Understanding Green Consumer Behaviour

Understanding Green Consumer Behaviour
Author: Sigmund A. Wagner
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415316194

Through the study of green, environmentally friendly consumers, this book incorporates original, groundbreaking anthropological and cognitive research to examine basic aspects of the workings of the human mind.

Sustainable Consumption and the Attitude-Behavior Gap. Drivers and Barriers

Sustainable Consumption and the Attitude-Behavior Gap. Drivers and Barriers
Author: Bea Alexandra Wintschnig
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3960959141

Adolescents around the globe are demonstrating for a sustainable future. Businesses, too, increasingly embrace the idea of sustainable economic activities. Sustainability has evolved from a niche topic into a mainstream one. Nevertheless, there still is a discrepancy between people’s attitudes toward sustainable practices and the extent to which they actually act on them. Which drivers and barriers of sustainable consumption exist? What are the reasons for the attitude-behavior gap? Bea Alexandra Wintschnig discusses the necessity of sustainable consumption patterns in practice as a key enabler of a general sustainable development. The variety of identified factors can broadly be subdivided into two categories: individual-related and environmental determinants. The former includes socio- demographics, personal characteristics and value orientation. The environmental determinants comprise product, service or behavior-related factors, such as cost of consumption or stereotypes of sustainable products. Bea Alexandra Wintschnig explains why people seem to talk more about environmental protection than they actually do for it. In this book: - Climate protection; - Sustainability; - Corporate Social Responsibility; - Self-efficacy; - society

Encouraging Sustainable Behavior

Encouraging Sustainable Behavior
Author: Hans C.M. van Trijp
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1136496351

Increasingly it is being recognized that consumer behavior may be a key trigger in the march toward sustainable development. Several lines of psychological theory and approaches have been developed relatively independently, each of which may provide major implications and action points on how consumers might be moved toward more sustainable behavior. This book is the first that brings together this variety of perspectives and theoretical angles around the common ambition of sustainable development. The contributors are all leading social scientists in the field of consumer behavior who met the challenge to sketch out their theoretical perspectives, but also to go beyond their normal theorizing and think out of the box in order to show how these theoretical perspectives might be made actionable in terms of key managerial and policy perspectives toward sustainable development. The result is a book that shows a wealth of information and approaches the question of how to encourage sustainable behavior from a myriad of divergent perspectives. This should stimulate scientists and policy-makers alike to find similarities, differences, and synergies between state-of-the-art psychological thinking about how to most effectively stimulate sustainable consumer behavior.

Responsible Citizens and Sustainable Consumer Behavior

Responsible Citizens and Sustainable Consumer Behavior
Author: Pietro Lanzini
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 135140007X

There is broad consensus on the need to shift to a new paradigm of lifestyles and economic development, given the un-sustainability of current patterns. Given this, research on consumer behavior is to play a crucial role in shedding light on the motives underpinning the adoption of responsible behaviors. Stemming from a thorough discussion of existing approaches, this book argues that the perspective of analysis has to be modified. First, acknowledging that a profile of the responsible consumer does not exist since all of us can be more or less sustainable and environment-friendly: the sustainability of an individual should not be considered as given, being something dynamic that changes according to both subjective and contextual factors. Moreover, the book hypothesises that integrating dimensions and perspectives that have been so far overlooked by mainstream research will help deconstruct responsible behaviors adopting a flexible and holistic approach. Relevant policy implications are discussed, and empirical research on responsible behaviors is illustrated. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of consumer behavior, sustainable consumption, environmental psychology and environmental studies in general.

Inspiring Green Consumer Choices

Inspiring Green Consumer Choices
Author: Michael E. Smith
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2021-09-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1398601012

While many consumers profess a desire to help end climate change by engaging in more sustainable behaviors, consumer behavior experts note the "say-do" gap between expressed intention and behavior. How do we explain this? What, if anything, can consumers be encouraged to do to close this gap and purchase sustainable products and services? Inspiring Green Consumer Choices explains the factors that underlie the discrepancy between consumers' expressed preferences and their incongruous behavior in the marketplace. Drawing from advances in neuroscience, behavioral economics and experimental psychology, the author reveals how marketplace behavior is not always rational. Instead it is frequently the product of mental shortcuts, triggered by situational cues and colored by implicit emotional responses. In making purchasing decisions, routine consumer behavior is governed less by intention than by mental habits and unconscious response biases. These tendencies are difficult (but not impossible) to change. Inspiring Green Consumer Choices outlines how techniques such as psychological framing, design of choice architectures and pricing strategy can be used to disrupt habits and promote sustainable behavior. The author also addresses the role that legislative policy and changing social norms can play in accelerating and sustaining behavior change. Illustrated with case studies and filled with best practices, Inspiring Green Consumer Choices helps marketers understand how consumers make purchase decisions in order to shift consumption choices towards a more sustainable future.

Being Mindfully Green: The Effects of Consumer Mindfulness on Green Product Choices

Being Mindfully Green: The Effects of Consumer Mindfulness on Green Product Choices
Author: Sabina Dörner
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2022-03-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3346608212

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2021 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisational and Economic Psychology, grade: 1,0, Maastricht University, language: English, abstract: Research indicates that mindfulness is a consumer characteristic that influences the choice between green and non-green products. Therefore, this research proposal examines the effects of consumer mindfulness on green product choices and the moderating role of cognitive load in this relationship. The study predicts that consumer mindfulness leads to the choice of greener products and that this effect is attenuated by cognitive load. A between-subject experimental study will be conducted with a sample of 128 students from Maastricht University. The research hypotheses will be tested using a binary logistic regression. I propose that mindfulness significantly predicts green product choices, suggesting that mindful consumers are more likely to choose green products than non-mindful consumers. Furthermore, cognitive load will moderate the effects of mindfulness on green product choices. When cognitive load is high, consumers are less likely to purchase green products when they are mindful than when cognitive load is low. From the research results, it can be inferred that encouraging consumers to be mindful is beneficial in promoting the purchase of sustainable products when cognitive load is kept low. In addition, the study identifies limitations and gives recommendations for future research.

The Psychology of Sustainable Behavior

The Psychology of Sustainable Behavior
Author: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781541157842

There are many ways we can empower ourselves, and those around us, to live more sustainably. Psychology, the study of human behavior, offers many insights. The purpose of this handbook is to introduce you to research-based tips from psychology to help you in your personal, community, and workplace efforts to empower sustainability. The recommendations are based on empirical research; most of the studies described here have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals. This document represents many years of psychological studies. Psychology is a diverse field with many contributions to make. I have summarized the studies and findings most relevant to sustainability and sustainable behavior change.

Social Influence and Sustainable Consumption

Social Influence and Sustainable Consumption
Author: Elizabeth B Goldsmith
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2015-07-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319207385

This forward-looking volume examines the role of social influence--including social media--in creating and fostering sustainable consumer behavior. Using the concepts behind social influence theory as a launching point, it describes humans' need for social networks and identifies the core components of buying, such as consumer goals and the gathering of opinions. From here, chapters examine ways social influence can encourage and support sustainable consumption, from buying green products to recycling packaging materials to supporting environmentally responsible brands. Real-world examples, critical thinking questions, a breakdown of strategies for influencing behavior, and pertinent references give the book extra dimensions of value. Among the featured topics: Social influence: why it matters. Values, attitudes, opinions, goals, and motivation. What we buy and who we listen to: the science and art of consumption. Decision making and problem solving. Households: productivity and consumption. Sustainably managing resources in the built environment. Between its nuanced understanding of social connections and its up-to-date lens on technology, Social Influence and Sustainable Consumption is must reading for researchers in the fields of consumer psychology, consumer behavior, and consumer sustainability.