Dynamics and Social Recognitionmentioning

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Symbolic Moral Self-Completion – Social Recognition of Prosocial Behavior Reduces Subsequent Moral Striving

Susewind

Walkowitz

2020

Front. Psychol.

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According to theories on moral balancing, a prosocial act can decrease people's motivation to engage in subsequent prosocial behavior, because people feel that they have already achieved a positive moral self-perception. However, there is also empirical evidence showing that people actually need to be recognized by others in order to establish and affirm their self-perception through their prosocial actions. Without social recognition, moral balancing could possibly fail. In this paper, we investigate in two laboratory experiments how social recognition of prosocial behavior influences subsequent moral striving. Building on self-completion theory, we hypothesize that social recognition of prosocial behavior (self-serving behavior) weakens (strengthens) subsequent moral striving. In Study 1, we show that a prosocial act leads to less subsequent helpfulness when it was socially recognized as compared to a situation without social recognition. Conversely, when a self-serving act is socially recognized, it encourages subsequent helpfulness. In Study 2, we replicate the effect of social recognition on moral striving in a more elaborated experimental setting and with a larger participant sample. We again find that a socially recognized prosocial act leads to less subsequent helpfulness compared to an unrecognized prosocial act. Our results shed new light on the boundary conditions of moral balancing effects and underscore the view that these effects can be conceptualized as a dynamic of self-completion.

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Let leaders permit nature! Role of employee engagement, environmental values, and sustainable behavioral intentions

Ahsan,

Ishaq,

Raza

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Bus Strat Env

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The current study examines the relationship between authentic leadership and sustainable behavior intention among employees. We also tested employee engagement as a mediator and environmental value as a boundary condition in Danish manufacturing firms. The data from 346 respondents were obtained using time‐lagged and multi‐respondent techniques, and the data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results revealed that authentic leadership directly impacts sustainable behavior intentions whereas cognitive and behavioral employee engagement mediates the relationship between authentic leadership and sustainable behavioral intentions. Additionally, environmental values strengthen the positive relationship between employee engagement's cognitive and behavioral dimensions and sustainable behavioral intentions. This study advances the social exchange theory by empirically testing the beneficial effects of authentic leadership and employee engagement on the intention to engage in sustainable behavior. We also propose that practitioners emphasize authentic leadership as it can foster employees' environmental values and sustainable behavior intentions that are helpful for the organization's and society's sustainability.

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When does self-identity predict intention to act green? A self-completion account relying on past behaviour and majority-minority support for pro-environmental values

Cited by 61 publications

References 74 publications

Understanding permaculturist motivations among residents of the “PermaKulturRaum” in Goettingen, Germany: a qualitative analysis

Understanding permaculturist motivations among residents of the “PermaKulturRaum” in Goettingen, Germany: a qualitative analysis

Symbolic Moral Self-Completion – Social Recognition of Prosocial Behavior Reduces Subsequent Moral Striving

Let leaders permit nature! Role of employee engagement, environmental values, and sustainable behavioral intentions

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