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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101936
	In it for the money, the environment, or the community? Motives for being involved in community energy initiatives
	Sloot D.; Jans L.; Steg L.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	57
英文摘要	Community energy initiatives can foster a sustainable energy transition by promoting sustainable energy behaviour in the communities in which they are embedded. This raises the question of what motivates people to become involved in these initiatives. We investigated the importance of financial, environmental, and communal motives for initiative involvement. We propose that communal motives (i.e., being involved in one's local community) may be related to initiative involvement, as community energy initiatives not only aim to promote sustainable energy behaviour but also enable people to be involved in their community. Across three studies, respondents rated financial and environmental motives as more important than communal motives for their involvement in community energy initiatives. Yet, environmental and communal motives were uniquely related to initiative involvement, while financial motives were not. The discrepancy between which motives people rate as important and which motives actually relate to their initiative involvement suggests that financial motives are an overrated motive, while communal motives are an underrated motive for involvement in community energy initiatives. Our results suggest that targeting communal motives may be an additional way to enhance involvement in community energy initiatives and foster sustainable behaviour among people, who may not otherwise be interested in environmental protection. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Communal motives; Community energy initiatives; Environmental motives; Financial motives; Initiative involvement; Sustainable behaviour
学科领域	alternative energy; environmental protection; finance; human behavior; social participation; sustainability
语种	英语
scopus关键词	alternative energy; environmental protection; finance; human behavior; social participation; sustainability
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117037
作者单位	University of Groningen, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sloot D.,Jans L.,Steg L.. In it for the money, the environment, or the community? Motives for being involved in community energy initiatives[J],2019,57.
APA	Sloot D.,Jans L.,&Steg L..(2019).In it for the money, the environment, or the community? Motives for being involved in community energy initiatives.Global Environmental change,57.
MLA	Sloot D.,et al."In it for the money, the environment, or the community? Motives for being involved in community energy initiatives".Global Environmental change 57(2019).