Managerial implications
While most studies on the determinants of green buying focus on individual predispositions and provide implications mainly in terms of consumer segmentation, this research offers new levers for action in order to encourage consumers to adopt environmentally friendly behaviors. This research shows that consumers tend to act consistently with the beliefs and convictions of relevant others, either to preserve their social ties or to preserve their self-congruity. The findings suggest that environmentalists have a major social role to play in spreading environmentally responsible practices. Because the mere fact of believing that relevant others are concerned about environmental preservation induces pro-environmental behaviors, the issue is to facilitate the ascription of environmental concern. Therefore, environmentalists should be encouraged to express their convictions publicly within their social network. The first step would be to make them aware of their power of influence, because most of them are probably not aware of their potential to affect other people’s decisions. Companies selling green products and public authorities could promote pro-environmental behaviors by stimulating opinion leadership among environmentally responsible consumers. One way to do this would be to encourage going public about one’s private ecological purchases in advertisements, or to print messages on product packages such as, “You are preserving the environment, tell your friends”. First, this would help the attribution process. In order to make correct attributions about their friends’
preferences, consumers need to know which opinions and convictions animate them. In turn, being aware of others’
Managerial implicationsWhile most studies on the determinants of green buying focus on individual predispositions and provide implications mainly in terms of consumer segmentation, this research offers new levers for action in order to encourage consumers to adopt environmentally friendly behaviors. This research shows that consumers tend to act consistently with the beliefs and convictions of relevant others, either to preserve their social ties or to preserve their self-congruity. The findings suggest that environmentalists have a major social role to play in spreading environmentally responsible practices. Because the mere fact of believing that relevant others are concerned about environmental preservation induces pro-environmental behaviors, the issue is to facilitate the ascription of environmental concern. Therefore, environmentalists should be encouraged to express their convictions publicly within their social network. The first step would be to make them aware of their power of influence, because most of them are probably not aware of their potential to affect other people’s decisions. Companies selling green products and public authorities could promote pro-environmental behaviors by stimulating opinion leadership among environmentally responsible consumers. One way to do this would be to encourage going public about one’s private ecological purchases in advertisements, or to print messages on product packages such as, “You are preserving the environment, tell your friends”. First, this would help the attribution process. In order to make correct attributions about their friends’preferences, consumers need to know which opinions and convictions animate them. In turn, being aware of others’
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