Urban residents' environmental citizenship behaviour: The roles of place attachment, social norms and perceived environmental responsibility

《Urban residents' environmental citizenship behaviour: The roles of place attachment, social norms and perceived environmental responsibility》

打印

关键字: Environmental citizenship behaviour;Place attachment;Social norms;Perceived environmental responsibility

作者单位: International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China;Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, LA1 4YX Lancaster, Lanchasire, UK.;International Business School, Beijing Foreign Studies University, No.19, Xisanhuan Beilu, Haidian, Beijing 100089, China.;International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China;Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, LA1 4YX Lancaster, Lanchasire, UK.;International Business School, Beijing Foreign Studies University, No.19, Xisanhuan Beilu, Haidian, Beijing 100089, China.

摘要: Little attention has so far been devoted to the roles that perceived environmental responsibility and social norms respectively play in the established relationship between place attachment and pro-environment behaviour of residents. These two variables matter when we consider the context of cities where typically residents are from different backgrounds which can exacerbate the difficulty in engaging residents in civic activities such as pro-environment behaviour. Using data collected in Beijing (n = 1388) and employing a structural equation modeling approach, our findings first demonstrate that attachment to a place activates an individual's perceived environmental responsibility that acts as a mediator between place attachment and pro-environmental behaviour. Second, we find that place attachment influences both subjective and local norms, but that only subjective norms transfer the impact to perceived environmental responsibility and then to pro-environmental behaviour. These findings provide local authorities with new avenues of policy intervention regarding the use of social norms and perceived environmental responsibility respectively when designing place attachment policies to engage urban residents in pro-environment behaviour.