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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Proenvironmental Behavior"”.
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Motivating Proenvironmental Behavior: Examining the efficacy of financial incentives
A key strategy to motivate proenvironmental behavior (PEB) involves the promise of monetary rewards. Financial incentives are intuitively appealing because they can increase an individual's expected benefits for engaging in the PEB; however, there is concern that incentives can transform …
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Employing green behaviour in the top 100 companies listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange
… study is part of a growing body of research on proenvironmental behavior in the private sector. In using an untapped measuring instrument, this project contributes to future research on a similar topic.
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The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory
… can be an effective tool for changing behavior (e.g., Cialdini, 2001). In contrast to expectancy-based behavior-change strategies, which offer a reward after a behavior is completed (post-behavior reward); reciprocity-based strategies present the reward first in the form of a gift …
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Feeling Good, Being Green: The Emotional Drivers of Proenvironmental Action
… action. The power of emotions in driving proenvironmental action is receiving increased research attention; however, less is known about which distinct emotions most strongly influence behavior. Emerging research suggests that anticipating positive emotions, such as pride, for performing …
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Embodied Virtual Reality: The Impacts of Human-Nature Connection During Engineering Design
… Furthermore, embodied VR also impacts altruistic behavior toward the environment, specifically through proenvironmental behaviors. However, limited research discovers the impact of embodied VR on the human-nature connection and if embodied VR has any impact on how designers ideate, specifically …
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Saving the world one scrap at a time: Identity labeling as as tool to reduce household food waste
… and identity in understanding and promoting proenvironmental behaviors, such as household food use and disposal. In this dissertation, I review the social psychological literature, focusing on applications to the food waste problem. I focus on environmental identity as a predictor of …
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Cleansing Our Recycling Failures: How Guilt and Outrage Lead to Different Types of Pro-Environmental Behavior
… these messages, and do they create individual behavioral changes? According to research on moral self-regulation, failing to act morally can threaten a person’s moral self-concept, eliciting moral emotions (i.e., guilt and outrage), and motivating compensatory behavior (such as increased …