Farizo, B.A., Oglethorpe, D. and Soliño, M. (2016) Personality traits and environmental choices: On the search for understanding. Science of the Total Environment, 566. pp. 157-167. ISSN 0048-9697
Abstract
In this paper we hypothesize that individuals will choose among alternative courses of action for power generation from wind farms according to their personality profiles. Through a factor analysis we found that certain characteristics of personality do indeed have an effect on environmental choice. The study involves an extensive survey based on the Big Five Traits model to find a pattern of choice that will help to better understand environmental decisions and be useful for policy makers to identify target groups and preview reactions to different courses of action. The research is potentially useful for the better preparation and design of publicity material, awareness raising campaigns and information provision for complex or unpopular policies affecting the environment or in environmental education in general. This research is especially interested in shedding some light on how personality is involved in the processes of environmental decision making, despite the limitations of the present study.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Science of The Total Environment. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Big five traits and environment; Continuous choice experiment; Personality and environment; Wind energy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2016 08:18 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2017 06:19 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.053 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.053 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:100561 |