Attitudes and Social Categories
Complementary Explanations of Innovation-Adoption Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4936112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie-Annette Brown (0000-0003-3245-7948, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), M A Brown (Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-186 |
| Publication date | 1980-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a120175 |
| OpenAlex | W2041018703 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper explores the relationships between an individual's attitudes toward innovation adoption, his or her social category with respect to adoption, and innovation-adoption behavior. First the paper describes how attitudes and social categories can theoretically be linked to innovation adoption, and proposes a comprehensive model in which the two sets of variables are viewed as explaining both unique and common variance in adoption behavior. The paper then empirically examines the intercorrelations of attitudes, social categories, and innovation adoption in a real-world situation: The diffusion of five agricultural innovations in a portion of Appalachian Ohio. The results indicate that some attitudes are significantly related to social categories, whereas others are not; both sets of variables are highly associated with innovation adoption, but attitudes more so than social categories; finally, each set of variables explains some unique aspects of innovation adoption. Thus the findings suggest that comprehensive behavioral models must include psychological as well as socioeconomic and locational variables
Business · Social influence · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Variables · Computer Science · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Psychology · Social Psychology · Marketing
Reconceptualising the ‘behavioural approach’ in agricultural studies
Applications of behavioural research on spatial problems I
Person-environment theories in contemporary perceptual and behavioural geography I
Environmental perception
Spatial Diffusion of Japanese Electric Power Companies, 1887–1906
Earthquake Insurance
Understanding Residential Energy Conservation through Attitudes and Beliefs
Communication of innovations
Readings in Attitude Theory and Measurement
The Prediction of Evaluations of Social Role Occupants as a Function of the Favorableness, Relevance and Probability Associated with Attributes of These Occupants
Attitudes versus Actions
Two Views of Diffusion
The Green Revolution
The Market and Infrastructure Context of Adoption
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 2004 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |