Abstract
This paper adopts an institutional approach to study the effects of social institutions on the relationship between sense of emergency for the environment and commitment to environmental protection at the individual level. It also compares the relative importance of three types of social institutions, i.e., the regulative, the normative and the cognitive institutions, in terms of their moderating effects. Using a large sample (N=23443) from 21 countries, we conduct regression and HLM analyses, and the results from these analyses show direct effects of all the three-level social institutions on commitment for the environment. Moreover, the regulative social institution moderates the relationship between sense of emergency for the environment and commitment for the environment negatively, while the cognitive social institution moderates the relationship between sense of emergency for the environment and commitment for the environment positively. This paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these empirical findings.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Academy of Management Proceedings 2016 |
Editors | Sonia Taneja |
Publisher | Academy of Management |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Event | 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016: Making Organizations Meaningful - Anaheim, United States Duration: 5 Aug 2016 → 9 Aug 2016 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2016-making-organizations-meaningful (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2016/1 (Conference proceedings) http://my.aom.org/ProgramDocs/2016/pdf/AOM_2016_Annual_Meeting_Program.pdf |
Publication series
Name | Academy of Management Proceedings |
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Number | 1 |
Volume | 2016 |
ISSN (Print) | 0065-0668 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2151-6561 |
Conference
Conference | 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Anaheim |
Period | 5/08/16 → 9/08/16 |
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User-Defined Keywords
- Commitment to environmental protection
- Sense of emergency for the environment