Environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior within China’s road freight transportation industry: Moderating role of perceived policy effectiveness

Fu, Liping; Sun, Zhaohui; Zha, Lajia; Feng, Lu; He, Lin; Sun, Xuesong; Jing, Xiaoli

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119796

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“…Factors involved in sharing information are not described in this literature [30]. Attitudes and awareness is connected to the supposed efficiency of policy-making [31]. Improvement and development in Chinese e-waste has been seen in the last six years [32].This might enhance the people perceptions about E-Govt playing a role in an epidemic outbreak.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modeling Impact of Word of Mouth and E-Government on Online Social Presence during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Multi-Mediation Approach

Yasir

Ahmad

et al. 2020

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Although social presence plays an essential role under general conditions, its role becomes significant for societal protection during the quarantine period in epidemic outbreak. In this study, we attempted to identify the role of E-government and COVID-19 word of mouth in terms of their direct impact on online social presence during the outbreak as well as their impacts mediated by epidemic protection and attitudes toward epidemic outbreaks. For this purpose, a unique multi-mediation model is proposed to provide a new direction for research in the field of epidemic outbreaks and their control. Through random sampling, an online survey was conducted and data from 683participants were analyzed. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to test the relationships between the variables of interest. The study results revealed that the roles of E-government and COVID-19 word of mouth are positively related to online social presence during the outbreak. Epidemic protection and attitude toward epidemic outbreak were found to positively moderate the impact of the role of E-government and COVID-19 word of mouth on online social presence during the outbreak. The key findings of this study have both practical and academic implications. health protection. This phenomenon encouraged us to formulate a theoretical model based on social presence theory and the role of social media to help examine safety and participation in quarantine. The conceptual model is presented in Figure 1.Word of mouth can be defined as "the intention to share a certain story using one's own social media account" [2]. Many researchers proved that communication has more of an impact through social media with regards to different health issues, and message sharing was found to be the best predictor of emotive and passionate response [3]. Online health information is regularly updated [4]. Nowadays, universal and worldwide flow cannot be ignored [5] and search engines are the most effective method to find information [6]. The Internet is also a useful source for people in the medical field for discussions and interactions about medical issues [7]. A nine-year big data study showed that the use of computers projected emotive improvement [8]. From the health protection point of view, many factors were found to affect the dispersal of cancer information, including anxiety, courage, anticipation, and sharing of experience [9].A study proved that the gestation time of infection (corona virus) was assessed at about 2-14 days [7]. So, a research question was raised about protection during an epidemic outbreak. Social media campaigns with complete research frameworks with theoretical and statistical support for these time periods are essentially to protect society during emergencies. To address this need, our research model includes the factors that trigger safety campaigns and the main effects (direct) of direct relations and the association of mediators on online social presence.The literature shows that for different disease management programm...

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Section: Role Of E-govtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling Impact of Word of Mouth and E-Government on Online Social Presence during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Multi-Mediation Approach

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“…However, its participation is low due to lack of time and interest [37]. In general, individuals with a higher degree of environmental awareness often have more proactive attitudes toward the environment and are more inclined to engage in pro-environmental behaviors [38]. Although there is no literature on the impact of environmental awareness on residents' participation in RPER programs, we expect that residents who have environmental awareness of the ecological problems caused by natural rubber cultivation will be more inclined to support RPER programs [39].…”

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How Environmental Awareness and Knowledge Affect Urban Residents’ Willingness to Participate in Rubber Plantation Ecological Restoration Programs: Evidence from Hainan, China

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NengRui

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The rapid expansion of rubber plantations in Asian countries has led to various environmental problems. Therefore, local governments are implementing rubber plantation ecological restoration (RPER) programs as an essential solution. However, such programs can be implemented only if residents are intensely involved. Based on a survey of 521 urban households in Hainan Province, China, this study investigates the effect of environmental awareness and knowledge on residents’ willingness to participate in RPER programs. We employ a double-hurdle (DH) model to estimate residents’ participation in two stages. First, we determine whether residents wish to participate or not (PN). Then, we measure residents’ degree of willingness to participate (DWP). The results show that residents’ environmental awareness has a significant positive effect on whether they wish to PN but has no impact on their DWP. By contrast, residents’ environmental knowledge has a significant positive effect on whether they wish to PN and their DWP. The moderating effect shows that residents’ environmental knowledge significantly weakens the positive effects of their environmental awareness on whether they wish to PN. Moreover, residents’ age, educational level, employment, and place of residence substantially influence their DWP. The findings in this study can provide useful insights for policymaking on improving rubber plantation ecosystems.

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“…Finally, this study is one of the first to use a large sample to demonstrate that individuals' environmental awareness can have a positive effect on their pro‐environmental behavioral intention. In doing so, we empirically clarify the inconsistent findings of prior research (i.e., Fujii, 2006, found that environmental awareness promotes pro‐environmental behaviors, whereas Fu et al, 2020, showed that environmental awareness may not lead to pro‐environmental behavior). Below, we discuss the implications of our findings.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Despite these research efforts, studies of the relationship between environmental awareness or concern and pro‐environmental behaviors have had mixed and inconsistent results. Some studies have found that more environmentally aware consumers are more likely to engage in pro‐environmental behaviors (e.g., Fujii, 2006), whereas others have found that environmental awareness does not always translate into pro‐environmental behavior (e.g., Fu et al, 2020). These mixed findings might be partly due to a lack of consensus on the definition of environmental awareness or to the presence of potential boundary conditions.…”

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An institutional perspective on consumers' environmental awareness and pro‐environmental behavioral intention: Evidence from 39 countries

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We adopted an institutional approach to examine the relationship between environmental awareness and pro‐environmental behavioral intention at the individual level. We also compared the moderating effects of regulative, normative, and cognitive social institutions on this relationship. Based on survey data representing 42,962 consumers from 39 nations, we found that consumers' environmental awareness promoted their pro‐environmental behavioral intention. Moreover, we found that normative social institutions negatively moderated the relationship between environmental awareness and pro‐environmental behavioral intention, whereas cognitive social institutions positively moderated this relationship. This paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these empirical findings.

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Environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior within China’s road freight transportation industry: Moderating role of perceived policy effectiveness

Cited by 188 publications

References 64 publications

Modeling Impact of Word of Mouth and E-Government on Online Social Presence during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Multi-Mediation Approach

Modeling Impact of Word of Mouth and E-Government on Online Social Presence during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Multi-Mediation Approach

How Environmental Awareness and Knowledge Affect Urban Residents’ Willingness to Participate in Rubber Plantation Ecological Restoration Programs: Evidence from Hainan, China

An institutional perspective on consumers' environmental awareness and pro‐environmental behavioral intention: Evidence from 39 countries

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