TY - GEN
T1 - Incubating and nurturing sustainable practices through staged social engagements
AU - Sharma, Satyakam
AU - Siu, Kin Wai Michael
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Social interventions emerging from the field of social psychology and sociology have been quite effective in encouraging a positive change in environmental behaviour under the influence of a social setting. They also provide a suitable social environment for learning, adopting, incubating, and nurturing the new behaviour. The study analyzes several such cases through an exhaustive document analysis. It aims at building a deeper understanding of the complex mechanics of such contrived social engagements including their process of encouraging sustainable behaviour. It dissects the whole process into smaller activities, and maps them against the behaviour change techniques (BCT) and the relevant theories to identify their role in the process of change. Further classification of these activities on the basis of their role resulted in a model, which comprises of five key phases through which a participant undergoes during the process of change. The model provides an overview of the process, which can be useful in understanding and devising such social engagements for encouraging a positive change in behaviour for environmental benefit.
AB - Social interventions emerging from the field of social psychology and sociology have been quite effective in encouraging a positive change in environmental behaviour under the influence of a social setting. They also provide a suitable social environment for learning, adopting, incubating, and nurturing the new behaviour. The study analyzes several such cases through an exhaustive document analysis. It aims at building a deeper understanding of the complex mechanics of such contrived social engagements including their process of encouraging sustainable behaviour. It dissects the whole process into smaller activities, and maps them against the behaviour change techniques (BCT) and the relevant theories to identify their role in the process of change. Further classification of these activities on the basis of their role resulted in a model, which comprises of five key phases through which a participant undergoes during the process of change. The model provides an overview of the process, which can be useful in understanding and devising such social engagements for encouraging a positive change in behaviour for environmental benefit.
KW - Behaviour change techniques (BCT)
KW - Collaborative networks
KW - Social interventions
KW - Staged social networks
KW - Sustainable behaviour
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84986269691&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-41941-1_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-41941-1_3
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
SN - 9783319419404
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 27
EP - 38
BT - Advances in Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure, 2016
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - International Conference on Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure, 2016
Y2 - 27 July 2016 through 31 July 2016
ER -