Skarmeas, D, Leonidou, CN orcid.org/0000-0003-1831-9733, Saridakis, C orcid.org/0000-0001-8088-1722 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Pathways to Civic Engagement with Big Social Issues: An Integrated Approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 164 (2). pp. 261-285. ISSN 0167-4544
Abstract
Individual actions designed to address issues of public concern is a common theme in the discourse on how to mobilize resources and target efforts toward sustainable practices. We contribute to this area by (1) developing and empirically validating a multidimensional scale for civic engagement; (2) synthesizing and testing the adequacy of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the value–belief–norm (VBN) theory in explaining civic engagement; and (3) considering how an individual’s orientation, identity, and beliefs motivate moral thinking and action. The focus is on the important social issues of global warming and climate change, income inequality, and world poverty, and hunger. We follow both correlational and configurational approaches to examine symmetric and asymmetric causal relationships, respectively. The findings from a sample of 819 US citizens reveal that the TPB and VBN theory can adequately explain civic engagement, after we control for the influence of past experience. In addition, while belief in a just world inhibits the occurrence of adverse consequences and the formation of positive attitudes, social value orientation, and moral identity facilitate them. Notably, at least two causal conditions need to be present for adverse confsequences to emerge, while moral identity is almost a necessary condition for the development of positive attitudes. We conclude with a discussion of important implications for researchers and practitioners.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Springer Nature B.V. This is an author produced version of an article published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Civic engagement; Sustainability; Social issues |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Marketing Division (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2019 12:20 |
Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10551-019-04276-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:143724 |