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Aaron Redman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transforming sustainable food and waste behaviors by realigning domains of knowledge in our education system
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014Co-Authors: Erin Redman, Aaron RedmanAbstract:Abstract Changing from current unsustainable production, consumption, and disposal patterns will clearly require technological, political and other structural changes, but also individual behavior change. Consumer demand and individuals' purchasing power exerts pressure on many parts of the production system, including how crops are produced (e.g., organic), products are packaged and labeled (e.g., rBGH-free labels on milk), and even where products are distributed and how they are disposed of. Individual Consumer behaviors have even led to political and structural changes over time, such as the Consumer Boycott of tuna which led to 1990 US legislation creating the “Dolphin Safe” tuna label. One of the central ways to foster responsible citizenry and promote sustainable production is to harness the capacity of teachers and schools to create change. Educating for conscious Consumerism is a critical part of creating changes in production, consumption and disposal systems, but our current education system and approaches often reinforce unsustainable practices that neglect subjective ways of knowing as well as action and change. Research and experience suggests that traditional, information intensive teaching about sustainability alone does not motivate the behavior change a transition to sustainability will require. Utilizing a previously developed framework that identifies four distinct types of knowledge—declarative, procedural, effectiveness and social—we hypothesize that procedural, effectiveness and social knowledge are important predictors of an individual's participation in sustainable behaviors, while declarative (information) knowledge is not. While the knowledge domain framework has been theoretically detailed by other researchers ( Kaiser and Fuhrer, 2003 , Frisk and Larson, 2011 ) and qualitatively assessed through an intensive case study education program ( Redman, 2013 ), to date, this is the first quantitative assessment of the relationship between the four domains of knowledge and sustainability-related behaviors. We tested our hypothesis through an extensive survey of 346 current and future K-12 teachers about sustainable food and waste knowledge and behaviors. The survey results supported our hypothesis that high levels of declarative knowledge alone did not predict increased participation in sustainable behaviors while procedural and social knowledge were statistically significant predictors of sustainable food behaviors and procedural, effectiveness, and social knowledge were all statistically significant predictors of sustainable waste behaviors. Through active incorporation of appropriate forms of procedural, effectiveness, and social knowledge into the K-12 classroom, educators can empower the next generation to make individual changes based on their vision of the future and insist on structural and institutional changes that are essential for a successful transition to sustainability.
Maya F. Farah - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Religiously Motivated Consumer Boycott: The Impact on Brand Image, Product Judgment and Customer Loyalty
The Sustainable Global Marketplace, 2014Co-Authors: Ibrahim Abosag, Maya F. FarahAbstract:The purpose of this paper is to improve theoretical and empirical knowledge first of all, about the effect of Consumer ethnocentrism and religious animosity towards a country on Consumers’ Boycott propensity; and second about the effect of Boycotting on customer product judgment, brand image and loyalty.
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An Expectancy-Value Approach to the Study of Beliefs Underlying Consumer Boycott Intention
International Journal of Business and Management, 2014Co-Authors: Maya F. FarahAbstract:In order to (a) investigate the expectancy-value model supporting the beliefs behind Boycott intentions in thetheory of planned behaviour, and (b) to identify the specific beliefs that could be used as targets incounter-Boycott participation interventions, this paper adopts a socio-cognitive approach to examine the beliefsunderpinning Consumers' Boycott intention. A randomized systematic sample of 500 respondents completed aquestionnaire measuring both the indirect and direct TPB variables with respect to Boycotting. The statisticalresults confirmed the validity of the expectancy-value principle in the TPB. By delineating the beliefs that werestatistically significant predictors of direct TPB measures and intention, the study identified belief targets thatcan be utilized to develop countermeasures persuading Consumers not to Boycott American companies in theArab World. This application of a socio-psychological theory to Consumers' Boycott behaviour yieldedsignificant contributions both at the empirical and the managerial levels.
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Exploring Consumer Boycott intelligence using a socio-cognitive approach
Journal of Business Research, 2010Co-Authors: Maya F. Farah, Andrew NewmanAbstract:Despite a worldwide growth in the number of Boycott campaigns, the results of studies are inconclusive as the motives behind individual participation are still largely ignored. Drawing on a socio-cognitive theory, the theory of planned behavior, this research investigates whether the direct variables of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control, help predict Consumers' Boycott intention. Conducted in Lebanon, this work employs a survey design administered to a randomized systematic sample of 500 Muslim and Christian Consumers. The sample is split into two sub-samples reflecting the main religious groups in the Middle-East. Results show that although the Muslim participants appear more prone to participate in the Boycott, still attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control are all significant predictors of intentions in both communities with the attitudinal component carrying the most weight. This application of a social psychology theory to the Consumers' passive resistance to purchasing yielded significant contributions at the theoretical, empirical, and managerial levels.
Victoria K James - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a socio cultural approach to exploring Consumer Boycott intelligence a commentary essay
Journal of Business Research, 2010Co-Authors: Victoria K JamesAbstract:The paper, "A socio-cognitive approach to exploring Consumer Boycott intelligence," effectively explores issues surrounding the Boycott behavior of Muslim and Christian Consumers in Lebanon. This commentary is to promote further development of the research domain, both the specific topic of this paper as well as wider issues of Boycott behavior, by considering the limitations and discourse of the adopted methodology, the positioning of the paper within the extant literature, and future development of methodology. This commentary considers several frameworks and research traditions identifying a need for a longitudinal research strategy of which Farah and Newman [Farah, MF, Newman, AJ. A socio-cognitive approach to exploring Consumer Boycott intelligence. J Bus Res 2009-this issue.] is only one part within a particular situation and context. The commentary suggests potential prospective research strategies for further development of the topic.
Erin Redman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transforming sustainable food and waste behaviors by realigning domains of knowledge in our education system
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014Co-Authors: Erin Redman, Aaron RedmanAbstract:Abstract Changing from current unsustainable production, consumption, and disposal patterns will clearly require technological, political and other structural changes, but also individual behavior change. Consumer demand and individuals' purchasing power exerts pressure on many parts of the production system, including how crops are produced (e.g., organic), products are packaged and labeled (e.g., rBGH-free labels on milk), and even where products are distributed and how they are disposed of. Individual Consumer behaviors have even led to political and structural changes over time, such as the Consumer Boycott of tuna which led to 1990 US legislation creating the “Dolphin Safe” tuna label. One of the central ways to foster responsible citizenry and promote sustainable production is to harness the capacity of teachers and schools to create change. Educating for conscious Consumerism is a critical part of creating changes in production, consumption and disposal systems, but our current education system and approaches often reinforce unsustainable practices that neglect subjective ways of knowing as well as action and change. Research and experience suggests that traditional, information intensive teaching about sustainability alone does not motivate the behavior change a transition to sustainability will require. Utilizing a previously developed framework that identifies four distinct types of knowledge—declarative, procedural, effectiveness and social—we hypothesize that procedural, effectiveness and social knowledge are important predictors of an individual's participation in sustainable behaviors, while declarative (information) knowledge is not. While the knowledge domain framework has been theoretically detailed by other researchers ( Kaiser and Fuhrer, 2003 , Frisk and Larson, 2011 ) and qualitatively assessed through an intensive case study education program ( Redman, 2013 ), to date, this is the first quantitative assessment of the relationship between the four domains of knowledge and sustainability-related behaviors. We tested our hypothesis through an extensive survey of 346 current and future K-12 teachers about sustainable food and waste knowledge and behaviors. The survey results supported our hypothesis that high levels of declarative knowledge alone did not predict increased participation in sustainable behaviors while procedural and social knowledge were statistically significant predictors of sustainable food behaviors and procedural, effectiveness, and social knowledge were all statistically significant predictors of sustainable waste behaviors. Through active incorporation of appropriate forms of procedural, effectiveness, and social knowledge into the K-12 classroom, educators can empower the next generation to make individual changes based on their vision of the future and insist on structural and institutional changes that are essential for a successful transition to sustainability.
Yossi Spiegel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Consumers activism the facebook Boycott of cottage cheese
2015Co-Authors: Igal Hendel, Yossi Spiegel, Saul LachAbstract:We study a Consumer Boycott on cottage cheese that was organized in Israel on Facebook in the summer of 2011 following a steep increase in prices after price controls were lifted in 2006. The Boycott led to an immediate decline in prices which stayed low more than three years after the Boycott. We find that (i) demand at the start of the Boycott, at the new low prices, would have been 30% higher but for the Boycott, (ii) own price elasticities and especially cross price elasticities increased substantially after the Boycott, and (iii) post-Boycott prices are substantially below the levels implied by the post-Boycott elasticities of demand, suggesting that firms lowered prices due to fears of the Boycott spreading to other products, of new price controls, and of possibly class action law suits.
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social media and buyers power the cottage cheese Boycott
2014Co-Authors: Igal Hendel, Saul Lach, Yossi SpiegelAbstract:In the summer of 2011 a Consumer Boycott on cottage cheese was organized in Israel via Facebook. The Boycott was prompted by the steep increase in prices since price controls were lifted in 2006. We document the evolution of cottage cheese prices and quantities before and after the Boycott. The Boycott was successful as prices declined immediately and stayed low until the end of the sample period (April 2012) and beyond. We …nd that price elasticities, in particular cross price elasticities, substantially increased following the Boycott. Larger increases in elasticity and larger declines in sales happened in areas with higher computer utilization and more education, suggesting the importance of social media in facilitating Consumer mobilization. Increased price elasticities, however, cannot fully explain the observed price changes. We conjecture that …rms lowered their prices to avoid further damage to their image, from fear the Boycott will spread to other products, from concerns about re-regulation of prices and, possibly, from class action lawsuits.