Why Do People Continue to Live Near Polluted Sites? Empirical Evidence from Southwestern Europe

Levasseur, Pierre; Erdlenbruch, Katrin; Gramaglia, Christelle

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“…For example, Bonaiuto et al [86] found that individuals with strong place attachment underestimated the effects of an impending environmental risk. In a recent paper, Levasseur et al [87] observed that place attachment increases the likelihood of choosing to remain and live in highly polluted areas.…”

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The Relationship between Environmental Bullying and Turnover Intention and the Mediating Effects of Secure Workplace Attachment and Environmental Satisfaction: Implications for Organizational Sustainability

2023

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Today, organizations must pay attention to countless aspects of work life to maintain high levels of organizational sustainability. One of the key aspects of organizational sustainability is maintaining low levels of turnover. In line with the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model and environmental psychology, the organizational environment must sustain employee well-being, motivation and performance. However, stressors such as environmental bullying, that is, bullying behaviors involving environmental elements (i.e., not giving colleagues the opportunity to adjust the temperature of the office or making noise near a colleague’s workspace), can have destructive effects on the employee and the organization. The present work aimed to test the impact of environmental bullying on employee turnover intention. In addition, to better understand the underlying psychosocial processes, we observed the mediating role played by secure workplace attachment and satisfaction toward the work environment. Using a cross-sectional design, we conducted a survey of 182 office employees and tested a serial mediation model. Hypotheses were tested using the PROCESS macro. The results show that employees who feel bullied through manipulation of their workspace or workplace have greater intention to leave, and secure workplace attachment and environmental satisfaction play a role in this relationship. The results confirm that while the environmental characteristics of the workplace can play a supportive role by meeting the employee’s needs, environmental bullying behaviors may have an adverse effects by promoting insecure attachment and an intention to leave. To reduce turnover intention, management should carefully consider the physical–spatial characteristics of workplaces as means of developing attachment to the place and environmental satisfaction in employees.

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“…On the other hand, houses are significantly larger in polluted areas, suggesting that underprivileged individuals have access to more affordable houses. Indeed, as discussed by Levasseur et al (2021), residential choice in polluted areas is also motivated by the possibility of access to larger houses. These observations help us to clarify the analyses in terms of environmental justice in the European context (Levasseur et al 2021).…”

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“…Indeed, as discussed by Levasseur et al (2021), residential choice in polluted areas is also motivated by the possibility of access to larger houses. These observations help us to clarify the analyses in terms of environmental justice in the European context (Levasseur et al 2021). 2.…”

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“…Literature on soil pollution is missing, with the exception of Levasseur et al, (2021) who focus on the extreme avoidance strategy of moving out of polluted areas. This research gap can be explained by a lack of data on soil pollution but also because air pollution peaks are episodic exogenous factors allowing causal inferences to be more easily established.…”

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“…revenue earned with the best alternative activity. In the case of soil pollution exposure, Levasseur et al, (2021) found that the willingness to move out polluted areas was the highest among the richest and wealthiest individuals. However, nonlinearities were found: middle income groups showed higher propensities to stay because of potential housing advantages that polluted areas offer (e.g.…”

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This paper looks at three contaminated communities in southern Europe facing pollution from industrial and mining activity and analyses forms of avoidance behaviour, using both economic and sociological approaches. Based on a quantitative household survey, we show that avoidance behaviour is mainly explained by residential location and socio-economic characteristics. Pollution perception is not statistically correlated to most avoidance behaviour.From in-depth qualitative interviews we learn more about people's risk perception and whether and why people adopt avoidance behaviour, including discovering some inventive solutions.To conclude, our results cast doubt on the efficacy of current public advisory communications.

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Why Do People Continue to Live Near Polluted Sites? Empirical Evidence from Southwestern Europe

Cited by 5 publications

References 40 publications

The Relationship between Environmental Bullying and Turnover Intention and the Mediating Effects of Secure Workplace Attachment and Environmental Satisfaction: Implications for Organizational Sustainability

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Does pollution perception lead to risk avoidance behaviour? A mixed methods analysis

The health and socioeconomic costs of exposure to soil pollution: evidence from three polluted mining and industrial sites in Europe

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