Influence Of Environmental Concern Research Articles

Analysis of the Influence of Environmental Concern, Theory of Planned Behavior, and Theory of Reasoned Action on Purchase Intention: A Conceptual Paper

Analysis of the Influence of Environmental Concern, Theory of Planned Behavior, and Theory of Reasoned Action on Purchase Intention: A Conceptual Paper

Consumer perceptions and preferences for urban farming, hydroponics, and robotic cultivation: A case study on parsley

Consumer attitudes toward novel fresh herb cultivation methods, including urban farming, hydroponics, and robotic cultivation, were explored among 148 participants in the UK. Urban farming emerged as the preferred method, followed by hydroponics, while robotic cultivation was least favoured. The study tested two hypotheses regarding the influence of environmental concern on acceptance of parsley from the different methods, and the impact of food technology neophobia on acceptance of parsley from hydroponics and robotic cultivation. Consumer levels of environmental concern positively influenced their acceptance of parsley from urban farming, while food technology neophobia negatively impacted the consumer acceptance of hydroponic and robotic cultivation methods. The study underscores the perceived natural elements inherent in these methods. Urban farming seems to align well with consumers’ values of nature and sustainability. Tailored messaging highlighting the natural aspects of all these methods, and addressing concerns about the use of technology, may help to bridge the gap between innovation and consumer acceptance, contributing to the delicate balance between tradition and innovation in agricultural strategies. At the same time, however, the study's exploratory nature may limit the generalizability of the results. Future research could broaden the participant sample and explore additional psychological factors shaping attitudes toward novel agricultural techniques.

Evaluating Consumer’s Behaviour Towards Investing in Sustainable Luxury Real Estate

This study aimed to explore consumer's investment intentions toward sustainable luxury real estate by examining the impact of their environmental concerns, attitude, subjective norms, perceived behaviour control, and perception of buying/investing in sustainable luxury real estate. The study also looked at how customer gender and age affected the difference between purchase intentions for luxury real estate that is sustainable and luxury real estate that is not sustainable. This study employs a conceptual framework that expands the Theory of Planned Behavior by adding a new dimension (environmental concern), which previous research has shown to be extremely important in influencing customer purchase intentions for sustainable goods. 282 respondents were surveyed online and provided with a questionnaire, which was utilized to gather data. People in the age range of 18 to 40 who live in various parts of the world were the survey's target respondents since environmental concerns are not exclusive to any one nation or geographic area. The Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet was used to code and enter the data, and IBM SPSS version 26 was used for the analysis. The results of the overall modelling testing show a high influence of environmental concern, subjective norm, attitude and consumer perception on consumers’ purchase intention for environmentally sustainable luxury real estate. A considerable disparity between women and men customers as well as between various age groups was found in the research on gender variations in consumer's perceptions of sustainable luxury real estate.

‘Take Back the Land’: Analysis of the influence of environmental concern, cultural tightness and moral disengagement on pro‐environmental behaviour intentions

AbstractOur study found that individuals' environmental concerns are positively associated with their pro‐environmental behavioural intentions through increased desired cultural tightness and reduced moral disengagement. Based on past research on (a) the positive association between personal concerns for ecological threats and desire for strong rules and punishment for violation (i.e., cultural tightness) and (b) the negative impact of moral disengagement on pro‐environmental behavioural intention, we proposed that people who desire tightness for their environment are less likely to morally disengage from their pro‐environmental intentions to act. The study relied on a cross‐sectional design, with a sample of 2482 participants from Italy. Results from a serial mediation model confirmed our starting assumptions, showing that desired tightness and moral disengagement may represent crucial factors in the relationship between environmental concern and behavioural intentions to benefit the environment. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

The Influence Of Environmental Concern On Purchase Intention Is Mediated By Brand Trust And Willingness To Pay For Electric Cars

Global climate change is now one of the environmental issues that is of great concern, especially in Indonesia. One of the causes of climate change is caused by transportation. This study aims to analyze the effect of environmental concerns on brand trust, willingness to pay, and purchase intention related to electric car products in Indonesia. This study uses an associative research approach with quantitative data methods. Data was collected through distributing questionnaires to car users in Indonesia via Google Forms. The data analysis technique in this study uses Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with Smartpls 3.0 software. The results obtained in this study are a positive and significant influence for environmental concern, brand trust, willingness to pay on purchase intention, and brand trust mediates between environmental concern and purchase intention. Also, willingness to pay mediates environmental concern on purchase intention. There are also limitations in this study, such as industry limitations and a limited sampling scope. Thus, further research can examine other aspects, such as high prices, lack of charging station facilities, and limited public understanding of the benefits of electric cars.

FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PURCHASE INTENTION PRODUK KECANTIKAN BERLABEL GREEN PRODUCT DIMEDIASI ATTITUDE

The beauty industry is growing over time, giving rise to new problems, namely the accumulation of rubbish and cosmetic waste, therefore companies need to implement green marketing in the process. Generation Z really likes brands that always prioritize and implement green marketing. In this research, we examine the factors that influence Purchase Intention towards beauty products, especially green products in the city of Batam. The method used in this research is a quantitative method. Information data was obtained using a distributed survey method using data from 385 respondents who live in the city of Batam and were born in 1997-2012 or generation Z, sampling using a purposive sampling method. The tool used to manage data is Smart PLS. The research results prove: Attitude has a significant influence on Purchase Intention, Health Consciousness has no influence on Attitude, Perceived Behavioral Control has a significant influence on attitude, Price has a significant influence on Attitude and Subjective Norm has a significant influence on Attitude. Another finding is that Attitude mediates the influence of Environmental Concern, Perceived Behavioral Control, Subjective Norm on Purchase Intention, while Attitude does not mediate the influence of Health Consciousness on Purchase Intention. Keywords: Attitude, Generation Z, Purchase Intention

Influence of Environmental Concern on Green Purchasing Behavior among Undergraduate Students in Sri Lanka

Aims: The main objective of the study was to determine how the consumers’ pro environmental concerns affected their green buying behavior in sports science and management undergraduate consumers. Furthermore, determining the green buying behavior of consumers and willing to pay for eco green products and awareness of the green products were also among the specific objectives of the study. Study design: This research is a quantitative investigation with a cross-sectional design, involving the collection of data at a single point in time. The primary objective of the study is hypothesis testing, specifically examining the association between individuals' pro-environmental concerns and their green purchasing behavior. The researchers had limited involvement in the data collection process, which relied on a questionnaire, and the study took place in a natural, non-contrived setting. The individual students served as the units of analysis for this study. Place and Duration of Study: The study's sample consisted of 140 Sports Science students from the Department of Sports Science within the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka (n=140). Data collection occurred from June 2022 to September 2022. Methodology: The observed variables of the study were pro environmental concerns, consumers’ environmental concern, consumers’ health concerns, consumers’ economic concerns, consumer’s energy saving concerns and recycling concerns along with awareness of green products. A pre-tested Likert Scale questionnaire was used to accessed information and the validity and reliability was also measured. Results: The results indicate that consumers’ pro-environmental concerns significantly affect their green buying behavior. The environmental concerns, health concern, economic concerns, energy saving concerns and recycling concerns positively affected the green buying behavior. Also, it was found that consumers are willing to buy green products. The survey findings disclose that consumers’ awareness towards green products, high level of green buying behavior products and their pro environmental concern impacts their green buying behavior. Conclusion: Consumers are willing to buy green products. The survey findings disclose that consumers’ awareness towards green products, high level of green buying behavior products and their pro environmental concern impacts their green buying behavior.

Understanding organic food consumption in the European Union: the interaction between health and environmental consumer's goals

PurposeBased on goal-directed behavior, this study explores the direct effects and the interaction between health and environmental concerns as the main drivers of organic food consumption. Consumer's economic problems are proposed as the main barrier for such behavior from a cost-benefit approach theoretically grounded on decision theory.Design/methodology/approachData were collected using the 26,669 European 95.1 wave participants of the Eurobarometer survey. Logistic regression estimates are used to analyze the hypotheses postulated.FindingsThe results indicated the significant association of both health and environmental concerns with organic food consumption, as well as the existence of an interactive effect between both consumer goals. As a novel finding, health concern weakens the influence of environmental concern on organic food consumption. Consumer's economic problems harms the expansion of organic food consumption as well as other socio-demographic factors included as control variables.Originality/valueFor the first time, this research explores the interaction effect between health and environmental concerns as antecedents of organic food consumption. The study argues that these consumer goals present differential features in terms of individual importance, feasibility, abstractness and outcome demonstrability, resulting in a prevalence of health over environmental goals for some consumers. The research provides not only novel insights for understanding organic food consumption but also provides additional evidence for practitioners to develop sales strategies and policymakers to formulate policies to guide the promotion of this so desired example of sustainable consumption.

The role of environmental concern in influencing consumers' intention to buy sustainable products during the Covid-19 pandemic

This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of Environmental Concern, Environmental Knowledge, and Perceived Value on Purchase Intention. This is a survey research with the data collection tool used as a questionnaire. The population of this study is the potential consumers of green products in social commerce Instagram. The data sources in this study are primary data from 110 respondents using purposive sampling. The criteria for respondents in this research are potential consumers who are active on social commerce Instagram, potential consumers who intend to buy green products on social commerce Instagram, and potential consumers who know about green products. This research is done with a multiple linear regression method. The study results conclude that: i) Environmental awareness, environmental knowledge, and perceived value have a significant effect on purchase intention, ii) Environmental awareness has a positive and significant influence on purchase intention, and iii) Environmental knowledge has a positive and significant influence. On purchase intention, iv) Perceived value positively and significantly affects purchase intention.

Time-space-connections in online pro-environmental behavior choice

With increasing platform economy and use of mobile payment methods, the takeaway consumption as a relatively new consumption mode has led to a considerable amount of wasted resources and environmental pollution. Previous research conclusions on green consumption behaviour still have not effectively addressed the problem of “attitude-behaviour” deviation in this new context. Based on the theory of empathy, this study construct a model of how environmental concern influence green consumption behaviour with consumer cognitive empathy and emotional empathy as mediating variables, and Time-Space-Connections (perceived control) as the moderator. This study chose delivery consumption as the research background and empirically tested the data collected from the questionnaire using a structural equation model. The results indicate that environmental concern can positively promote green consumption behaviour, and empathy is a key mechanism that affects green consumption decision-making. Promoting consumers' concern to the environment will effectively enhance their level of cognitive and emotional empathy towards the environment, thereby improving green consumption behaviour. In addition, perceived control significantly moderates the impact of environmental concern on empathy. The research results provide reliable suggestions for green consumption behaviour in the context of takeaway consumption.

Green products from industrial symbiosis: Are consumers ready for them?

Industrial symbiosis (IS) can support the transition towards the circular economy: accordingly, wastes produced by a company can be used by other companies as an alternative to raw materials or directly used to create new products, sold on B2C markets. This paper aims at analyzing consumers' perception towards electronic products (e.g., laptops, smartphones, tablets) generated via the IS approach (hereafter mentioned as “IS products”) and understanding which factors influence the consumers' purchase intention and willingness to pay a premium price for them. By relying on the Theory of Planned Behavior integrated with the Theory of Consumers' Decision-Making Process, we study the influence of environmental concern, perceived consumer effectiveness, social influence, perceived safety, functionality expectations, and green perceived utility. A survey was conducted involving 1.224 Italian consumers. Results highlight that perceived consumer effectiveness and social influence positively affect both purchase intention and willingness to pay a premium price for IS products, while green perceived utility, perceived safety, and functionality expectations positively affect only purchase intention. Results of this paper offers to managers insights useful to understand consumers' behavioral intention towards IS products and to develop appropriate production and marketing strategies.

An investigation of sustainable consumption behavior: the influence of environmental concern and trust in sustainable producers on consumer xenocentrism

PurposeUnsustainable spending patterns of consumers directly contribute to 30–40% of environmental degradation, mainly in waste. Packaging is a vital part of responding to the main challenges of sustainable food consumption on the global stage. This study aims to investigate how environmental concern and trust in sustainable producers impact the sustainable consumption behaviors of consumers via the mediation of consumer xenocentrism and the moderation of eco-label and country of origin (COO) of buying sustainable packaged foreign food brands.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed a quantitative method. The authors used Smart PLS 3.0 structural equation modeling (SEM) technique for data analysis. Data from the participants were collected through the convenience sampling technique. A total of 343 valid responses were received.FindingsThe results indicate that xenocentrism is an emerging behavior among Pakistani consumers. The authors found that a high degree of environmental concern and trust in sustainable producers are the antecedents of consumer xenocentrism, which leads to sustainable consumption behavior.Research limitations/implicationsThis research highlights the importance of customers’ xenocentric attitudes that lead to sustainable consumption behavior. The research findings provide vital information for researchers, policymakers, academics, practitioners, industry professionals, brand managers and top management, especially in designing the environmental sustainability framework. Although the findings support theory of planned behavior (TPB), future studies can contrast different theories’ contributions to sustainable consumption behavior improvement. Also future researchers may analyze the impact of culture on the association between sustainable consumption and consumer attitudes toward environmental concerns and trust in sustainable producers.Originality/valueThis research contributes to practice and theory, as consumer xenocentrism is a relatively unexplored area of research in developing countries. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to examine consumers’ xenocentric attitudes to sustainable consumption empirically.

Sustainable clothing: Why conspicuous consumption and greenwashing matter

AbstractThis study analyzes the degree to which conspicuous consumption motives, environmental concern, perceived consumer effectiveness, trust in sustainable clothing brands, and perceived greenwashing trigger the purchase of sustainable clothing. The theoretical framework was tested with a representative online sample of the Australian population (N = 600). Results showed that all proposed antecedents have a positive relationship with the purchase of sustainable clothing, with the exception of perceived greenwashing, which decreases purchase intention. In addition, perceived consumer effectiveness positively moderated the effect of conspicuous consumption motives on purchasing. Conspicuous consumption motives had a stronger effect on purchase when perceived effectiveness was high, and this influence was reduced for lower perceived effectiveness. The interaction between conspicuous consumption and perceived efficacy had the strongest effect in the model. Our findings highlight the relevance of conspicuous consumption as a motive for switching to sustainable clothing and the likewise important role of perceived consumer effectiveness, which is a boundary condition for this effect. Findings also confirm the significant positive influence of environmental concern and trust in the sustainable clothing brand, while perceived greenwashing is a barrier to the adoption of sustainable clothing. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Environmental concern in its role to mediate religiosity and green purchase intention to retail consumers, cafés, and restaurants

Environmental awareness is essential to maintain the balance of ecosystems in the world. One of them is reducing the use of plastic bags in shopping, which can reduce plastic waste heaps. Environmental awareness relates to a person's religiosity, whereas religiosity is the belief to behave rightly and wrongly. Religiosity and environmental awareness also relate to the Green Purchase Intention because it contributes to consumers' increasing interest in not damaging the environment. This study aims to determine the influence of religiosity on environmental concern, the influence of religion on green purchase intention, and the influence of environmental concern on green purchase intention. This research was conducted with the criteria of respondents who have visited retail, cafes, and restaurants, who have campaigned against the green environment. This study was conducted in Central Java with 100 respondents using the WarpPls analysis tool. This research resulted in findings that (i) religiosity has a significant effect on Environmental Concern, (ii) Religiosity has a significant effect on Green Purchase Intention, and (iii) Environmental Concern has a significant effect on Green Purchase Intention. Retailers, cafes and restaurants need to pay more attention to the green environment component because high religiosity consumers have high green purchase intentions. Retailers, cafes and restaurants need to pay more attention to the green environment component because high religiosity consumers have high green purchase intentions. These components include increasing green products, green packaging, and green shopping bags.

Determinants of the Intention to Adopt Digital-Only Banks in Malaysia: The Extension of Environmental Concern

Digital-only banks have not achieved adoption expectations despite being one of the latest innovations in fintech. Several digital-only banks in the United States and Japan have gone bankrupt, and others continue to operate at a loss. Therefore, it is imperative to conduct this study in Malaysia to understand customers’ behavior, particularly regarding the adoption of digital-only banks. With climate change, environmental-friendly behavior, which has been ignored in digital-only bank literature, is becoming increasingly pertinent. This study addresses the lack of an integrated model that investigates the effect of external factors (i.e., critical mass, number of services, and environmental concerns), customer self-determination factors (i.e., trust), and mental perceptions of technology adoption (i.e., convenience, economic efficiency, functional and security risks, as well as perceived value) on the intention to adopt digital-only banks. Data were collected through an online survey targeting Klang Valley residents in the prime age range of 25–54 years old using stratified random sampling. The data was analyzed using structural equation modeling by performing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and SEM path analysis in AMOS.v26 software. The results show that convenience, economic efficiency, number of services, trust, perceived value, and environmental concern all have positive significant relationships with the intention to adopt digital-only banks. Further, environmental concern is the strongest indicator of behavioral intention. In contrast, functional and security risks have a negative but non-significant relationship with the intention to adopt digital-only banks. Finally, critical mass has a positive but non-significant effect on the behavioral intention. This study is among the first to examine the influence of environmental concern on behavioral intentions in a digital-only banking context. It also contributes to an expanding body of research investigating environmental sustainability by presenting empirical results in the context of digital-only banks.

PREOCUPAÇÃO AMBIENTAL OU HEDONISMO? ANÁLISE DO COMPORTAMENTO DO CONSUMIDOR DA FEIRA LIVRE DE DOM PEDRITO – RS

Knowing the motivations of consumers to consume at free fairs is very important for farmers and managers. The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of environmental concern and hedonism on free fair consumer behavior in the municipality of Dom Pedrito - RS. This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The method used was the Survey, through a questionnaire composed of sociodemographic questions, frequency of going to the fair, indicators of environmental concern (EC), and hedonism (HE) applied to 113 consumers. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, t-test, and Pearson's correlation. Consumers at the fair are motivated to consume by EC and HE, but especially by the indicators related to EC, which showed greater influence (P<0.05). EC and HE were strongly and positively correlated (r = 0.70; P<0.05), demonstrating that they are associated. EC and HE were not influenced (P>0.05) by sociodemographic variables and the frequency of going to the fair. Knowing the motivation to consume at the city's free fair allows managers to define strategies that encourage consumption at the fair.

Determinants of E-waste Recycling Intention in India: The Influence of Environmental Concern, Attitude and Economic Incentives

The primary objective of this empirical study is to identify the antecedents of e-waste recycling and the role played by economic incentives in encouraging this behaviour among Indians. The theory of planned behaviour was employed to achieve the motive, and a web-based survey was used to collect data. A total of 338 responses from Indian urban households were taken for the PLS-SEM analysis. The statistical analysis revealed that environmental concern and attitude contribute to e-waste recycling intention. The study also documented the insignificant moderating role of green economic incentives in the relationship between the antecedents and e-waste recycling intention. This paper offers practical implications for fuelling e-waste recycling, especially regarding the implementation of economic incentives to promote e-waste recycling.

Academic employees' green behaviour as praxis for bolstering environmental sustainable development: A linear moderated mediation evaluation

AbstractThere have been calls for organisational employees across developed and emerging economies to be more responsible towards the environment because of the heightened level of devastation in the ecosystem due to human actions. This study examines the influence of environmental concern on employee green behaviour (EGB) through the mediation of attitude, perceived behavioural control (PBC), and environmental knowledge. SmartPLS 3 software was used to analyse the relationships from 425 valid responses. The findings of our study show that environmental concern, attitude, and PBC positively predict the EGB of academics. Attitude and PBC act as complimentary mediators of the relationship between environmental concern and EGB. Equally, a linear moderated mediation analysis shows that environmental concern amplifies the link between PBC and EGB. Furthermore, an importance‐performance map analysis (IPMA) provides evidence that suggests that though employees' attitude is a less important predictor of EGB when compared with environmental concern, their respective degree of performance is equal to each other. Furthermore, this study offers substantive insights into the multiple roles of environmental concern in influencing employee green behaviour among academics in higher education institutions (HEIs). Policy implications and future research directions for environmental sustainability are discussed.

Exploring non-users' intention to adopt ride-sharing services: Taking into account increased risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic among other factors.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has a substantial negative effect on the global transportation industry. Ride-sharing is an innovative means of transportation that is also affected by the COVID-19. How and when individuals adopt ride-sharing services under the COVID-19 context should be explored to reduce the influence of the COVID-19 on ride-sharing and promote the development of ride-sharing services. This research investigates the effect of ambiguity tolerance and environmental concern on potential users’ intention toward adopting ride-sharing services and further examines how the COVID-19 affects their intention toward adopting ride-sharing services. Data from 964 potential users of ride-sharing services suggest that ambiguity tolerance and environmental concern directly and positively influence potential users’ intention toward adopting ride-sharing services. In addition, both indirectly affect consumers’ intention toward adopting ride-sharing services through perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. Moreover, the perceived health threat negatively moderates the effect of ambiguity tolerance and environmental concern on consumers’ intention toward adopting ride-sharing services. This study enriches the research on how and when ambiguity tolerance and environmental concern influence consumers’ intention toward adopting ride-sharing services. Furthermore, this study highlights the moderating effect of perceived health threat under the COVID-19 context. Based on the empirical findings, practical implications are proposed for the providers and facilitators of ride-sharing services.

Understanding citizens’ environmental concern and their pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes and their influence on energy use

The analysis of the prime political ideologies that affect human behaviours and how these make people interact with their habitat is most necessary for policy making. The objective of the present research is to analyse the relationship between an individual’s political ideology and his/her environmental concern and pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes, and how these last two influences on pro-electrical consumption attitudes. To achieve the objective, we based the research on information from two surveys effectuated two years apart. A total of 3,395 household heads were interviewed (84.5% from 2019 and 15.5% from 2021). Four hypotheses were launched and only one validated through our study which proved the relationship between environmental concern and pro-electrical consumption attitudes. However, the study additionally shows a gradual decrease in environmental concern and pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes from centre ideology to the extreme left and right, being the values of the left-wing (extreme left and left-centre) higher than those of the right-wing (extreme right and right-centre). Additionally, a strong influence of environmental concern in pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes was found, meaning that environmental knowledge is necessary to develop greener attitudes and behaviours. These results shed light on citizens environmental policy preferences, making clear the discussion about the effects of political ideology on pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes.