Caring for the Commons: Using Psychological Ownership to Enhance Stewardship Behavior for Public Goods
Abstract
How can consumers be encouraged to take better care of public goods? Across four studies, including two experiments in the field and three documenting actual behaviors, the authors demonstrate that increasing consumers’ individual psychological ownership facilitates stewardship of public goods. This effect occurs because feelings of ownership increase consumers’ perceived responsibility, which then leads to active behavior to care for the good....
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Title
Caring for the Commons: Using Psychological Ownership to Enhance Stewardship Behavior for Public Goods
Published Date
Sep 25, 2020
Journal
Volume
85
Issue
2
Pages
33 - 49
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