Determinants of pro-environmental behaviour among young and older farmers in Taiwan

Fang, Wei-Ta and Ng, Eric and Zhan, Yong-Shen (2018) Determinants of pro-environmental behaviour among young and older farmers in Taiwan. Sustainability, 10 (7). pp. 1-15.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the determinants of farmers’ pro-environmental behaviors in Taiwan. A total of 526 valid questionnaires were received from a randomly stratified sample of young (below 40 years old) and older (above 40 years old) farmers located in Central Taiwan.

The findings revealed that young farmers’ pro-environmental behaviors were directly affected by personal norms, and also indirectly from personal and social norms through perceived behavioural control. In contrast, older farmers’ pro-environmental behaviors were directly affected by social norms, whereas personal norms also had an indirect impact via perceived behavioral control.

Results from this study could contribute towards the development of appropriate strategies for the two age groups of farmers who respond to the different determinants of their pro-environmental behaviors.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Faculty / Department / School:	Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Management and Enterprise
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2018 05:46
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2018 03:08
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Social Attribution Theory; pro-environmental behaviors; sustainable agriculture; farmers; Taiwan
Fields of Research :	07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences > 0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management > 070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1505 Marketing > 150599 Marketing not elsewhere classified 05 Environmental Sciences > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050299 Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective:	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970107 Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Identification Number or DOI:	10.3390/su10072186
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/34365

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