The environmental value‐attitude‐system model: A framework to guide the understanding of environmentally‐conscious consumer behaviour

Dembkowski, Sabine; Hanmer‐Lloyd, Stuart

doi:10.1080/0267257x.1994.9964307

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“…Consumers seem to have adopted a positive attitude towards environmental issues and express a willingness to incorporate environmental information into their consumption decisions (AKF, 2002;Gallastegui, 2002;Dembkowski and Hanmer-Lloyd, 1997;Thøgersen, 2000;Bhate, 2002). 1 However, it is uncertain whether consumers actually behave in accordance with their attitudes.…”

Section: Consumer Consciousness and Behaviourmentioning

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Caveat emptor - let the buyer beware! environmental labelling and the limitations of ‘green’ consumerism

2005

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In recent years, the idea of 'green' or 'political' consumers expressing their political beliefs in everyday life has been widely embraced. Eager to satisfy the needs of this new market segment, firms have allocated substantial resources to environmental management, social accountability, corporate citizenship, occupational health and safety etc. During the 1990s, the industrialized world also witnessed a growing number of environmental labels, expected to guide the political consumers in their shopping decisions. Evaluations of these environmental labelling (eco-labelling) programmes indicate that some labels and product groups receive a great deal of attention while others remain in obscurity. To understand these differences, the paper will discuss some of the factors that determine the market impact of environmental labelling. It is concluded that the concept of the 'green' consumer is over-simplified and fails to capture the actual complexity of consumer values, attitudes and behaviour. The results are based on existing literature and our own empirical findings. Copyright

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Section: Consumer Consciousness and Behaviourmentioning

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Caveat emptor - let the buyer beware! environmental labelling and the limitations of ‘green’ consumerism

2005

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“…Similarly, Dembrowski and Hanmer-Lloyd (1994) categorize ECCs into three dimensions. A cognitive dimension reflecting the individual's knowledge of the consequences of his or her actions on the environment, an affective dimension concerned with the emotional reactions linked to the perceived environmental problems, and a connotative dimension reflected in the efforts a consumer makes to contribute to improving the environment.…”

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“…A more specific definition is given by Grunert and Juhl (1991) who distinguish between the different contexts in which ECCs manifest themselves. Accordingly, an ECC is the one who "attempts to minimise the negative impact of external costs of production, distribution, use and elimination of products on the environment" (p. 14).Similarly, Dembrowski and Hanmer-Lloyd (1994) categorize ECCs into three dimensions. A cognitive dimension reflecting the individual's knowledge of the consequences of his or her actions on the environment, an affective dimension concerned with the emotional reactions linked to the perceived environmental problems, and a connotative dimension reflected in the efforts a consumer makes to contribute to improving the environment.…”

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Concern for the Environment in Terms of Waste Sorting Behavior

Mezghenni

Zouari

2016

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This article aims at conceptually analyzing environmental concern and at understanding Tunisian citizens' attitude toward this concept and at determining a typology of the different profiles of ecologically concerned consumers (ECCs). The results show a three-dimension structure of ECCs and identify four types of consumer profiles.Keywords environmental management, social issues in management, management, social sciences, environmental psychology, applied psychology, psychology, business law and business ethics, research methodology and design, research methods 2 SAGE Open person who bases his/her supply, use and elimination of products on the desire to eliminate any negative effects and to maximise their long-term effects on society" (p. 92).Roberts (1995) classifies SRC according to two dimensions: a social dimension according to which consumers should consider their impact on society and the environment.In this article, we will focus on the environmental dimension or "environmental concern." Kinnear, Taylor, and Ahmed (1974) broadly define an ecologically concerned consumer (ECC) as one who "adopts purchasing behaviour which is coherent with preserving ecosystems." A more specific definition is given by Grunert and Juhl (1991) who distinguish between the different contexts in which ECCs manifest themselves. Accordingly, an ECC is the one who "attempts to minimise the negative impact of external costs of production, distribution, use and elimination of products on the environment" (p. 14).Similarly, Dembrowski and Hanmer-Lloyd (1994) categorize ECCs into three dimensions. A cognitive dimension reflecting the individual's knowledge of the consequences of his or her actions on the environment, an affective dimension concerned with the emotional reactions linked to the perceived environmental problems, and a connotative dimension reflected in the efforts a consumer makes to contribute to improving the environment.Research on ECCs is abundant, but with different objectives. Many attempted to conceptualize, measure, and determine the factors explaining behavior concerned with protecting the environment and define types of ECCs. Our contribution to this array of research consists of the following question: Research Question 1:What is "an ecologically concerned consumer" for Tunisian consumers? Giannelloni (1998), reviewing 30-year-old literature on ECC, points to two groups of factors explaining ECCs and environmentally friendly behavior: These are, on one hand, economic and socio-demographic factors and, on the other hand, psychological factors.However, there are conflicting results on the influence of "age" on ECCs. According to some authors, like Baldassare and Katz (1992) and Van Liere and Dunlap (1981), the older people get, the less concerned they become about environmental problems. Other authors like Giannelloni (1995) believe that as people get older, the greater their concern for the environment is. Yet, Kristensen and Grunert (1990) find no correlation between the two variables.As for income, edu...

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“…Therefore, consumer behavior theory is the main theoretical basis for studying residents' motives for green consumption. The current study considers six typical theories and models on the formation process and influencing factors of individual consumption behavior: reasoned action [44], planned behavior [45], attitude context behavior [46], responsible environmental behavior [47], environmental value attitude system model [48], and interpersonal behavior [49].…”

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Low Purchase Willingness for Battery Electric Vehicles: Analysis and Simulation Based on the Fault Tree Model

Long

Chen

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Sustainability

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Purchase intention is the key to popularizing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and to developing the industry. This study combines classical theoretical and qualitative research, and applies fault tree analysis (FTA) methods to study factors that hinder BEV purchase, and identify the logical relationship between top fault events and basic events, by calculating minimal cut sets and minimal path sets. Activity based classification analysis was used to investigate the key basic event and key event combination (i.e., minimal cut sets) that hinders purchase intention, with the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method verified by Monte Carlo simulation. The results indicate (1) there were 26 minimal cut sets and 18 minimal path sets in the fault tree model, and the fault tree was defined by four key event combinations and five key basic events; and (2) by reducing key events' failure probability, the probability of fault tree cumulative occurrence was reduced from 0.86021 to 0.57406 over 100,000 Monte Carlo simulations, i.e., the willingness to purchase BEVs was significantly increased. Thus, the proposed FTA method was feasible and effective for addressing low purchase intentions. Consequently, some policy implications are suggested.

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The environmental value‐attitude‐system model: A framework to guide the understanding of environmentally‐conscious consumer behaviour

Cited by 95 publications

References 7 publications

Caveat emptor - let the buyer beware! environmental labelling and the limitations of ‘green’ consumerism

Caveat emptor - let the buyer beware! environmental labelling and the limitations of ‘green’ consumerism

Concern for the Environment in Terms of Waste Sorting Behavior

Low Purchase Willingness for Battery Electric Vehicles: Analysis and Simulation Based on the Fault Tree Model

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