Pro-Environmental Civic Participation in the USA: The Effects of Social Media, Pro-Environmental Lifestyle and Climate Experiences

This study addresses the link between social media use and pro-environmental civic participation considering the moderating effect of social media affordances (public realm) on one hand, and lifestyle behaviors and climate change experiences (personal realm) on the other. We combine communication theory and behavioral models and using a sample of USA individuals (N = 7225) based on the American Trends Panel to predict variations in pro-environmental behavior. We show that social networks rather than information are more effective in predicting pro-environmental behavior. Moreover, a pro-environmental lifestyle as well as climate change experiences at the community level increase the likelihood for pro-environmental participation. However, affordances related to socioeconomic variations generate variations to pro-environmental civic participation. We conclude that in order to capture the depth of pro-environmental civic participation, it is necessary to theoretically and empirically bridge between private and public expressions of pro-environmental awareness.

The Effects of Job Insecurity, Emotional Exhaustion, and Met Expectations on Hotel Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Test of a Serial Mediation Model

There are a plethora of empirical pieces about employees’pro-environmental behaviors.However,the extant literature has either ignored or not fully examined various factors(e.g.,negative or positive non-green workplace factors)that might affect employees’pro-environmental behaviors.Realizing these voids,the present paper proposes and tests a serial mediation model that examines the interrelationships of job insecurity,emotional exhaustion,met expectations,and proactive pro-environmental behavior.We used data gathered from hotel customer-contact employees with a time lag of one week and their direct supervisors in China.After presenting support for the psychometric properties of the measures via confirmatory analysis in LISREL 8.30,the abovementioned linkages were gauged using the PROCESS plug-in for statistical package for social sciences.The findings delineated support for the hypothesized associations.Specifically,emotional exhaustion and met expectations partly mediated the effect of job insecurity on proactive pro-environmental behavior.More importantly,emotional exhaustion and met expectations serially mediated the influence of job insecurity on proactive pro-environmental behavior.These findings have important theoretical implications as well as significant implications for diminishing job insecurity,managing emotional exhaustion,increasing met expectations,and enhancing ecofriendly behaviors.

The influencing mechanism of pro-environmental behaviors in the private domain on those in the public domain

From the perspective of regulatory focus theory,the influencing mechanism of pro-environmental behaviors(PEBs)in the private domain on behaviors in the public domain were analyzed by revealing the mediating ef‐fect of the status quo maintenance and the moderating effect of the prevention focus orientation.The study re‐sults show that PEBs in the private domain significantly promote individuals’PEBs in the public domain.The status quo maintenance partially mediates the relationship between PEBs in the private and public domains.Specifically,individuals with a high-level prevention focus orientation strengthen the relationship between the PEBs in the private domain and the status quo maintenance,and that of the PEBs in the public domain.There‐fore,individuals with a high-level prevention focus will more likely engage in subsequent PEBs in the public domain after their initial PEBs in the private domain due to their increased status quo maintenance degree.Policymakers and practitioners should pay attention to the prevention-repetition effect and use the PEBs in the private domain to promote those in the public domain.

Misperception and pro-environmental behaviors of the Chinese public toward air pollution

This study analyzes the misperceptions of the Chinese public about air pollution levels and other potential predictors of participation in pro-environmental behaviors based on the 2013 Chinese General Social Survey(CGSS).In this paper,misperception is defined as the difference between subjective perceptions of air pollution and measurements through objective monitoring.We find that pessimistic respondents are more likely to participate in pro-environmental behaviors.The media use and evaluation of the environmental performance of the local government significantly stimulate pro-environmental participation.The results reveal that knowledge and concern about the environment can mitigate the negative effect of optimistic bias on pro-environmental behaviors.In regions where environmental information is widely available,environmental pessimists are especially more likely to participate in such activities.This finding suggests that the government should provide not only accurate information about environmental pollution but also relevant education to enhance the environmental awareness of the public and stimulate pro-environmental participation.

The Effect of Overseas Educational Experience on Pro-Environmental Practices: Evidence from Cambodian Academic Scholars

This paper revealed that after spending years overseas for learning, Cambodian fellows realized that a clean society more likely results from the adopting of a waste management system. The lack of such is the main barrier for waste separation willingness and practices in Cambodia. Self-transcendence values and volunteerism are empirically found as the fundamental factors for any interventions designed to promote pro-environmental intentions and practices respectively. The fellows engaging in volunteerisms appear to do waste separation, ignoring how inconvenient the waste management system or facilities are. Similarly, the fellows concerning the environmental and social issues appear to spare their valuable time to do waste-separation which they find not difficult. This is not the case in this COVID-19 epidemic though. The study results imply that in a society where an inconvenient waste management system is in place the fellows without past volunteering, no matter how knowledgeable they are, will less likely engage in the waste-sorting practice.

The impact of OFDI on firm pro-environmental behavior:Evidence from China

Outward Foreign Direct Investment(OFDI)is a crucial decision in the internationalization strategy of firms and they confront diversified environmental policies and practices of host countries,when engaging in cross-border investments.However,there is a lack of research to investigate whether foreign direct investment(OFDI)is an important factor affecting the environmental commitment of firms.This study aims to empirically analyze the impact and mechanism by which firm outward foreign direct investment(OFDI)influences pro-environmental commitments,utilizing data collected from Chinese listed companies between 2010 and 2020.The results show:1)there is a significant positive relationship between firm OFDI and pro-environmental commitments;2)mechanistic tests show that the OFDI can promote pro-environmental commitments through two channels:public attention and technological learning capacity;3)heterogeneity analysis reveals that the green effects of OFDI are more pronounced firms with institutional investors and state ownership,as well as in firms situated in host countries with more stringent environmental regulations;4)further analysis reveals OFDI-induced greater green commitments generated real environmental and economic outcomes:firms invested more in environmental protection and reduced CO_(2)emissions.In the meantime,they experienced lower excessive debt risk and higher innovative performance.The findings have positive implications for the promotion of firms’pro-environmental behavior and sustainable development.

如何激发团队环保行为? 环保服务型领导的作用

本研究基于情感事件理论,探讨环保服务型领导对团队环保行为的影响。118份团队数据分析结果表明:环保服务型领导正向影响团队环保行为;团队自然敬畏情感在上述过程中起中介作用;团队集体主义取向正向调节环保服务型领导与团队自然敬畏情感的关系,也正向调节环保服务型领导经由团队自然敬畏情感对团队环保行为的间接效应。本研究揭示了团队环保行为的诱发机制,这对环保行为理论与环保管理实践具有一定启发意义。

社区情感对居民参与城市社区环境治理行为影响研究

为了解社区情感建设对居民参与城市社区环境治理行为及成效的作用,运用SPSS与AMOS软件进行多元线性回归分析和结构方程模型分析。结果表明:社区情感具有多维度的结构,按照强度高低表现为社区凝聚力、社区安全感、社区满意度和社区归属感;居民社区情感总体较强,社区情感与居民参与城市社区环境治理行为有显著正向影响关系,社区归属感、社区凝聚力对公域和私域亲环境行为均具有正向影响关系;居民参与社区环境治理态度与行为具有正向影响关系,中共党员、本地户籍、在所属社区居住时间较长者和具有积极社区环境行为态度的居民采取社区环境治理行为相对更频繁,社区环境规制、奖惩措施、宣传教育等外部因素在一定程度上积极调控和影响着居民参与社区环境治理,私域环境治理参与度优于公域环境治理参与度。因此,政府可以从营造良好氛围以培育社区归属感、深化情感联结以增强社区凝聚力、弘扬公共精神以挖掘内生动力等方面促进居民参与城市社区环境治理行为及成效。

环保公益广告诉求对不同社会经济地位受众亲环境行为意向的影响

为探讨广告受众与不同诉求类型的公益广告之间能否形成有效匹配,通过情景启动法操纵180名被试的主观社会经济地位,采用3(广告诉求:理性、感性、无)×2(主观社会经济地位:高、低)被试间实验设计,探究环保公益广告诉求和社会经济地位对亲环境行为意向的影响。结果发现:低社会经济地位的个体观看理性和感性环保公益广告均能显著提升其亲环境行为意向,而高社会经济地位者仅在公域亲环境行为意向这一维度上发现了感性环保公益广告的显著提升效果。研究结果从公益广告诉求类型出发,引入大众传媒的作用,为促进人们的亲环境行为提供了新的应用路径。

社会交往对亲环境行为的影响:社会信任与环境关心的中介作用

本研究基于社会互动理论、价值基础理论和社会邻近性理论,深入探讨社会交往对亲环境行为的影响机制,并全面考察社会信任与环境关心的作用。研究采用社会交往量表、亲环境行为量表、社会信任量表、环境关心量表,对215名居民进行调查。结果显示:(1)社会交往与社会信任呈显著正相关(r=0.69,p<0.01)、社会交往与环境关心呈显著正相关(r=0.49,p<0.01)、亲环境行为呈显著正相关(r=0.44,p<0.01);(2)社会交往正向预测亲环境行为(β=0.68,p<0.001);(3)社会信任在社会交往与亲环境行为之间起中介作用(β=0.27,p<0.001),环境关心在社会交往与亲环境行为之间起中介作用(β=0.23,p<0.001)。结论:社会交往可以通过社会信任和环境关心的中介作用预测居民的亲环境行为。因此,加强构建和谐的社会关系,充分利用社会交往对亲环境行为的积极作用,推进社会和谐与进步;培养民众对社会成员、社会组织以及社会制度的信任,营造全社会积极参与环境保护的氛围;加强全社会的环境关心教育,提高公众对环境保护的意识和责任感,推动全社会的可持续绿色发展。

我国居民亲环境行为伦理困境及其对亲环境行为自觉的影响

从居民亲环境行为所隐含的“自我成本”与“利他”逻辑矛盾出发,以“心理栅栏”为形象隐喻,从亲环境行为伦理困境视角创新解读了阻碍居民亲环境行为自觉的矛盾性认知因素,认为居民行动过程中所经历的亲环境行为伦理困境可视为对多种不一致的伦理或行为准则所形成的冲突点进行整体性识别、解读、评价和判断的认知过程。继而引入双继承理论,沿着“基因与文化-社会与个人规范-亲环境行为伦理困境”的推理脉络,综合扎根理论和定量研究,发现了我国居民亲环境行为伦理困境的四维结构:自我型、角色型、关系型和空间型。进一步,实证研究结果发现了亲环境行为伦理困境对于公领域和私领域亲环境行为自觉都具有显著的负向影响。所得结论不仅丰富了亲环境行为理论的多角度研究,同时也延展了伦理困境理论的应用边界,并可为政府、组织、社区、家庭、个体等多元主体在推进全民化亲环境行为进程中提供系统化、精准化、个体化的指导与帮助。

环境物质主义的发生机制及条件

环境物质主义是指持有物质主义价值观的个体参与亲环境行为的现象。与以往关于物质主义价值观和亲环境行为矛盾对立的观点不同,该现象强调对物质财产的追求能够与关心自然环境协调并存。环境物质主义现象发生的心理机制可从交叉融合理论、代价信号理论、印象管理理论、道德补偿理论以及目标框架理论这5个视角来理解,且该现象的发生存在个体、情境和文化三类边界条件,具体包括全球文化认同、环境知识水平,决策情境的公私属性、利益诉求类型、自然接触,以及市场背景、世代。未来研究需进一步明确环境物质主义的内涵,探索更多促进该现象发生的边界条件以及保证其稳定存在的有效策略,并加强对物质主义促进亲环境行为因果机制的探究。

农业文化遗产地农户文化资本与其亲环境行为关系研究:以敖汉旱作农业系统为例

农业文化遗产地拥有独特的自然与文化资本禀赋,文化资本是这些地区获得农业文化遗产地称号的文化资源,也是区别于其他社群的文化符号,构成了当地农户生计资本的一部分,保障了人与自然的兼容互惠、和谐共生。基于敖汉旗农户的实地调研数据,在可持续生计分析框架下加入文化资本,定量分析农业文化遗产地农户文化资本对其亲环境行为的影响。主要结论有:(1)在农户资本结构中,文化资本和人力资本得分占比较高,金融资本和物质资本偏低。(2)文化资本、人力资本和自然资本均正向显著影响其亲环境程度。(3)当农户对土地依赖程度较低时,在农户农牧业收入占比较低的状况下,文化资本的增加会抑制其亲环境行为。在自然资本水平较低的情况下,农户物质资本、金融资本和社会资本的增加会负向影响其亲环境生产。对土地依赖程度较高时,农户文化资本显著正向影响其亲环境行为。在此基础上提出关注传统农业文化力量、提升农户农牧业收入、积极推进农地适度规模化经营、实现农户文化资本在亲环境生产方面的持续性促进作用等建议。

文化价值观对国家公园游客亲环境行为的影响路径研究

以大熊猫国家公园为例,基于“认知-情感-行为”理论框架,结合问卷调查和实地访谈法收集游客数据,运用结构方程模型和bootstrap中介效应检验,研究文化价值观、自然联结和大熊猫国家公园游客亲环境行为之间的关联。研究发现:(1)文化价值观对游客的自然联结有显著正向影响;(2)自然联结对游客的亲环境行为有显著的正向影响;(3)自然联结在文化价值观与游客的亲环境行为之间产生显著中介作用。研究结果一方面丰富和拓展了国家公园游客亲环境行为的研究视域,为理解游客行为动机提供了重要的理论依据,另一方面为国家公园的生态保护和可持续发展提供了理论支撑和实践参考。

基于规范中介的社交媒介使用与环保意愿研究——意见领袖特质的调节作用

在媒介融合时代,社交媒介对公众环保意愿的引导作用不言而喻。基于全国性问卷调查,本文探讨社交媒介如何通过外界的规范压力和内部的个人道德激发公众在公共领域与私人领域的环保意愿。研究表明,社交媒介使用不仅能够对公域与私域环保意愿产生促进作用,还能通过个人规范产生间接影响。高水平意见领袖特质能够正向调节主观规范在社交媒介使用和公域环保意愿间的中介作用,并且负向调节个人规范在社交媒介使用和公域、私域环保意愿间的中介作用。本研究揭示了影响社交媒介用户环保意愿的内、外部因素,并从自我视角厘清了意见领袖特质如何影响前述两种因素作用的发挥。本研究有助于在媒介融合时代背景下,探索能够更有效激发社交媒介用户环保意愿的环境宣传策略。

环境规制、数字化信息渠道与农户亲环境行为

促进农户向绿色生产与生活方式转变对推进中国农业发展全面绿色转型意义重大,这决定了剖析农户亲环境行为逻辑的重要性。论文基于构建的“环境规制—数字化信息渠道—农户亲环境行为”分析框架,运用中国土地经济调查中的农户数据和二元Probit模型进行了实证研究。结果表明:约束型与激励型环境规制正向引导农户亲环境行为,这一结论经过稳健性检验后仍成立;而且,约束型与激励型环境规制在不同情境下对引导农户亲环境行为存在明显异质性;进一步分析发现,数字化拓宽农户的环境规制信息获取渠道,增强农户的信息获取能力,促进农户环境规则感知,进而促使农户采取亲环境行为。基于上述结论,本文认为环境规制对激励农户亲环境行为是重要的,但数字化赋能环境规制的内生逻辑则是关键一环。

自然接触对城市居民亲环境行为的影响机制——基于自然联结的中介效应分析

基于刺激-机体-反应理论,引入自然联结变量,将自然接触划分为街区、公园及山林3种不同类型,考察自然接触对城市居民亲环境行为的作用路径,以及自然联结的中介效应。基于福州市249份城市居民样本的实证研究显示:自然接触中的山林接触、公园接触与自然联结均是城市居民亲环境行为的前驱因素,街区接触则不是;山林接触是自然联结的前驱因素,公园接触、街区接触则不是;自然联结在山林接触和城市居民亲环境行为之间发挥部分中介作用。结果表明,我国各城市政府应多创造城市居民与自然尤其是山林接触的机会,丰富自然接触方式,加强个体自然联结,通过各种方式推动并强化城市居民采取亲环境行为。

韧性领导力对员工行为的双刃剑效应研究

基于自我决定理论,通过3个阶段收集的490份问卷数据,探究韧性领导力对员工行为的双刃剑效应。研究结果表明:韧性领导力与主动担责行为、亲组织非伦理行为正相关;和谐型激情在韧性领导力与主动担责行为、强迫型激情在韧性领导力与亲组织非伦理行为之间分别起到中介作用;环境不确定性在韧性领导力与和谐型激情、韧性领导力与强迫型激情之间起到调节作用;环境不确定性程度越高,韧性领导力与和谐型激情之间的关系越强;环境不确定性越低,韧性领导力与强迫型激情关系越强;同时调节了韧性领导力通过和谐型激情对主动担责行为、韧性领导力通过强迫型激情对亲组织非伦理行为的中介作用。

主客身份视角下文化遗产地亲环境行为影响机理研究

探究游客亲环境行为的形成机理对旅游地可持续发展具有重要意义。研究选取历史文化名城安阳作为案例地,基于地方依恋理论,构建了地方满意度、地方依恋、亲环境行为、游客身份之间关系的概念模型。研究发现:地方满意度正向影响游客地方依恋;游客地方依恋正向促进游客实施亲环境行为;从地方满意度到亲环境行为,需要依靠地方依恋的中介效应实现;身份对于游客的地方依恋形成存在显著影响,相较于外地游客,本地游客对地方依恋的形成有显著的正向影响。本研究构建了有别于自然遗产地的文化遗产地亲环境影响机制模型,并纳入主客身份的影响进行探讨。建议目的地管理者在管理过程中应该全面提升游客地方满意度,关注游客地方认同维度的培养,针对不同身份的游客采取针对性的宣传策略,提升游客的亲环境行为,促进文化遗产地的可持续发展。

审美影响自然旅游地亲环境行为研究

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