Environmental knowledge and conservation behavior: exploring prevalence and structure in a representative sample

Frick, Jacqueline; Kaiser, Florian G.; Wilson, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2004.02.015

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“…Frick, Kaiser and Wilson (2004), for instance, show that 'system knowledge' has no direct effect on environmental conservation behaviour; instead, its effect is mediated via 'action-related' and 'effectiveness knowledge', which in turn influence individual electricity consumption to a moderate degree. Regarding energy saving intentions instead of actual behaviour, the subjective assessment of how well informed respondents feel about the issue of climate change is relevant (Sardianou, 2007).…”

Section: Personal Capabilitiesmentioning

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Disentangling household and individual actors in explaining private electricity consumption

Seebauer

Wolf

2016

Energy Efficiency

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Previous research often regard household and individual as synonymous actors, although the overall household electricity consumption is the aggregate of diverging actions by individual household members. We disentangle the impact of actor-specific predictors on household and individual electricity consumption, employing regression models to data of 204 Austrian multi-person households. Predictors add more to the explained variance of household and individual electricity consumption if they are located at the same actor level as the dependent variable. While household electricity consumption is best predicted by the household context and value/knowledge factors, individual electricity consumption depends foremost on habit and whether a person stays at home during the day. The study exemplifies that future research and interventions need to decompose actor levels to better understand and target the drivers of private electricity consumption. Methodological challenges in measuring individual and household consumption behaviour are discussed.

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Section: Personal Capabilitiesmentioning

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Disentangling household and individual actors in explaining private electricity consumption

Seebauer

Wolf

2016

Energy Efficiency

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“…To control for direct effects of TPB predictors, the attitude, subjective norm and PBC variables were allowed to directly influence intention. Given Ajzen's (2001) view that determinants external to his theory are likely to be more distal in their influence, we reasoned that PP would predict PBC (an approach also informed by Frick, Kaiser, & Wilson, 2004 who link knowledge with PBC), thus, PP was allowed to directly influence PBC. In turn, we reasoned that PP would be antecedent to an individual's sense of planning importance.…”

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The role and relevance of domain knowledge, perceptions of planning importance, and risk tolerance in predicting savings intentions

Croy

Gerrans

Speelman

2010

Journal of Economic Psychology

121

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The need for individuals to increase retirement savings has been widely promoted, yet our understanding of the motivations of individuals to save at a higher rate remains sparse. This paper reports the findings of a survey of 2300 retirement savings fund members and their motivations to contribute more to savings and to actively manage their investment strategy. Utilising the theory of planned behaviour, the study reveals respondent's self-reported attitudes, subjective norms and perceptions of behavioural control account for a high proportion of the variance in behavioural intention.Contrary to expectations, the study finds that respondent's risk tolerance adds little to the prediction of behavioural intention. By contrast, perceptions of planning importance and self-assessed planning preparedness (domain knowledge) are found to exert powerful indirect influences on behavioural intentions via the perceived behavioural control construct. This novel finding confirms the relevance of planning constructs and financial literacy to an understanding of retirement savings behaviour, and establishes a need to improve levels of financial literacy in society.

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“…People with environmental knowledge will process information using this knowledge (system knowledge), know what can be done about the environmental problems (action related knowledge) and understand the benefits (effectiveness) of environmentally responsible actions (Frick et al, 2004).…”

Section: Environmental Knowledge Management Environmental Knowledge Amentioning

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Effective environmental management through environmental knowledge management

Huang

Shih

2008

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

139

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Environmental knowledge and conservation behavior: exploring prevalence and structure in a representative sample

Cited by 718 publications

References 33 publications

Disentangling household and individual actors in explaining private electricity consumption

Disentangling household and individual actors in explaining private electricity consumption

The role and relevance of domain knowledge, perceptions of planning importance, and risk tolerance in predicting savings intentions

Effective environmental management through environmental knowledge management

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