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Social Value Orientations and Decisions to Take Proenvironmental Action

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Cameron, L. D., Brown, P. M. & Chapman, J. G. (1998). Social value orientations and decisions to take proenvironmental action. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 8, 675-697.
Assessed whether social value orientations influence decisions to actively support a proposal for a transportation pollution reduction program. 135 undergraduate students with pro…

Prominent Factors Influencing Environmental Activities: Application of the Environmental Leadership Model (ELM). Special Issue: Leadership for Environmental and Social Change

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Flannery, B. L., & May, D. R. Prominent factors influencing environmental activities: Application of the Environmental Leadership Model (ELM). Special Issue: Leadership for environmental and social change. Vol. 5. 1994. 201-221.
Presents the ELM, which specifies 4 prominent antecedents to an organization's environmental strategic formulation process. These factors include (1) moral norms and values for en…

Community Concern for Pollution: Social and Environmental Influences

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Cutter, S. C. (1981). Community concern for pollution: Social and environmental influences. Environment and Behavior, 13, 1, 105-124.
Determined how community attitudes toward pollution varied among social groups and with levels of pollution. Results from 22 communities in the Chicago area are contrary to the li…

Green Consumers in the 1990s: Profile and Implications for Advertising

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Roberts, J. A. (1996). Green consumers in the 1990s: Profile and implications for advertising.. Journal of Business Research, 36, 3, 217-231.
The passage of time and incipient change call for another look at the demographic and attitudinal correlates of ecologically conscious consumer behavior (ECCB). As concern for the…

Gender and Environmentalism: Results from the 1993 General Social Survey

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Blocker, T. J. & Eckberg, D. L. (1997). Gender and environmentalism: Results from the 1993 General Social Survey. Social Science Quarterly, 78, 4, 841-858.
This research tests the proposal that women will be more concerned about the environment than men because of their socialization to the caregiver role and because of their structu…

Commitment, Behavior, and Attitude Change: An Analysis of Voluntary Recycling

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Werner, C. M., Turner, J., Shipman, K., Twitchell, F. S., et al. (1995). Commitment, behavior, and attitude change: An analysis of voluntary recycling. Special Issue: Green psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15, 3, 197-208.
Describes a project designed to help local agencies select a method of inducing residents to participate in a free curbside recycling program. The project also provided an opportu…

Barriers to Individual Environmental Action: The Influence of Attitudes and Social Experiences

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Wall, G. (1995). Barriers to individual environmental action: The influence of attitudes and social experiences. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 32, 4, 465-489.
Using data from a 1990 random sample of 448 Edmonton residents and applying LISREL techniques, selected perceptual, situation, and structural influences on environmental lifestyle…

Environmental Concern and Environmental Behavior in Foley, a Small Town in Minnesota

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Hallin, P. O. (1995). Environmental concern and environmental behavior in Foley, a small town in Minnesota. Environment and Behavior, 27, 4, 558-578.
Examined households' and individuals' environmental behavior (EB) to explore motives for environmental actions and to identify major impediments to changed EB. 39 adults from 10 h…

Environmental Waste: Recycling Attitudes and Correlates

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Larsen, K. S. (1995). Environmental waste: Recycling attitudes and correlates. Journal of Social Psychology, 135, 1, 83-88.
A 5-phase study measured attitudes toward recycling environmental waste among 452 undergraduates. The item pool consisted of 40 positive statements and 41 negative statements. Ass…

Values and their Effect on Pro-Environmental Behavior

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Karp, D. G. (1996). Values and their effect on pro-environmental behavior. Environment and Behavior, 28, 1, 111-133.
Used the 56 item Schwartz Scale of Values (S. H. Schwartz, 1992) to examine the structure of values and to assess the effect of these values on environmental behavior. The 2-dimen…

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