Cross-Theoretical Compliance: An Integrative Compliance Analysis of COVID-19 Mitigation Responses in Israel

Anne Leonore de Bruijn; Yuval Feldman; Christopher P. Reinders Folmer; Malouke E. Kuiper; Megan Brownlee; Emmeke Kooistra; Elke Olthuis; Adam Fine; Benjamin van Rooij

doi:10.1177/00953997221140899

Cross-Theoretical Compliance: An Integrative Compliance Analysis of COVID-19 Mitigation Responses in Israel

Anne Leonore de Bruijn, Yuval Feldman, Christopher P. Reinders Folmer, Malouke E. Kuiper, Megan Brownlee, Emmeke Kooistra, Elke Olthuis, Adam Fine, Benjamin van Rooij

Public Service and Community Solutions, Watts College of (WATTS)

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To understand the question why people obey or break rules, different approaches have focused on different theories and subsets of variables. The present research develops a cross-theoretical approach that integrates these perspectives. We apply this in a survey of compliance with COVID-19 pandemic mitigation rules in Israel. The data reveal that compliance in this setting was shaped by a combination of variables originating from legitimacy-, capacity-, and opportunity theories (but not rational choice or social theories). This demonstrates the importance of moving beyond narrow theoretical perspectives of compliance, to a cross-theoretical understanding—in which different theoretical approaches are systematically integrated.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Administration and Society
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997221140899
State	Accepted/In press - 2022

Keywords

capacity to comply
compliance
compliance theory
COVID-19
deterrence
impulsivity
Israel
legitimacy
lockdown
mitigation measures
negative emotions
obligation to obey the law
opportunity to violate
procedural justice
public health
punishment
rational choice theory
social distancing
social norms
stay-at-home measures
strain theory
trust in science

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Marketing

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