Exploring the Nexus between Transparency and Citizens’ Intention to Participate in Climate Change Policy-Making

Woonsun Kang ()
Additional contact information
Woonsun Kang: Department of Social Studies Education, Daegu University, Gyeongsan-si 38453, Republic of Korea

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-17

Abstract: This study aims to explore strategies that can propel informed and inclusive citizen engagement in shaping climate policy that addresses the formidable challenge of climate change and shapes a more sustainable future for all. To this end, the researcher endeavored to unpack the complex interplay and mechanisms at play in this relationship through an in-depth investigation into the four mediating factors, efficacy, awareness, concern, and attitude, and four pathways that link transparency to citizen intentions to participate in climate policy-making. The researcher constructed a conceptual model with mediators and serial multi-mediators that incorporates relationships between variables based on research hypotheses. To test these research hypotheses and estimate the conceptual model, structural equation modeling (SEM) and phantom models representing specific indirect effects of the covariance structure model were applied, .using AMOS Ver. 26.0. The sample consisted of 500 adults selected through a proportionate stratified sample design. Research findings confirmed that the overall fit of this research model was deemed appropriate, and the direct effect and indirect effect of transparency on citizens’ intention to participate in climate change policy-making is confirmed. Based on model fit, the researcher proposed a Transparency–Engagement Nexus Model that shows the relationship between transparency and citizens’ intention to participate in climate change policy-making. The theoretical and practical implications of these research findings were addressed, and future research directions were also suggested.

Keywords: transparency; climate change policy-making; participation intention; Transparency–Engagement Nexus Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/21/15520/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/21/15520/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:21:p:15520-:d:1272341

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().