TY - JOUR
T1 - Extrinsic value orientation and decreased sustainability of shared resources
T2 - The moderating role of situational characteristics
AU - Han, Geurim
AU - Kim, Junghwa
AU - Park, Sun W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017S1A5A2A03068974), and OJeong Eco-Resilience Institute at Korea University.
PY - 2018/6/27
Y1 - 2018/6/27
N2 - In the present research, we investigated the roles of both personal values and situational characteristics in predicting environmentally irresponsible behavior using the tragedy of commons dilemma. Graduate or undergraduate students (n = 138) visited the laboratory as a group of four and completed measures of personal values and played a commons dilemma game online. Participants were led to believe that they were playing with the other three participants, but they were in fact playing with three bot players that were manipulated to use the shared resources either cooperatively or competitively. It was found that people who put more emphasis on extrinsic values (financial success, appealing appearance, and social recognition) relative to intrinsic values (personal growth, affiliation, and community contribution) consumed more shared resources than their counterparts. However, this link was significant only in the competitive condition, suggesting an interaction between personal and situational factors. Supplementary analyses indicate that financial success and community contribution are particularly important in predicting environmentally irresponsible behavior.
AB - In the present research, we investigated the roles of both personal values and situational characteristics in predicting environmentally irresponsible behavior using the tragedy of commons dilemma. Graduate or undergraduate students (n = 138) visited the laboratory as a group of four and completed measures of personal values and played a commons dilemma game online. Participants were led to believe that they were playing with the other three participants, but they were in fact playing with three bot players that were manipulated to use the shared resources either cooperatively or competitively. It was found that people who put more emphasis on extrinsic values (financial success, appealing appearance, and social recognition) relative to intrinsic values (personal growth, affiliation, and community contribution) consumed more shared resources than their counterparts. However, this link was significant only in the competitive condition, suggesting an interaction between personal and situational factors. Supplementary analyses indicate that financial success and community contribution are particularly important in predicting environmentally irresponsible behavior.
KW - Environmentally responsible behavior
KW - Extrinsic values
KW - Intrinsic values
KW - Tragedy of commons dilemma
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U2 - 10.3390/su10072199
DO - 10.3390/su10072199
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049163406
VL - 10
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
SN - 2071-1050
IS - 7
M1 - 2199
ER -