Research on pro-environmental consumer behaviour
Research gap analysis derived from 4 earth_science papers in our local library.
The gap
There is a lack of research on pro-environmental consumer behaviour in emerging economies. - The relationship between environmental commitment and pro-environmental behaviour is not well understood.
Evidence profile
Stated in the cells research gap and abstract sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2010 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 137 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- Why are levels of human values fundamental to understanding individual attitude regarding climate change? (2026) · Environment Development and Sustainability · doi
The literature raises the question of why people still resist mobilizing to curb the advance of climate change. - There is a gap in understanding the interplay between individual and societal values in shaping pro-environmental attitudes.
generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: literature raises question people still resist mobilizing curb - Behaviour and climate change: Consumer perceptions of responsibility (2010) · Journal of Marketing Management · cited 133× · doi
Abstract This paper explores the under-researched notion of consumer responsibility, a potentially significant influence on consumer behaviour that marketers and policymakers may be able to harness as they attempt to respond to environmental challenges such as climate change.
generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5Keywords: consumer abstract explores researched notion responsibility potentially significant influence behaviour marketers policymakers able harness attempt - Telling ‘moral tales’? Family narratives of responsible privilege and environmental concern in India and the UK (2016) · Families Relationships and Societies · cited 4× · doi
Contemporary discussions of climate change response frequently emphasise individual moral responsibility, but little is known about how environmental messages are taken up or resisted in everyday practices.
generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5Keywords: contemporary discussions climate change response frequently emphasise individual moral responsibility little known environmental messages taken - Value–belief–norm dynamics of pro-environmental behaviour: a moderated mediation analysis in South Africa’s retail sector (2026) · Frontiers in Sustainability · doi
There is a lack of research on pro-environmental consumer behaviour in emerging economies. - The relationship between environmental commitment and pro-environmental behaviour is not well understood.
generalstated in cells research gapevidence 3/5Keywords: there lack research pro-environmental consumer behaviour emerging economies
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