Effect Of Environmental Concern Research Articles

Impact of environmental knowledge, responsibility and concern on sustainable consumption behavior: does customer attitude matter?

PurposeThe constant population growth and inappropriate consumption patterns have led to abnormal use of the earth's capacities, destruction of natural resources, enormous spread of diseases, and increased waste materials. Thus, these issues should be highlighted to avoid serious problems for the earth. Accordingly, this study examines the effect of environmental knowledge (EK), environmental responsibility (ER), and environmental concern (EC) on sustainable consumption behavior (SCB), with the mediating role of customer attitude (CA).Design/methodology/approachThe present applied study is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population includes customers of Hyperstar stores located in Tehran. Overall, a sample size of 384 people was selected based on Cochran's formula. The data were collected using standard questionnaires and analyzed using structural equation modeling and Smart PLS version 3 software.FindingsThe fit of the proposed model was confirmed at measurement, structural, and general levels. Thus, it indicates that the structural model has an acceptable fit. Furthermore, the findings emphasize that ER and EC have a positive effect on CA, and ER and EC have a positive impact on SCB. ER and EC have a positive effect on SCB through the mediation of CA, while EK does not have any significant effect on SCB but EK has an effect on SCB through the mediation of CA.Originality/valueGiven the growth of environmental destruction, it is necessary to consider the change of CA toward buying sustainable products. Therefore, this study pays attention to the mediating role of attitude and examines the effects of EK, EC, and ER that cause SCB among customers of Hyperstars.

Effect of Environmental concern, Green perceived value on Young customers' green purchase intention: The mediating roles of Attitude toward green products and Perceived behavior control

Effect of Environmental concern, Green perceived value on Young customers' green purchase intention: The mediating roles of Attitude toward green products and Perceived behavior control

To save the environment is my moral duty: investigating young consumer’s green purchase behaviour with moderated mediation approach

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the role of ethical obligation and environmental concern in young consumers’ green purchase behaviour using Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behaviour as underpinning theoretical model.Design/methodology/approachData collected from 253 college students of a major higher education institution in Northern India were analysed by using structural equation modelling and moderated mediation analysis in AMOS 22.0 and SPSS 20.0.FindingsInvestigating why environmental concern does not significantly translate into green purchase intention, the study demonstrates that the effect of environmental concern was mediated through attitude and ethical obligation. In addition, the study also found that the effect of environmental concern on attitude was positively moderated by ethical obligation. Moreover, subjective norms were found to exhibit no direct effect on green purchase intention; rather, this effect was indirect and mediated through attitude and perceived behavioural control. The results of moderated mediation analysis further demonstrated that the indirect effect of subjective norms on green purchase intention through attitude was found conditional on the values of perceived behavioural control.Originality/valueThe study offers a valuable contribution by signifying the moderating role of ethical obligation in green purchase behaviour. It also contributes to the existing knowledge by assessing the conditional indirect effect of subjective norms on green purchase intention which is rarely examined in the literature.

The Effect of Environmental Concern on The Intention to Participate in Green Tourism

Environmental pollution is increasing in the world. This situation causes an increase in the level of concern for the environment in individuals. For this reason, sustainability has become as important in the tourism sector as in other sectors. Changes have also started to occur in the preferences of consumers who are sensitive to the environment. Thus, the purpose of this research was to examine how environmental concern influences one's perspective on green tourism as well as their desire to engage in such activities. In order to do this, 394 consumers from different provinces of Türkiye were surveyed using questionnaires. Anxieties about the environment significantly influence one's outlook on ecotourism, according to structural equation modelling research. A person's positive attitude about green tourism significantly influences their propensity to engage in green tourism. A high mediating function for attitude towards green tourism was found in the effect of environmental concern on intention to participate in green tourism, according to the process macro analysis. Researchers, policymakers, and the sector as a whole were all given suggestions based on the study's conclusions.

Examining the role of generativity on tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior: An inter-generational comparison

Sustainability means developing without compromising the benefit of future generations, which concurs with generative concern, a future value orientation characterized by concern for the future generation. Drawing on the value-attitude-behavior (VAB) hierarchy model, this study established a theoretical framework and empirically examined structural relationships among tourists' generativity, environmental concern, personal norm, and environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) via PLS-SEM. Potential generational differences were analyzed using an independent sample t-test and multigroup analysis. A total of 702 questionnaires from on-site tourists were collected in Xixi Wetland National Park, Hangzhou, China. Results showed that generative concern positively influences ERB, mediated by tourists’ environmental concern and personal norm. Additionally, inter-generational comparison indicated that Generation Z (Gen Z) has a lower level of generative concern but exhibited greater predictive power for ERB. The effect of environmental concern on personal norm is more robust among Gen Z. Further, academic implications and practical strategies were discussed.

Modelling the mass adoption potentials of eBikes among Malaysian youth.

This study examined (1) the effect of environmental concern, environmental knowledge, and health consciousness on attitude towards eBikes; (2) the effect of eBikes attributes of interest and infrastructure on perceived behavioural control; and finally, (3) the effect of attitude towards eBikes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control on eBikes commuting intention and its usage among Malaysian youth. This study adopted a cross-sectional design and convenience sampling, and collected quantitative data from 699 Malaysian youth through an online survey. Findings revealed that (1) environmental concern, environmental knowledge, and health consciousness had a positive and significant impact on attitude towards eBikes; (2) eBikes attributes of interest and infrastructure were positively and significantly related to perceived behavioural control; (3) attitude towards eBikes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control had a positive and significant effect on eBikes commuting intention; (4) eBikes commuting intention was positively and significantly related to the usage of eBikes; (5) eBikes commuting intention significantly mediated the relationship between attitude towards eBikes and perceived behavioural control on the usage of eBikes among Malaysian youth; and (6) eBikes commuting intention did not mediate the relationship between social norm and usage of eBikes. Although environmental knowledge and social norm are proven to have a positive and significant relationship, this analysis demonstrated a relatively low effect size. To promote environmental and sustainable development in cities through the mass adoption of eBikes among Malaysian youth, policymakers should highlight the benefits of using eBikes, introduce proper policies, and involve the development of improved and connected cycling paths in the city sustainable infrastructure plans.

A Moderated–Mediated Model for Eco-Conscious Consumer Behavior

Using the Attitude–Behavior–Context theory, this research aims to investigate the impact of green marketing (GM) and green customer value (GCV) on eco-conscious consumer behavior (ECB) toward the consumption of green products. This study involved a survey technique that comprised 700 consumers through a self-administered questionnaire disseminated through enumerators in two metropolitan cities of Pakistan (namely, Lahore and Karachi), of which 349 were usable for the data analysis process. The hypothesized relationships were validated using partial least squares structural equation modeling through SmartPLS 4.0. The empirical findings showed a positive impact of GM and GCV on brand awareness (BA), environmental concern (EC), and ECB. The findings also revealed the partial mediating effect of BA and EC on the relationship between GM, GCV, and ECB. In addition, this study observed the moderating impact of felt obligation (FO) on the relationship between BA and ECB. The findings show that ECB is essential for a sustainable environment. This study’s results may guide managers and marketers in developing suitable GM strategies.

The effect of environmental concern and global environmental connectedness on green purchase intention of hotel customers in Malaysia

The effect of environmental concern and global environmental connectedness on green purchase intention of hotel customers in Malaysia

The effect of environmental concern and global environmental connectedness on green purchase intention of hotel customers in Malaysia

The effect of environmental concern and global environmental connectedness on green purchase intention of hotel customers in Malaysia

Factors Influencing Green Purchase Intention: Moderating Role of Green Brand Knowledge.

The current study aims to investigate the moderating effect of green brand knowledge (GBK) on the relationship of green brand positioning (GBP), attitude towards the green brand (ATGB), environmental concern (EC) and green purchase intention (GPI) in Pakistan. For this purpose, the data was collected from the individuals who were buying organic food by using purposive sampling, using cross-sectional research design and quantitative research approach. The Partial Least Square (PLS)-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique results had shown that all the direct-effect relationships, namely, GBP, ATGB, EC variables have a positive and significant relationship with the GPI. While indirect-effect relationships have shown that the relationships of ATGB, EC and GPI are significantly moderated by GBK, which indicated that the effect of GBP, and EC toward GPI would be stronger when individuals have strong knowledge about green brands. In contrast, GBK is not significantly moderating the relationship between GBP and GPI. The empirical findings of this study fill a gap in the existing body of literature regarding the effects of GPI, ATGB and EC on green brands, as well as the moderating effect of GBK. As a result, this study provides insight into the topic, which has not been thoroughly investigated in earlier studies. Therefore, we consider that understanding this moderating effect is a positive contribution to the existing body of knowledge, which could help researchers explore this relationship in the future. This study could also help the owners and managers to know about the importance of these exogenous, and moderate variables to increase their customer’s green purchase intentions.

Exploring the relationships between Islam, some personal values, environmental concern, and electric vehicle purchase intention: the case of Saudi Arabia

PurposeToday, the global market for “clean” vehicles is generating double-digit growth annually. However, in most emerging or Islamic countries, sales of such cars remain at a very low level and green consumption patterns are poorly explored. This paper aims to expand the understanding of factors influencing attitudes and behaviors toward electric vehicle in an emerging Islamic country, namely, Saudi Arabia. It investigates whether the willingness of Saudis to purchase electric vehicles depends on religious and ethical considerations. The effects of environmental concern, Islamic and some personal values (self-transcendence and conservation) on green vehicle purchase intention were considered.Design/methodology/approachThe literature review is predominantly of studies on emerging or Islamic countries. A convenience sampling method was used, and a total of 354 valid questionnaires were collected. An exploratory factor analysis under the principal component analysis was used to reveal the factor structure underlying the items in the questionnaire. A confirmatory factor analysis on Lisrel helped to assess the validity of the measurement models. The causal relationships of the research framework were measured using simultaneous equation modeling.FindingsThe results suggest that Islamic Values (IsV) and Conservation (Cv) values do not influence environmental concern (EC) or Electric Vehicle Purchase Intention (EVPI). On the contrary, self-transcendence values (ST) exerted a significant influence on EVPI and the mediation of EC in this relationship was supported.Research limitations/implicationsThe theoretical framework provides a better understanding of how customers evaluate electric vehicles and the factors underlying their attitudes and behaviors toward such products in an Islamic and emerging market. The results suggest that consumers’ intentions to purchase electric vehicles are not driven by Islam or conservation values (conformity, tradition and security). Nevertheless, subjects for whom self-transcendence is an important value that guides their lives showed a higher willingness to purchase electric vehicles. This research also confirmed that EC is predictive of EVPI.Practical implicationsMarketers should focus on values of self-transcendence, which are benevolence and universalism, to influence electric vehicle purchase intention in Saudi Arabia. Neither Islamic nor conservation values are useful in this regard. However, managers and authorities are advised to establish a link between Islam and environmental awareness and behavior. Marketing communication and religious preachers should point out the commandments of Islam which stand for the preservation of nature. The authors concluded that much more should be done on the part of scholars to obtain a satisfactory understanding of green behavior in the Islamic world. Although green vehicles are rarely used there, these markets hold great sales potential for such products.Originality/valueLittle is known about consumer attitudes and behavior toward green products in Islamic countries. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first study to investigate whether Islamic and some personal values are related to environmental concern and electric vehicle purchase intention. The results showed that EC and EVPI depend on ST. The causal model indices for IsV and Cv were not significant.

Environmental change needs behavioral change: consumer’s green purchase behavior in Vietnam

To improve the environment, people need to change behaviors. Encouraging people to use the product is the way that is the most effective, sustainable. Therefore, this study seeks to aim the factors influence on green purchase behavior. This study proposes a new model in which the young’s purchase behavior is affected by four factors through the mediator variable. The questionnaire sends to 369 consumers by using the convenience sampling method. Analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM) conducts to identify the affect of the relationship between concepts. The study results indicate that attitudes toward green products and green purchase intention are mediator roles in the effect of environmental concern, environmental knowledge, social influence, and price sensitivity on green purchase behavior. The findings also shed light on how potential factors influencing consumer’s behavior. The study indicates that great personal concern and knowledge about the environment to increase the ability to purchase a green product. Besides, the study also finds that price sensitivity does not affect consumers’ attitudes toward green products, but it has an impact on their purchase intention. This study provides recommendations to management to improve their strategic sales to increase consumption products and the Government to support businesses producing green products.

Examining the direct and moderation effect of psychographic and demographic factors on green purchasing behaviour

This study aims to investigate the effect of psychographic and demographic factors on the green purchasing behaviour, and examine the moderation influence of demographics on the relationship between the psychographics and green purchasing behaviour. The study uses a multiple regression and PROCESS analyses for a survey conducted with a total 360 Jordanian respondents. The results revealed that the environment attitude has the strongest positive effect on green purchasing behaviour followed by social influence and personal norms. Whereas the effect of environmental concern, environmental knowledge, perceived consumer effectiveness, and skepticism is non-significant, the same results confirm for gender, age, educational level, and income level. However, the moderation influence of demographics is non-significant for most psychographics except for the interaction between age and attitude where it positively increases for people who are above 40 years old. This paper provides plausible guidelines for marketers, business, and policymakers in developing social and sustainable strategies.

Examining the direct and moderation effect of psychographic and demographic factors on green purchasing behaviour

This study aims to investigate the effect of psychographic and demographic factors on the green purchasing behaviour, and examine the moderation influence of demographics on the relationship between the psychographics and green purchasing behaviour. The study uses a multiple regression and PROCESS analyses for a survey conducted with a total 360 Jordanian respondents. The results revealed that the environment attitude has the strongest positive effect on green purchasing behaviour followed by social influence and personal norms. Whereas the effect of environmental concern, environmental knowledge, perceived consumer effectiveness, and skepticism is non-significant, the same results confirm for gender, age, educational level, and income level. However, the moderation influence of demographics is non-significant for most psychographics except for the interaction between age and attitude where it positively increases for people who are above 40 years old. This paper provides plausible guidelines for marketers, business, and policymakers in developing social and sustainable strategies.

Environmental Concern and Purchase Intention of Electric Vehicles in the Eastern Part of China

The main objective of this research was to examine the effects of environmental concern on the purchase intention of electric vehicles in the eastern part of China. The research adopted a qualitative approach to elicit data from a sample of 86 participants living in Beijing. Stratified random sampling was used as a sampling technique for these participants. The research findings indicate that environmental concern plays a significant influential role in the purchase decision of electric vehicles. The findings reflect that consumers who are environmentally concerned are more willing to purchase electrical vehicles as a means to protect their environment from air pollution. Several types of environmental concern or value orientations and their effects on the purchase decision of electric vehicles were also examined. Egoistic, social-altruistic and biospheric values were identified as the most influential value orientations in the purchase intention of electric vehicles. Apart from environmental concern and its value orientations, the study also found out that the purchase decision of electric vehicles is also affected by factors such as government incentives or subsidies on electric cars, reference group or peer group influence, driving range, possible top speed, cost of the vehicle itself, battery capacity, battery life, and charging time, appearance, charging stations, vehicle performance, maintenance costs and vehicle safety, lack of choice in vehicles, lack of electric vehicle infrastructure and potential increases in electric rates. It is therefore recommended that these factors are addressed in order to enhance the attractiveness of electric vehicles. More importantly, environmental concern has to be reinforced through campaigns which are focused on raising awareness on the issue of environmental sustainability.

How does environmental concern influence mode choice habits? A mediation analysis

Starting from the intuition that people with high environmental concern have a better perception of public transport and therefore a better perception of the utility of public transport, we construct a theoretical model in which the effect of environmental concern on mode choice habits is mediated by the indirect utility of travel. Travel procures the direct utility of providing access to activities, but it also offers an indirect utility that is inherently personal and perceptual. We approach the indirect utility of public transport by measuring perceptions of time and feelings. The indirect utility of the car is approached by measuring affective and symbolic motives. Taking into account car use habits and habits of public transport use, the results show that people who have a high environmental concern perceive public transport use as easier, more useful and more pleasurable than people who do not have that environmental motivation. Such positive attitudes foster public transport use. Conversely, low environmental concern generates non-instrumental motives for car use, such as affective and symbolic motives. However, the relationship between affective and symbolic motives and car use habits is not robust. We can conclude that environmental concern influences mode choice habits and that the effect is partially mediated by perceptions and feelings towards public transport but not significantly by affective and symbolic motives for car use.

Faktor yang mempengaruhi intensi mengonsumsi kopi organik di kalangan anak muda

Recently coffee of Indonesia become major attention of world coffee importers as Indonesia has variety of specialty coffee. Drinking coffee is believed as one of trending activities of young people in urban area. This study examined factors affecting intention to consume organic coffee. The sample was 200 undergraduate students of Universitas Tarumanagara who are coffee drinkers. The dependent of this research is intention to consume. Independent variables consist of four variables, they are spirituality, environmental concern, helath concern, and lifestyle. By using regression analysis, this study revealed that spirituality and lifestyle affect intention to consume organic coffee significantly. On the other hand, contrary to previous research, the effect of environmental concern and health concern on intention to consume organic coffee was not significant. This research finding may help marketers of organic coffee in designing their marketing program. They may pay more attention to spirituality and lifestyle aspects in order to suceed in gaining more market share.

Revisiting Environmental Citizenship

This study proposes, from a cross-national perspective, a model of environmental citizenship that includes predictors at the individual and contextual levels. The model is based on multiple theoretical considerations from environmental sociology, media studies, and economics. The study, based on secondary data, reports that at the individual level, media use, environmental concern, and postmaterialism positively predict environmental citizenship. However, the data also allow to test whether the effects of these variables vary depending on social and environmental contexts. Beyond the individual level, results show that, overall, the effect of environmental concern is stronger in countries with better environment quality. The results also show that economic development at the country level positively explains a stronger effect of postmaterialism on environmental citizenship than in less developed countries. The study shows that environmental citizenship is stronger in countries with lower levels of environment quality, and in countries with less developed media systems.

The Effects of Environmental Concern on Purchase of Green Products in Retail

Abstract Current analysis evaluates the influence of environmental concern in people's retail buying behavior of green products. The objective was to assess whether the consumer is recognizing and effectively declaring that buying green products in retail. Given the purpose, an exploratory study was conducted quantitative nature through a survey with a sample of 811 respondents. As a result, there is a possibility the consumer does not realize the importance of changing the habit of consumption, more fixed in their routine to buy and past experience you have that attitude strengthens the fact suffer a low influence his behavior.

The effect of environmental concern and scepticism on green purchase behaviour

PurposeThe aims of the study are: to compare the environmental concern and scepticism levels of the participants and whether or not they display green purchase behaviour; to investigate the influence of environmental concern and scepticism on green purchase behaviour by utilizing the Theory of Planned Behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from participant and non‐participant customers of the e‐invoicing program of Turk Telecom. Customers were clustered into four groups according to their environmental concerns and scepticism levels.FindingsResearch results show that those customers who have a high level of environmental concern and less sceptical reflect a positive attitude, have a high positive subjective norm and perceived behavioural control that motivates them to have stronger intentions to become e‐invoice subscribers in the near future.Originality/valueThe results found in the paper provide clear evidence supporting the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Turkey. Moreover, while most previous studies have employed undergraduate samples which are not representative of common customers, the present study employed a large and real customer sample which strongly represents customers in general.