Research Design Connections: Encouraging Green Choices
Chernev and Blair’s research (four empirical studies) enriches previously derived insights related to encouraging the use of sustainable options. They report that “Prior research has suggested that consumers believe that products made using sustainable, environmentally friendly technologies are likely to underperform those made using traditional methods. . . . we argue that sustainability is likely to produce a halo effect able to attenuate [reduce] and even override the negative impact of . . . inferences underlying consumers’ belief that sustainability comes at the expense of performance. . . . we identify two factors that are likely to influence the strength of the halo effect: the degree to which consumers view the company as a moral agent whose actions aim to benefit society and the degree to which moral concerns are prominent in consumers’ minds. . . . managers can increase the perceived performance of sustainable products: by associating sustainable benefits …
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