Inertia processes and status quo bias in promoting green change

• Authors: Svein Åge Kjøs Johnsen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Change can be difficult to achieve, and system inertia may be considered relevant. There is a tendency for dynamic systems to enter into specific states characterized by stabilizing factors. The present work attempts to define inertia processes and explores these with regard to pro-environmental behaviour and decision-making. Inertia processes can be considered both within an organizational context and from the level of the individual, and may involve a number of psychological processes and aspects of the decision-making process. A few suggestions for research are also presented.

Keywords

EN

environmental psychology; decision-making; pro-environmental behaviour; organizational psychology

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 400-409

Dates

published

2016-10-01

online

2016-10-17

Contributors

author

Svein Åge Kjøs Johnsen

• Faculty of Social Sciences, Lillehammer University College, 2624 Lillehammer, Gudbrandsdalsvegen 350,

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/humaff-2016-0034