Empirical Study on Households’ Energy-Conservation Behavior of Jiangsu Province in China: The Role of Policies and Behavior Results

Yue, Ting; Long, Ruyin; Liu, Haiwen; Chen, Hong

doi:10.3390/ijerph16060939

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“…A literature review shows that energy saving was studied in both household and workplace contexts [4,[8][9][10]. Research results relating to household energy saving cannot be generalized to the organizational context [4,8,11].…”

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The Effects of Leadership and Reward Policy on Employees’ Electricity Saving Behaviors: An Empirical Study in China

Chen

Liu

2020

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Excessive energy consumption and carbon emission damages the ecological environment and socially sustainable development in China. Organizations are major energy consumers, and should be principally responsible for energy saving. Despite that many organizational leaders know it is urgent to manage the energy saving behavior of employees, "how to effectively manage" receives less attention in both academic and practical fields. To fill this gap, this study adapts charismatic leadership theory to develop a theoretical model and explores how organizational leaders manage the electricity saving behavior of employees. This model was tested with a survey of 627 full-time employees from 14 provinces and municipalities of China. Results show that sustainable development vision, electricity saving cues, inspiration and role modeling significantly increase the electricity saving responsibility of employees, which in turn positively influences their electricity saving behavior. Moreover, organizational reward policy buffers the positive relationship between responsibility and behavior. This study contributes to energy conservation literature by explaining what characteristics of leadership improve the electricity saving behavior of employees and how leader characteristics match with organizational policy to effectively manage this. The practical implications for electricity saving management are also discussed. organizational structure, norm, and climate) [8]. Moreover, the individual consumption costs of energy usage in a workplace differ from those in a household [4]. Extant research paid more attention to household energy saving than organizational energy saving. However, in reality, organizations (such as governments and enterprises) consume more energy than families. Organizations are the most accountable for environmental protection and socially sustainable development [12]. Electricity is a major form of energy consumed by various organizations Statistical reports show that organizational electricity usage accounts for over 85% of the total electricity usage in 2019 [13]. Researchers indicate that organizational electricity conservation is limited by the wasteful behavior of employees because they do not have to pay for their electricity usage in organizations [8,14]. A branch of research [4,15,16] only focuses on electricity saving issues of office workers in an office setting. For example, Zhang and colleagues (2013, 2014) used survey data collected from office workers in Beijing to test a theoretical model and found that social benefits, personal benefits, personal norms and organizational electricity saving climate significantly improve the electricity saving attitude and behavior of office workers in office settings [4,16].They explained that they used office workers as a sample for two reasons. First, organizations in service industry, such as government institutions, schools, hospitals, financial companies, software companies, and other service enterprises do not engage in manufacturing. Employees in these or...

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The Effects of Leadership and Reward Policy on Employees’ Electricity Saving Behaviors: An Empirical Study in China

Chen

Liu

2020

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“…Some scholars have focused on the drivers of household carbon emission reduction from the perspective of residents’ low-carbon behaviors [ 26 ]. Among them, internal psychological factors and demographic characteristics were considered as the primary influencing factors [ 27 ].…”

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Analysis of the Cause of Household Carbon Lock-In for Chinese Urban Households

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Household energy conservation is an important contributor to achieve the carbon emission reduction target. However, the actual energy-saving effect of Chinese households is under expectation. One reason for this is because household energy consumption is locked in at a certain level, which has become an obstacle to household carbon emission reduction. In order to reduce this obstacle, this study explored the cause of household carbon lock-in based on grounded theory, targeting newly furnished households. A theoretical model was developed to reveal the formation mechanism of carbon lock-in effect in the purchasing process of household energy-using appliances. NVivo 12 software was used to analyze the decoration diaries of 616 sample households, and the results showed that (1) the direct antecedent of the household carbon lock-in effect was the lock-in of purchasing behavior, and the household carbon lock-in effect was mainly exhibited in the consumption path dependence (of energy-using appliances) and the solidification of energy structure; (2) the willingness to purchase household appliances was the direct antecedent of purchasing behavioral lock-in, and the cost had a moderating effect on the transformation from purchase willingness to behavioral lock-in; and (3) in the process of purchasing household appliances, reference groups, value perception, and ecological awareness can promote purchasing behavioral lock-in by affecting willingness of purchase. Suggestions to promote unlocking of household carbon were also proposed.

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“…Due to the growing population, the protection of natural and energy resources is extremely important for sustainable growth (Nguyen et al, 2016). Various conceptual models were hypothesized and assessed to study the influence of different predictors of energy conservation behavior of human being (Frederiks, Stenner & Hobman, 2015;Wang et al, 2011;Yue et al, 2019;Karlin, 2014). In most of the energy conservation behavior (ECB) research, psychological attributes and contextual factors are emphasized (Yue et al, 2019).…”

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“…Various conceptual models were hypothesized and assessed to study the influence of different predictors of energy conservation behavior of human being (Frederiks, Stenner & Hobman, 2015;Wang et al, 2011;Yue et al, 2019;Karlin, 2014). In most of the energy conservation behavior (ECB) research, psychological attributes and contextual factors are emphasized (Yue et al, 2019). Literature suggests energy conservation behavior is referred to as ongoing day to day activities for minimizing energy consumption (i.e.…”

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“…Social scientists summarize some common predictors of psychological attributes which measure the energy conservation behavior of individuals. These include knowledge about energy conservation, values and beliefs, attitude, perceived responsibility, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, social norms, awareness (Vlek & Steg, 2007;Dumciuviene et al, 2019;Yue et al, 2019) Knowledge about energy conservation reflects one's degree of knowledge and understanding related to energy crisis and benefits of adopting energy conservation measures and behavior (Dumciuviene et al, 2019). Steg, Perlaviciute & van der Werff (2015), Han & Cudjoe (2020) also concluded that knowledge is an important dimension that influence human behavior to adopt energy sustainable behavior.…”

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Impact of Demographic, Psychological Attributes and Financial Consciousness of Households on their Energy Conservation Behavior: Testing the Mediating Role of Behavioral Intention

Ahmad

Rashid

Choudary

2020

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The implementation of energy sustainable practices is acknowledged to be a vital step towards resolving the problem of energy shortage. However, the energy conservation behavior of households in developing countries has not gained much attention. Therefore, this research aims to examine the effect of psychological attributes and financial consciousness on the energy conservation behavior of residential individual in the presence of behavioral intentions. For the purpose of this study, we performed a regression analysis on the data set collected through a questionnaire survey of 310 residential individuals in Lahore, Pakistan. Results reveal that the psychological attributes and financial consciousness of the households have a significant effect on their energy conservation behavior. Further, the findings of the study establish a significant mediating role of households' behavioral intentions towards energy conservation. The findings of this study suggest that media campaigns and energy conservation seminars should emphasize the adoption of energy-saving technologies.

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Empirical Study on Households’ Energy-Conservation Behavior of Jiangsu Province in China: The Role of Policies and Behavior Results

Cited by 16 publications

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The Effects of Leadership and Reward Policy on Employees’ Electricity Saving Behaviors: An Empirical Study in China

The Effects of Leadership and Reward Policy on Employees’ Electricity Saving Behaviors: An Empirical Study in China

Analysis of the Cause of Household Carbon Lock-In for Chinese Urban Households

Impact of Demographic, Psychological Attributes and Financial Consciousness of Households on their Energy Conservation Behavior: Testing the Mediating Role of Behavioral Intention

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