Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 2199 |
| Journal | Sustainability (Switzerland) |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 Jun 27 |
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Keywords
- Environmentally responsible behavior
- Extrinsic values
- Intrinsic values
- Tragedy of commons dilemma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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Extrinsic value orientation and decreased sustainability of shared resources : The moderating role of situational characteristics. / Han, Geurim; Kim, Junghwa; Park, Sun Woong.
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