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Hi Tom,

In terms of using the Revised NEP as a measure of environmental concern, you may want to take a look at Cordano et al. (2003) for good overview of some of the issues with the NEP scale and its revised versions. Unfortunately I haven't come up with an alternative (but it would be great if you could share any other responses you receive on this point).

In terms of individual values, I have used the expanded version of Schwartz et al's measure. Stern et al. (1995) added two additional items to Schwartz's scale in order to better capture the distinction between humanistic and biospheric altruism.

Good luck with your research!

Sally


References:
Cordano, M., Welcomer, S. A., & Scherer, R. F. (2003). An analysis of the predictive validity of the New Ecological Paradigm scale. Journal of Environmental Education, 34, 22-28.

Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Kalof, L., & Guagnano, G. (1995). Values, beliefs and proenvironmental action: Attitude formation toward emergent attitude objects. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1611-1636.

Dr. Sally Russell

Department of Management
Griffith Business School
Business 3 (N63), Room 2.08
Nathan Campus, Griffith University,
170 Kessels Road, Nathan QLD 4111, Australia
Phone: +61 7 3735 7577
Fax: +61 7 3735 3887
Email: s.russell@griffith.edu.au

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From:	Tom Gattiker <tomgattiker@BOISESTATE.EDU>
To:	ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Date:	28/07/2009 12:44 PM
Subject:	Help with scales

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My colleagues, Craig Carter, Wendy Tate, and I are looking for a couple of scales.  As supply chain researchers, we feel a bit out of our element when it comes to the literature on these types of individual level constructs and measures.  We'd appreciate any guidance from people on this list serve. 

First we would like to measure general environmental concern at the individual person level.  The only scale we have identified that seems to have achieved reasonably widespread acceptance is the Revised NEP (New Ecological Paradigm) scale (Dunlap, Van Liere, Mertig & Jones, 2000).  However, while the predictive validity of this scale seems fairly good, some of the other measurement properties do not seem to be as well-established.  Are there alternatives we should be looking at?

Second we are interested in individual values that are well recongnized to be associated with environmental concern or pro-environmental behavior.  We have homed in on egosim vs alturism and secondarily on traditional values vs. openness to change (Schwartz et al; Stern et al) as measured by Stern et al 1998, 1998. But we are wondering if we should be considering other measures especially for the egoism/altrusim constructs.

The overall focus of our research is on antecedents of commitment by supply managers to environmental projects that are being championed by others in their organizations.

Thanks.

--
Tom Gattiker
Assoc. Prof. of Supply Chain Management
Boise State University
tomgattiker@boisestate.edu
208.426.4998

Hi:
Although I found NEP to be quite useful. I was interested in a scale which provides a wider array of environmental attitudes / dispositions. In this context, I used the Environmental Response Inventory (ERI) created by Dr. George McKechnie (1974) for his psychology research, under the guidance of Prof. Kenneth Craik at UC Berkeley, to be quite helpful. In addition to providing the scale I think the survey questionnaire is also not straight-forward, a big plus for researching highly educated asubjects. I distributed the eight categories of environmental dispositions along a scale ranging from High Anthropocentrism to High Ecocentrism, with the in-between categories sometimes coming close to sustainability. Here is my continuum:

Distribution of Environmental Dispositions Along the Environmental Ethics Spectrum:

Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism	Environmental Dispositions
High Anthropocentrism	Environmental Adaptation
	Mechanical Orientation
	Urbanism
	Stimulus Seeking
	Need for Privacy
	Antiquarianism
	Environmental Trust
High Ecocentrism	Pastoralism

 

 

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Sally Russell <s.russell@griffith.edu.au> wrote:

Hi Tom,

In terms of using the Revised NEP as a measure of environmental concern, you may want to take a look at Cordano et al. (2003) for good overview of some of the issues with the NEP scale and its revised versions. Unfortunately I haven't come up with an alternative (but it would be great if you could share any other responses you receive on this point).

In terms of individual values, I have used the expanded version of Schwartz et al's measure. Stern et al. (1995) added two additional items to Schwartz's scale in order to better capture the distinction between humanistic and biospheric altruism.

Good luck with your research!

Sally


References:
Cordano, M., Welcomer, S. A., & Scherer, R. F. (2003). An analysis of the predictive validity of the New Ecological Paradigm scale. Journal of Environmental Education, 34, 22-28.

Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Kalof, L., & Guagnano, G. (1995). Values, beliefs and proenvironmental action: Attitude formation toward emergent attitude objects. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1611-1636.

Dr. Sally Russell

Department of Management
Griffith Business School
Business 3 (N63), Room 2.08
Nathan Campus, Griffith University,
170 Kessels Road, Nathan QLD 4111, Australia
Phone: +61 7 3735 7577
Fax: +61 7 3735 3887
Email: s.russell@griffith.edu.au

Please consider the environment before printing this email

Griffith Business School seeks to excel as a provider of high quality, cross-disciplinary and internationally relevant business and public policy education and research, emphasising the relationship between business and society in promoting sustainable enterprises and communities.

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From:	Tom Gattiker <tomgattiker@BOISESTATE.EDU>
To:	ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Date:	28/07/2009 12:44 PM
Subject:	Help with scales

---

My colleagues, Craig Carter, Wendy Tate, and I are looking for a couple of scales.  As supply chain researchers, we feel a bit out of our element when it comes to the literature on these types of individual level constructs and measures.  We'd appreciate any guidance from people on this list serve. 

First we would like to measure general environmental concern at the individual person level.  The only scale we have identified that seems to have achieved reasonably widespread acceptance is the Revised NEP (New Ecological Paradigm) scale (Dunlap, Van Liere, Mertig & Jones, 2000).  However, while the predictive validity of this scale seems fairly good, some of the other measurement properties do not seem to be as well-established.  Are there alternatives we should be looking at?

Second we are interested in individual values that are well recongnized to be associated with environmental concern or pro-environmental behavior.  We have homed in on egosim vs alturism and secondarily on traditional values vs. openness to change (Schwartz et al; Stern et al) as measured by Stern et al 1998, 1998. But we are wondering if we should be considering other measures especially for the egoism/altrusim constructs.

The overall focus of our research is on antecedents of commitment by supply managers to environmental projects that are being championed by others in their organizations.

Thanks.

--
Tom Gattiker
Assoc. Prof. of Supply Chain Management
Boise State University
tomgattiker@boisestate.edu
208.426.4998