A slice of hygiene: justification and consequence in the persuasiveness of prescriptive and proscriptive signs
Authors:
- Krzysztof Leoniak,
- Konrad Maj
Abstract
AbstractStudies concerning sign effectiveness highlight the use of justifications and information about consequences of non-compliance. Assuming that the most persuasive messages contain both types of information, we compared the effectiveness of eight different signs (that encouraged supermarket shoppers to hygienically handle bread). The independent variables were (a) sign content (justification vs. consequence vs. justification and consequence vs. neutral) and (b) form of request (prescriptive vs. proscriptive). After assessing the subjective level of the signs’ persuasiveness through a survey (N = 240), we observed people’s compliance in a natural experiment (N = 1.440). Signs containing both a justification and information about consequences achieved the highest rating and actual compliance.
- Record ID
- SWPS18c389391d714239b3f359221a070178
- Author
- Journal series
- Social Influence, ISSN 1553-4510
- Issue year
- 2016
- Vol
- 11
- No
- 4
- Pages
- 271-283
- Publication size in sheets
- 0.60
- Keywords in English
- Sign, persuasion, norms, justification, consequence
- ASJC Classification
- DOI
- DOI:10.1080/15534510.2016.1267663 opening in a new tab
- URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2016.1267663 <p> opening in a new tab
- Language
- (en) English
- File
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- File: 1
- Oświadczenie o publikacji_Krzysztof Leoniak.pdf
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- File: 2
- A slice of hygiene justification and consequence in the persuasiveness of prescriptive and proscriptive signs.1-2.pdf
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- Score (nominal)
- 25
- Publication indicators
- : 2016 = 0.526; : 2016 = 1.000 (2) - 2016=1.286 (5); = 4
- Citation count
- 4
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- http://192.168.13.97/info/article/SWPS18c389391d714239b3f359221a070178/
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