dc.contributor.author | Wensing, Joana | |
dc.contributor.author | Baum, Chad | |
dc.contributor.author | Carraresi, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Bröring, Stefanie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-18T12:31:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-18T12:31:08Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-10-18T23:06:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 2021, 94 . | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2214-8043 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2837930 | |
dc.description.abstract | Systems thinking (ST) represents an important cognitive paradigm for the transition towards a circular bio-economy, as greater awareness of the environmental impact of fossil-based products may lead to a switch to sustainable alternatives produced from secondary biomass which is not used as feed or food. However, the relationship between ST and the adoption of bio-based products, as well as the general mechanism of how ST affects environmental behavior, is not yet well-understood. The present study therefore aims to close these research gaps by conducting a survey-based experiment with a ST-motivated treatment, in which participants are asked to list as many consequences of their consumption behavior as possible (N=446 US consumers). Our findings suggest that the treatment is able to slightly activate a ST perspective, along with indirectly affecting consumer intentions to buy bio-based products by means of ST. Subsequent mediation analyses further reveal that an ecological worldview as well as variables from the norm-activation model function as mediators of the relationship between ST and purchase intention. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.title | What if consumers saw the bigger picture? Systems thinking and the adoption of bio-based consumer products | |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.source.pagenumber | 0 | |
dc.source.volume | 94 | |
dc.source.journal | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.socec.2021.101752 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1946869 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |