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The effect of self-determined motivation on household energy consumption behaviour in a metropolitan area in southern China

verfasst von: Lewis T. O. Cheung, Alice S. Y. Chow, Lincoln Fok, Kar-Ming Yu, Kee-Lee Chou

Erschienen in: Energy Efficiency | Ausgabe 3/2017

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Promoting pro-environmental behaviour among individuals could help to mitigate climate change. In this research, we tested the effect of self-determined motivation on pro-environmental behaviours related to household energy consumption. A questionnaire survey was conducted in Hong Kong (n = 1004) to examine the importance of self-determined motivation on pro-environmental behaviours that promote climate change mitigation. Our results indicated that incorporating self-determined motivation into a model of goal-directed behaviour (MGB) improved its predictive power and that both the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of an individual were important predictors of pro-environmental energy consumption behaviour. The empirical results suggest measures that can be used by the government to motivate residents’ pro-environmental energy consumption behaviours and to achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions for a metropolitan area in southern China.

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Titel: The effect of self-determined motivation on household energy consumption behaviour in a metropolitan area in southern China
verfasst von: Lewis T. O. Cheung
Alice S. Y. Chow
Lincoln Fok
Kar-Ming Yu
Kee-Lee Chou
Publikationsdatum: 26.08.2016
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Energy Efficiency / Ausgabe 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1570-646X
Elektronische ISSN: 1570-6478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-016-9472-5

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