The value-action gap in waste recycling: the case of undergraduates in Hong Kong.
Environ Manage
; 40(4): 603-12, 2007 Oct.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17638045
ABSTRACT
The discrepancy between verbal and actual commitment in waste recycling and environmental behavior is thought to have attenuated the effectiveness of many environmental policy and measures. Studies purport to show the existence of such a value-action gap in environmental issues has been largely based on matching the verbal commitment to environmental value through self-reported environmental behavioral data. Therefore, there is a lack of direct evidence to prove that such a discrepancy exists. This study demonstrates a methodology (contrasting on-site observation with self-reported results) to measure the gap between verbal commitment and actual recycling behavior and provides an explanation on the recycling behavior of students at Hong Kong Baptist University in the hope that the lessons learnt can be generalized to a wider context. Our findings indicate that a gap between verbal recycling commitment and corresponding action does exist in waste recycling on this university campus. By using multiple linear regression analysis, we found that the self-reported recycling behavior of undergraduates cannot be meaningfully explained by most variables previously suggested in the general value-action model.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes
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Comportamento
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Atitude
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Gerenciamento de Resíduos
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Conservação dos Recursos Naturais
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Manage
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Hong Kong