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The Effects of Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions on Pro-Environmental Behaviour : How Culture Influences Environmentally Conscious Behaviour
Nagy, Szabolcs - 2018
in Hungary, this paper examines how culture influences environmentally conscious behaviour. Having investigated the … direct impact of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on pro-environmental behaviour, we found that the culture of a country hardly … affects actual environmentally conscious behaviour. The findings indicate that only individualism and power distance have a …
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The relation between the effects of testimonials' sources and the cognitive, affective and behavioural changes
Tocila, Tudor; Cara, Corina - In: International journal of business and economic sciences … 9 (2016) 2, pp. 59-64
Purpose - Endorsement strategies have a well-known potential of generating good results and there are various studies which refer to the endorsement sources as either a contextually effective or ineffective strategy. The present study is a new approach on this topic and it aims at identifying...
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A taste for consistency and survey response behavior
Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 59 (2013) 1, pp. 181-193
This article studies how a taste for consistency affects decision making. Our application is response behavior in surveys. In particular, we show that the inclusion of questions can affect answers to subsequent related questions. The reason is that participants want to respond in a consistent...
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Pathways of persuasion
Coffman, Lucas; Niehaus, Paul - In: Games and economic behavior 124 (2020), pp. 239-253
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Using Behavioral Ethics to Reduce Organizational Misconduct
Feldman, Yuval - 2018
Even “good people”—those who think of themselves as being ethical— may engage in corrupt actions. In fact, the situations that seem least problematic can sometimes cause good people to behave immorally. Behavioral ethics research has demonstrated that various unconscious and...
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Does Irritation Induced by Charitable Direct Mailings Reduce Donations?
Diepen, M. van - 2012
Charities mainly rely on direct mailings to attract the attention of potential donators. Individuals may feel irritated by these mailings, in particular when they receive many mailings. We study the consequences of perceived irritation on stated behavior and on actual behavior. Target selection...
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Mediating and marketing factors influence the prescription behavior of physicians : an empirical investigation
Ahmed, Rizwan Raheem; Vveinhardt, Jolita; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016) 41, pp. 153-167
The authors present general review of the literature and the results of an empirical research on the subject. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted, being answered by 350 respondents: mix of graduate and post graduate doctors of private and public hospitals of Karachi City,...
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We are What We Consume : The Influence of Food Consumption on Impulsive Choice
Mishra, Arul; Mishra, Himanshu - 2009
Impulsive choice exhibited by consumers has been traditionally attributed to either contextual factors such as product attributes, store environment, or an individual’s personality traits. In this paper, the authors find that type of food consumed can also influence impulsive choice....
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Do Charities Get More When They Ask More Often? Evidence from a Unique Field Experiment
Donkers, Bas - 2010
Charitable organizations send out large volumes of direct mailings, soliciting for money in support of many good causes. Without any request, donations are rarely made, and it is well known that each request for money by a charity likely generates at least some revenues. Whether a single request...
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Travel mode choices in a greening market: the impact of electric vehicles and prior investments
van Dijk, Jeremy; Farsi, Mehdi; Weber, Sylvain - 2020
Through a choice experiment conducted among 995 Swiss respondents, we study the linkages between prior investment decisions and the choice of travel mode. Our experiment design and empirical framework aims to identify the impact of electric vehicles (EVs) and to test for two behavioural...
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