In this paper, we examined the influence of product attributes
and values on green consumerism. We defined green consumerism
as a social dilemma in which individual and societal or
environmental interests are at odds (Moisander, 2007; Gupta
and Ogden, 2009). Although generally, a majority of consumers
support the idea of purchasing green products, we argued, based
on a social dilemma framework (Dawes and Messick, 2000),
that there is a trade-off in how product attributes are used to
make purchase decisions. That is, we expected that the extent
to which egoistic product attributes fulfil one’s self-serving
motives influences the importance of green product attributes
on purchasing intentions.