The Korea Local Administration Review

This study examines the antecedents of public officials’ policy stance on environmental issues. To this aim, we collected a survey sample of 1,037 public officials from 47 local governments in Nakdong river basin. Regression analyses showed that public officials’ environmental values, conceptualized via ecocentric and anthropocentric perspectives, were positively and significantly correlated with their policy stance on environmental issues. The perceived organizational efficacy, which refers to a belief that governments’ policy efforts can make a significant difference for the sake of environment, also turned out to be positively significant in influencing individuals’ policy stance on environmental issues.   □ Keywords: policy stance on the environment, environmental values, environmental knowledge, efficacy, survey analysis