Religious Identity and Public Pro-Environmental Behavior in China: The Mediating Role of Environmental Risk Perception

Zeng, Sheng; Wu, Lin; Liu, Tianyuan

doi:10.3390/rel11040165

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“…Risk perception of individual attitudes is a mediator between Religion and pro-environmental behavior [25]. The risks borne by individuals due to their behavior have opened awareness of the importance of protecting the environment by increased knowledge both about environmental conditions, environmental impacts, and environmental management practices have increased pro-environmental behavior.…”

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Restoration and Conservation Based on Community Empowerment and Religious Understanding

Herdiansyah

Rizki²

2021

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Community empowerment is one of the effective strategies in conservation efforts. However, empowerment-based conservation still leaves some problems to be solved. The most significant issues in empowerment-based conservation are sustainability and human resource issues. This study sees the problem can be solved by integrating religious aspects in empowerment-based conservation efforts. Through its teaching about the environment, religion can instill values and shape the behavior of people and people who care about the environment. For demonstrating this possibility, this study reviews the literature available in discussions on the role of religion in environmental conservation, community empowerment, and conservation efforts. From the existing literature, religion instills values, shapes behavior, and ensures its sustainability. This is possible through features in religion, such as the message of responsibility in the concept of divinity, karma and reward/sin, or other features such as the ability of institutions to spread values that are intertwined with the emotional, cognitive, and even political aspects of society.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Restoration and Conservation Based on Community Empowerment and Religious Understanding

Herdiansyah

Rizki²

2021

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…In a similar fashion, where respondents who disagreed with “… supernatural influence over all environmental crises including flooding, volcanoes, and particularly the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak” significantly ( p value = 0.000) exhibited less likelihood of willingness to engage in global environmental conservation efforts, it goes further to substantiate the fact that, if properly harnessed, spirituality can be leveraged upon in environmental conservation efforts (Copeland, 2018 ). Although Jenkins and Chapple ( 2011 ) have observed that the few empirical studies on the relationship between religious beliefs and environmental engagement yielded mixed results, there is no denying the fact that even in more atheist China; Zeng et al ( 2020 ) have shown that study participants “with a religious identity are more willing to engage in public pro-environmental behavior than those without a religious identity.”…”

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Exploring the interplay of environmental conservation within spirituality and multicultural perspective: insights from a cross-sectional study

Omoyajowo,

Danjin,

Omoyajowo

et al. 2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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The need to protect and sustain environmental resources for future generation remains sacrosanct in global sustainability agenda. This study was aimed at exploring the interplay between environmental conservation and spirituality from a multicultural perspective. While studies on “spirituality” have monumentally gained global attention, a growing number of evidence underscore the critical role of spiritual resources available for ensuring environmental stewardship. In this present study, attempt was made to respond to some critical questions: Is there any significant association between spirituality and environmental responsibility? What is the impact of spiritual leadership on environmental conservation? What key messages do spiritual leaders need to prioritize to encourage environmental conservation? And what are some of the spirituality-related predictors of willingness to engage in global environmental conservation efforts among the respondents? To determine this nexus between spirituality and environmentalism, a cross-sectional study design was adopted. Primary data were collected by means of a validated and adapted instrument from various literature searches. Data collected from a sample of 1,438 respondents were entered on Excel spreadsheet and eventually exported on SPSS version 21 for further analysis. Every segment of the instrument used yielded a Cronbach’s alpha reliability test result of no less than 0.70. Descriptive statistics and ordinal logistics regression analysis were employed. The findings revealed that majority of respondents expressed a high level of spirituality ( p value < 0.05). Majority (70%) of the respondents believe that everyone has a duty of care toward nature. More than two-third (> 60.0%) would be more inclined to observing environmental conservative measures if their spiritual leaders would continue to give exemplary teachings on environmental conservation. While a few indicators of spirituality yielded direct correlation with the willingness to engage in global environmental conservation efforts, most of the selected indicators reflect willingness. Some of these (predictors) include how often respondents pray, meditate, and fast; caring about people, animals, and the planet; being just happy to be alive; etc. In conclusion, this study reasoned that spirituality could indeed serve as a foundation for environmental conservation campaigns and could reinforce pro-environmental behaviors.

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“…24 Moreover, they found that individuals with religious identities are more willing to engage in public environmental protection behaviors than political participants without religious identities. 25 Low-carbon behavior derives from corporate social responsibility. 26 Employee low-carbon behavior is an environmental behavior in employees' daily life.…”

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The Influence of Taoism on Employee Low-Carbon Behavior in China: The Mediating Role of Perceived Value and Guanxi

Zhang¹,

Liu²,

Xiao³

2022

PRBM

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Purpose We established a dual-pathway model in which Taoism at work can shape employee low-carbon behavior via two mediating mechanisms: perceived value as a psychological mediator and guanxi as a social mediator. Patients and Methods Data were collected from 788 Chinese enterprises employees. Results Our results confirm the direct positive effect of Taoism on employee low-carbon behavior and the partial mediating effects of perceived value and co-worker guanxi. However, supervisor-subordinate guanxi does not mediate the relationship between Taoism and employee low-carbon behavior. Conclusion Despite the key role of employee low-carbon behavior, the individual-level antecedent to employees’ pro-environmental behavior remains underexplored. This study examines the influence of Taoism (an individual-level cultural value) on employee low-carbon behavior in the Chinese context. Theoretical and managerial implications were discussed.

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Religious Identity and Public Pro-Environmental Behavior in China: The Mediating Role of Environmental Risk Perception

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

Restoration and Conservation Based on Community Empowerment and Religious Understanding

Restoration and Conservation Based on Community Empowerment and Religious Understanding

Exploring the interplay of environmental conservation within spirituality and multicultural perspective: insights from a cross-sectional study

The Influence of Taoism on Employee Low-Carbon Behavior in China: The Mediating Role of Perceived Value and Guanxi

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