Jolanta Zralek

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Economics in Katowice

The way in which economists perceive and interpret human behaviors directly translates into the tools of sustainable development policy (SDP). The efficacy of these tools, hence the possibility of attaining sustainable development (SD) goals depends on how precisely the background assumptions reflect mechanisms of human behaviors. Along with a matu...

The main finding which derives from the research on sustainable consumption discloses that although consumers’ attitudes toward the concept of sustainability are positive, individuals relatively rarely follow sustainability rules in their daily life. This phenomenon called attitude-behavior gap has not been clearly explained. Some authors, relying...

Young consumers’ behaviors are a subject of academic interest since several decades. The purpose of this article is to indicate the changes which occurred in behaviors of young Poles during the last 10 years, to identify chosen determinants of their behaviors and to specify a way of these determinants’ influences. The basis for drawing conclusions...

Voluntary simplicity (VS) fits well the category of sustainable consumption because to its principles include: creating economically sustainable future, shaping balanced relationships between humans as well as building and maintaining close ties to the nature. Therefore the first aim of this article is to characterize VS as a lifestyle that constit...

The purpose of the present study was to identify and characterize the motives of selected pro-environmental consumer behaviors on the background of changes in the level of ecological awareness of Poles. Taking into account this goal the basic information derived from the field research conducted by the author – two surveys carried out in 2012 on un...