Environmental consciousness, its antecedents and behavioural outcomes

Sharma, Kavita; Bansal, Monika

doi:10.1108/jibr-10-2012-0080

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“…Environmental consciousness is not only pertinent to one's perception and knowledge towards environmental issues but also towards the behavior that one consequently conducts. Hence, the consumers' usage of green products leads to values and beliefs that are beneficial to the environment (Abd'Razack, Medayese, Shaibu, & Adeleye, ; Sharma & Bansal, ). Environmental consciousness is an element of individual beliefs that guide consumers to conduct behavior beneficial to the environment (Abd'Razack et al, ).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green consumption: Environmental knowledge, environmental consciousness, social norms, and purchasing behavior

2018

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The 2015 Paris Agreement is the first historical global accord aiming to palliate global warming. Climate change has caused ecological, economic, and social disasters, among other things and has made not only nations review their environmental protection issues but also the consumers paying more attention to the environment and encouraging green oriented buying behaviors. This study targets Taiwan's consumers, and 649 valid questionnaires were recovered. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to extract the trait factors, whereas confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used for the verification of the scale and structural model, respectively. The result shows that the consumers' environmental knowledge, environmental consciousness, and the social norms have had a positive effect on their environmental attitude, as do their environmental knowledge and the social norms to a sense of well‐being. Consumers purchasing intention and behavior are pointing towards green products. Therefore, companies need to respond to the consumers' demand and fulfill their social responsibility to release the green products so as to satisfy the consumers' needs.

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Green consumption: Environmental knowledge, environmental consciousness, social norms, and purchasing behavior

2018

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“…As a result, the environment benefits from unintended pro-environmental consumer behaviour by the low income market segment. Although Sharma and Bansal (2013) report that high income individuals are more informed about pro-environmental gains, they caution that the direct relationship between income and green consumption behaviour has not been supported by majority of the studies. Therefore, income, like other contextual factors generates attitude towards the environment that ultimately translates to actual behaviour through either intentional decisions or involuntary actions.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Therefore, disconnect between what people think, believe and their actual behaviour suggests the possibility of other factors apart from awareness and attitude that explain actual behaviour. Sharma and Bansal (2013) argue that rational and emotional judgement by people about their actions to the environment is necessary, but not sufficient condition for pro-environmental behaviour.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…While intrinsic factors shape consumer preferences, extrinsic factors determine the degree to which preferences or aspirations can be realized. Whereas several theories argue that intrinsic factors explain pro-environmental behaviour, empirical evidence from some studies point out the gaps between theory and actual behaviour, and in contrast suggest that intrinsic factors do not necessarily lead to actual performance of green consumption behaviours (Sharma & Bansal, 2013). Therefore, extrinsic factors have been used to explain the gap between intrinsic factors such as attitude and actual consumer behaviour.…”

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Pro-Environmental Consumer Behavior: A Critical Review of Literature

Owino¹

2019

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The damage to the environment caused by commercial activities and consumption behaviours has become a reason for concern in recent times. Sustainable consumption and drivers behind it was the main objective of the study. The study is a critical review of literature on pro-environmental behaviours with focus on theory, behavioural drivers and inhibitors. The review covered conceptual and empirical papers selected from peer reviewed articles with high citation index. Behaviour change theories including theory of reasoned action, theory of planned behaviour, norm activation theory and goal framing theory were reviewed. In light of theory, attitude, behavioural intention and perceived consequences are the major variables that cause pro-environmental behaviour. Nevertheless, norm activation theory fails to explain behaviour where people are in denial of responsibility for the consequences of their consumption. The study established that pro-environmental behaviour is caused by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors include environmental awareness and knowledge, attitude, consumer age, education, and concern for the environment. Extrinsic factors including income, social network and culture bridge the gap between attitude and pro-environmental behaviour. Perceived high price and lack of trust for green products were the major barriers to sustainable consumption behaviours. The study concludes that interaction between consumer attitude and favourable contextual factors lead to pro-environmental behaviours.

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“…No entanto, a motivação Consumo consciente, meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável: análise da tomada de decisão com base nas heurísticas para adotar o conceito de movimento verde em seus negócios repousa sobre os consumidores, à medida que estes demonstram um elevado grau de atitude ambiental que se traduz em favor do compromisso de consumo sustentável, apesar de os próprios consumidores contribuírem, também, para a degradação e poluição ambiental (SHARMA;BANSAL, 2013).…”

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Consumo consciente, meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável: análise da tomada de decisão com base nas heurísticas

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Meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável, nos últimos anos, vêm sendo considerados assuntos pertinentes e presentes na sociedade, devido ao impacto que ocasionam no nosso cotidiano. Assim sendo, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar, por meio das heurísticas, a tomada de decisão dos indivíduos relacionada à preservação do meio ambiente. Desenvolveu-se, para isso, uma pesquisa de natureza aplicada, com abordagem quantitativa e exploratória, lançando mão de pesquisa bibliográfica e de levantamento de dados por meio de um questionário baseado na escala Likert, com cinco pontos. Para proceder à análise dos dados, com utilização do software IBM SPSS Statistics 20, aplicaram-se a estatística descritiva e a correlação simples. Evidenciou-se que as maiores correlações estão relacionadas ao entendimento e à compreensão dos temas abordados neste estudo e que as menores estão relacionadas ao comportamento dos indivíduos quanto às questões ambientais. Desse modo, pode-se afirmar que existe um entendimento acerca das questões ambientais e sustentáveis que emergem no contexto atual; entretanto, ainda são necessárias atitudes voltadas às ações ambientais.Palavras-chave: Meio ambiente. Desenvolvimento sustentável. Consumo consciente. Tomada de decisão.

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Environmental consciousness, its antecedents and behavioural outcomes

Cited by 77 publications

References 56 publications

Green consumption: Environmental knowledge, environmental consciousness, social norms, and purchasing behavior

Green consumption: Environmental knowledge, environmental consciousness, social norms, and purchasing behavior

Pro-Environmental Consumer Behavior: A Critical Review of Literature

Consumo consciente, meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável: análise da tomada de decisão com base nas heurísticas

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