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Environmental learning in regions: a social capital based approach. The case of Latvia
Guido SechiDino BorriCaterina De LuciaViesturs Celminssubject
business.industryKnowledge levelOrganizational studies05 social sciences0211 other engineering and technologies021107 urban & regional planningContext (language use)02 engineering and technologyStructural equation modelingEducationMicroeconomicsCognitive dimensions of notationsEnvironmental educationQuantitative analysis (finance)0502 economics and businessSociologybusinessSocial psychology050203 business & managementSocial capitaldescription
AbstractHow do people learn about the environment and behave accordingly? What is the cognitive process at the base of this learning mechanism? The present paper is a pilot work investigating the dynamics of individual environmental knowledge on the basis of social capital theory. Using Tsai and Ghoshal’s findings, a well known framework widely accepted in organizational studies which supports the existence of a relationship between structural, relational and cognitive dimensions of social capital, and between social capital and knowledge exchange, these dynamics are then tested in the context of environmental behaviour studies. The quantitative analysis is carried out by means of a structural equation model based on data collected in the Republic of Latvia. Results support main theoretical hypotheses, but several effects are found to be highly sensitive to control variables (residence place dimensions, ethnic affiliation, age, personal income), leading to hypothesise a strong dependency of environmental ...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-02 | Environmental Education Research |