Who Is More Likely to Influence Others? A Value-Based Approach to Pro-Environmental Social Influence Behavior

Kis, Andrea; Verschoor, Mark; Sargisson, Rebecca J.

doi:10.1089/sus.2020.0022

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“…It has been argued that teachers do not feel equipped to teach environmental action strategies [149], and teaching methods have been questioned [184]. Factors affecting the environmental activism of university students [142,[185][186][187][188][189][190][191][192][193] and youth civil activism [194] have been investigated. Studies have also investigated how to instill a sense of responsibility for environmental stewardship in students [195][196][197][198][199][200][201].…”

Section: Environmental Activism and Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential Impact of Environmental Activism: A Survey and a Scoping Review

Wolbring

Gill

2023

Sustainability

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Environmental issues increasingly impact the well-being, the ability to have a good life, of people, especially members of marginalized groups. Dealing with environmental issues is a long-standing and increasing focus of activism. Youth are increasingly involved in environmental activism. One focus of environmental education is how to instill the role of being a change agent into students. Marginalized groups experience many problems in relation to environmental issues, and environmental activism impacts the lived experience of marginalized groups in diverse ways. A pre-study scoping review suggested a gap in academic inquiry around “the impact of environmental activism”. The aim of our study was to decrease this gap and to better understand the perceived impact of environmental activism. We used two approaches to achieve this aim. In the first step, we used a survey to ask undergraduate students about their views on the impact of environmental activism. Given the results of the survey and that students need access to information to be able to fulfill their roles as critical thinkers and change agents, we then performed a scoping review of abstracts from Scopus, Web of Science, and the 70 databases accessible through EBSCO-HOST to ascertain what topics and which marginalized groups are engaged with in the academic inquiry of environmental activism. We found that participants felt that environmental activism has an impact on all the social groups and entities we gave them as choices, although there were differences in how positively they viewed the different groups and entities being affected. The participants also indicated that many of the well-being indicators were impacted by environmental activism, although around 30% felt that they did not have information they needed to form an opinion. Finally, our participants felt that different social groups have different ability expectations. Our scoping review found that many of the groups and indicators that our participants felt were impacted by environmental activism were not covered in the abstracts we analyzed. Our findings suggest many gaps and the need for actions and opportunities in relation to the topic of the “impact of environmental activism”.

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Section: Environmental Activism and Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential Impact of Environmental Activism: A Survey and a Scoping Review

Wolbring

Gill

2023

Sustainability

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“…Oh et al (2021) find that family egoistic value orientation positively affects the experience of nature through social norms. Individuals with high levels of EV have higher levels of social influence actions (Kis et al, 2020). Osburg et al (2019), however, point out that EV focuses on the seeking of individual benefits.…”

Section: Egoistic Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of green purchase behaviour of university students in South Africa

Fatoki

2023

EiS

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The unsustainable level of consumption globally is one of the major causes of the environmental challenges that the world currently faces. The purchase of green products is one of the ways to promote environmental sustainability globally. The study examines the determinants of green purchase behaviour of university students in South Africa. The study merges the Value-Attitude-Behaviour (VAB) theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to develop a new theoretical model to predict GPB. The study uses a quantitative research design, and data is collected from students at two South African universities. The study adopts the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling for data analysis. The findings support the applicability of the merged theories in predicting GPB. Recommendations to improve the GPB of students include the introduction of environmental education as a subject in universities.

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“…For instance, different people might find different forms of relational organizing more or less intrinsically motivating, depending on how it fulfills their fundamental psychological needs (Deci & Ryan, 2000). People with different values may be more or less drawn to relational organizing; for instance, those with high biospheric, altruistic, or relational values (Kis et al, 2020; Klain et al, 2017) might be more likely to promote personal behaviors. Some factors may have stronger effects on the adoption of relational organizing than others, or may moderate or mediate the effect of other factors on behavior.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Motivating relational organizing behavior for biodiversity conservation

Jones

Niemiec

2023

Conservat Sci and Prac

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As biodiversity loss and climate change accelerate, more people worldwide are engaging in conservation behaviors to “do their part.” Yet, individual behavior change alone is insufficient for the large‐scale, rapid change needed to address these crises. Relational organizing, which involves individuals reaching out to others in their social network, can enhance the speed and scale of conservation behavior change and address the complex, collective action nature of many conservation problems. However, many people practicing conservation behaviors in their own lives do not engage in relational organizing about conservation issues. Here, we suggest this may be the result of specific social‐psychological factors inhibiting people from reaching out to others. We summarize the evidence and offer a research and practice agenda to prioritize (1) understanding the social‐psychological barriers that prevent relational organizing, and (2) addressing these barriers through targeted outreach interventions to help scale and accelerate community action for conservation.

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Who Is More Likely to Influence Others? A Value-Based Approach to Pro-Environmental Social Influence Behavior

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

Potential Impact of Environmental Activism: A Survey and a Scoping Review

Potential Impact of Environmental Activism: A Survey and a Scoping Review

Determinants of green purchase behaviour of university students in South Africa

Motivating relational organizing behavior for biodiversity conservation

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