Factors Influencing Adults’ Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors and the Role of Environmental Schools in Influencing Their Communities

Purpose This study aims to find out how corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives are perceived by pharmacists and how it influences employees’ organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and role of perceived supervisor support in the study. Design/methodology/approach Pharmacists of different hierarchical levels from five multinational pharmaceutical industries in Pakistan were selected as study samples. Data were collected from 136 pharmacists working in Punjab Region. PLS-SEM was used to test the hypotheses. Findings The results from this study found that CSR was a predictor of affective organizational commitment (AOC) and OCB. AOC fully mediates the relationship between CSR and OCB. While perceived supervisory support did not moderate the relationship between AOC and OCB. Pharmaceutical firms can promote commitment toward organization and OCBs by initiating CSR activities. Research limitations/implications This research is one of the innovative studies that empirically examine the predicting role of CSR and moderating role of perceived supervisory support on employees’ attitude and behaviors in the pharmaceutical companies’ context. Moreover, this research will also help the management by adopting CSR activities as core element in shaping employees attitudes and behaviors. Originality/value It is a significant study shifting the focus of research into organizational behavior context and further influences employee’s attitudes and behavior because of perceived CSR in the pharmacy industry.

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Environmental attitudes and behaviors among secondary students in Hong Kong

International Journal of Comparative Education and Development ◽

10.1108/ijced-10-2015-0004 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 70-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Liz Jackson ◽

Ming Fai Pang ◽

Emma Brown ◽

Sean Cain ◽

Caroline Dingle ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Social Factors ◽

Environmental Attitudes ◽

International Schools ◽

School Type ◽

Content Type ◽

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

And Behaviors ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

The Impact

Purpose – Although researchers have identified correlations between specific attitudes and particular behaviors in the pro-environmental domain, the general relationship between young people’s development of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors is not well understood. Past research indicates that geographic context can play a role, while social factors such as age and gender can have a more significant impact on predicting attitudes and behaviors than formal education. Few studies have systematically examined the relationships between education and environmental attitudes and behaviors among youth in Hong Kong. The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study comparing secondary school students’ environmental attitudes and behaviors with age and related factors in two international schools and two government schools in Hong Kong. Students’ attitudes and behaviors were compared based on school type (curriculum), while the authors additionally compared the significance of social factors and attitudes on students’ behaviors. Design/methodology/approach – Attitudes were measured using the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) and the NEP for Children (NEPC), the most commonly used, internationally standardized tools for investigating environmental attitudes and values of adults and young people for comparative purposes. The authors compared NEP/NEPC scores and student self-reported environmental behaviors using a short questionnaire. Findings – No significant differences were found in attitudes or behaviors based on school type. However the authors did observe a significant effect of gender and age on students’ attitudes, and a significant correlation of student attitudes in the NEP with students’ self-reports regarding air conditioning consumption. Originality/value – This study builds a foundation for cross-national studies and for evaluating the impact of curricula over time.

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The Anti-Scientists Bias: The Role of Feelings about Scientists on COVID-19 Attitudes and Behaviors

Academy of Management Proceedings ◽

10.5465/ambpp.2021.15576abstract ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (1) ◽

pp. 15576

Author(s):

Carmen Julia Sanchez ◽

David Dunning

Keyword(s):

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

And Behaviors

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Can Climate Skeptics Be Convinced? The Effect of Nature Videos on Environmental Concern

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12072972 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (7) ◽

pp. 2972

Author(s):

Axel Franzen ◽

Sebastian Mader

Keyword(s):

Standard Deviation ◽

University Students ◽

External Validity ◽

Environmental Attitudes ◽

Environmental Concern ◽

Environmental Organizations ◽

Online Experiment ◽

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

And Behaviors

Much research has demonstrated that videos can function as primers or nudges that influence attitudes and behaviors. Studies to date suggest that this includes influence over individual pro-environmental attitudes. However, the existing evidence all stems from samples comprised of university students. In this paper, we describe the results of a randomized online experiment in a sample of 468 climate skeptics. We presented 3-min nature documentary videos that highlighted either the beauty of nature, the endangerment of nature by humans, or a mixture of both. The results suggest that the mixed stimulus video, which shows first the beauty of nature and then its endangerment by humans does indeed increase environmental concern by almost half a standard deviation. However, none of the video treatments increased donations to pro-environmental organizations. Still, the results suggest that nudging by video also works in samples of climate skeptics, which demonstrates the external validity of former findings.

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The mediating role of knowledge on the contact and stigma of mental illness in Hong Kong

International Journal of Social Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/0020764020975792 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 002076402097579

Author(s):

Qi Fang ◽

Tian-Ming Zhang ◽

Yin Ling Irene Wong ◽

Yuen Yum Yau ◽

Xu-Hong Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽

And Behaviors ◽

Prejudicial Attitudes

Background: Although knowledge is a crucial component in contact theory delineating how prejudice changes toward out-groups with stigmatized conditions, little is known about the mediating role of knowledge on contact, stigmatizing attitudes, and behaviors toward mental illness. Aim: This study aimed to examine the mechanism underlie contact and stigma change by knowledge. Methods: A total of 366 participants including family members (FM), mental health providers (MHP), and community residents (CR) recruited across communities in Hong Kong and completed measures of contact level, contact quantity, contact quality, mental health related knowledge, prejudice, and discriminatory behaviors. Structural equation modeling was adopted to test the association among the key variables. Results: Higher level of contact was significantly correlated with better knowledge, less prejudice, and less discriminatory behaviors. Knowledge was directly and negatively correlated with prejudicial attitudes but was not significantly related to discriminatory behaviors. Furthermore, lower levels of prejudice were associated with less discriminatory behaviors. Conclusion: Enhancement of contact may increase understanding toward people with mental illness (PMI) and diminish stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors. Although prejudicial attitudes may be reduced by broadening mental health knowledge, increasing knowledge only might not ameliorate discriminatory behaviors. Future research should test mediators on contact and stigma by using longitudinal data.

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