Exercising social control in PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) violations: The role of subjective evaluations and social capital

Iosif Botetzagias; Maria Kevrekidou; Chrisovalandis Malesios; Nikoleta Jones

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2020.02.020

Exercising social control in PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) violations: The role of subjective evaluations and social capital

Waste Manag. 2020 Mar 15:105:347-354. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.02.020. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Authors

Iosif Botetzagias¹, Maria Kevrekidou², Chrisovalandis Malesios³, Nikoleta Jones⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of the Aegean, Greece. Electronic address: iosif@aegean.gr.
² International Hellenic University, Greece. Electronic address: mkevrekidou@hotmail.com.
³ Aston University, UK. Electronic address: c.malesios@aston.ac.uk.
⁴ University of Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: nj322@cam.ac.uk.

PMID: 32114406
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.02.020

Abstract

In this paper we examine the relative importance of an individual's subjective evaluations and social capital on his/her decision to exercise social control (i.e. confront the offender) on the hypothetical instance of witnessing a PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) scheme violation. Our data (N = 299) originates from an online questionnaire filled in by residents of Greece in early summer 2016. Through logistic regression modeling, we find that the subjective evaluation of the offence and social capital components have independent and complementary effects on the decision to exercise social control, over and above the demographic characteristics of the respondent.

Keywords: Greece; Pay-as-you-throw; Social capital; Social control; Subjective evaluations.

MeSH terms

Female
Greece
Logistic Models
Male
Social Capital*
Surveys and Questionnaires