Social norms and pro-environmental behavior: A review of the evidence

By K. Farrow, Gilles Grolleau, L. Ibanez. 2017

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Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Marketing, Safety Research

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Contingent effects of social norms on tourists’ pro-environmental behaviours: the role of Chinese traditionality (2020, background): “Firstly, Van Kleef et al. (2019) and Farrow et al. (2017) pointed out that current understanding of social norms was predominately relied on western samples and called to investigate the impacts of social norms in non-western culture-specific contexts.”
Listen to others or yourself? The role of personal norms on the effectiveness of social norm interventions to change pro-environmental behavior (2021, background): “As such, social norms have been a popular factor used in behavior change interventions to encourage positive environmental change (See Farrow et al., 2017 for a review).”
On the Determinants of Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Literature Review and Guide for the Empirical Economist (2019, background): “Following e.g. certain norms is related to peers, given that people searching for conformity, trying to avoid social disapproval or wish social approval of others (Farrow et al., 2017).”
Feasible Options for Behavior Change Toward More Effective Ocean Literacy: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “Social norms may be communicated directly via cultural practices in a given situation (Higgs, 2015; Farrow et al., 2017; more on cultural issues below).”
Age and connection to nature: when is engagement critical? (2019, result): “Social norms are a reliable determinant of pro-environmental behavior (Farrow et al. 2017), and this is consistent with the notion that an individual’s attitudes and behavior are influenced by their beliefs about the attitudes of other relevant people (eg parents; Ajzen 1991).”