TY - JOUR
T1 - Public participation processes related to nuclear research installations
T2 - What are the driving factors behind participation intention?
AU - Turcanu, Catrinel
AU - Perko, Tanja
AU - Laes, Erik
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - This article addresses organised public participation processes related to installations for nuclear research. The aim was to determine predictors that could provide an empirical insight into the motivations underlying people's intended level of involvement. The results highlight attitude towards participation and moral norm as the strongest predictors for participation intention. Other significant predictors were time constraints, attitude towards nuclear energy, subjective and descriptive norms, and knowledge. An opposing relationship is noted between participation intention and attitude towards nuclear energy. At the same time, people who are more knowledgeable about the nuclear domain seem more willing to get involved. The analysis also revealed that financial benefits do not influence people's intended involvement in participation processes related to nuclear research installations. The results reported here are based on empirical data from a large-scale public opinion survey (N = 1020) carried out in Belgium during May-June 2011.
AB - This article addresses organised public participation processes related to installations for nuclear research. The aim was to determine predictors that could provide an empirical insight into the motivations underlying people's intended level of involvement. The results highlight attitude towards participation and moral norm as the strongest predictors for participation intention. Other significant predictors were time constraints, attitude towards nuclear energy, subjective and descriptive norms, and knowledge. An opposing relationship is noted between participation intention and attitude towards nuclear energy. At the same time, people who are more knowledgeable about the nuclear domain seem more willing to get involved. The analysis also revealed that financial benefits do not influence people's intended involvement in participation processes related to nuclear research installations. The results reported here are based on empirical data from a large-scale public opinion survey (N = 1020) carried out in Belgium during May-June 2011.
KW - governance of science and technology
KW - predictors
KW - public participation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898922771&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0963662513476405
DO - 10.1177/0963662513476405
M3 - Article
C2 - 23825284
AN - SCOPUS:84898922771
SN - 0963-6625
VL - 23
SP - 331
EP - 347
JO - Public Understanding of Science
JF - Public Understanding of Science
IS - 3
ER -