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- Title
Sport Teams as Promoters of Pro-Environmental Behavior: An Empirical Study.
- Authors
Inoue, Yuhei; Kent, Aubrey
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explain the process of how a sport team could induce consumers to engage in proenvironmental behavior. Building on Kelman's (1958, 1961, 2006) internalization perspective, this study demonstrated that positive environmental practices by a team increased consumer internalization of the team's values. In turn, this increased internalization mediated the relationship between environmental practices and proenvironmental behavior measured by two behavioral intentions: intention to support the team's environmental initiative and intention to engage in proenvironmental behavior in daily life. The results of this study contribute to the literature by highlighting the significant role of internalization. This research further provides a significant insight into the social impacts of sport organizations.
- Subjects
ATTITUDES toward the environment; SPORTS teams; CONSUMER attitudes; SPORTS facilities -- Environmental aspects; KELMAN, Herbert C., 1927-2022; PHILADELPHIA Eagles (Football team); INTERNALIZATION (Social psychology); INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee (IOC); MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Journal of Sport Management, 2012, Vol 26, Issue 5, p417
- ISSN
0888-4773
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jsm.26.5.417