Exploring the effects of normative factors and perceived behavioral control on individual’s energy-saving intention: An empirical study in eastern China

Ru, Xingjun; Wang, Shanyong; Yan, Sheng

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.03.001

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“…The quantitative analysis suggests that PBC is another effective factor to explain household energy-saving intention. Botetzagias et al (2015) and Ru et al (2018) also draw similar conclusions, which supports the above finding. In addition, the qualitative analysis shows the remarkable roles of the PBC-related items as negative factors in the energy-saving behavioral process.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Wan et al (2018) also found that people with higher education level tend to have stronger recycling intention [60]. Only a few studies found that the correlation between education and energy-saving intention is insignificant [42,61].…”

Section: Socio-demographic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…However, many researchers indicated that SN was the weakest predictor among two TRA factors or even all three TPB factors [30,36]. Some studies even found the effect of SN disappears, considering other factors [37,42].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, householders would be less likely to reduce energy use if they are not confident of keeping these behaviors. Some studies believe that PBC is the most significant contributor to behaviors [42,45]. However, many other research works hold different views [17,19,39].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Only a few studies paid attention to this research gap. For example, Ru et al (2018) found that the combined effect between PBC and subjective norms (SN × PBC) on household energy-saving intention is significant [42].…”

Section: Interactions Between Tpb Predictorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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By employing a more comprehensive environmental sustainability and behavioral practices and framework, organizations' green human resources, production process among other processes, are also situated at addressing the rising challenge of global warming. To an extent, the gear toward improving the sustainable organization or production entails the environmental sustainability practices, green initiatives, and environmentally friendlier methods against the business-as-usual and the traditional patterns. In so doing, the current study is aimed at examining the effect of green training on organizational citizenship behavior and environmental commitment via the mediating role of perceived behavioral control. By applying the theory of planned behavior, this paper also tests the mediating effect of perceived behavioral control in the organization and the environment. Data from 306 employees working in four and five-star hotels in Istanbul were analyzed using AMOS statistical version 20. The result revealed that green training positively affects environmental commitment and organizational behavior and that perceived behavioral control fully mediates the link. In essence, the investigation equally revealed that it is important to engage employees in environmental sustainability training and related information, especially in compliance with the global drive for the Sustainable Development Goals. The findings and implications of the study are further revealed to serve effective policy tools to organizations, governance, and other stakeholders. K E Y W O R D S environmental commitment, green training, perceived behavioral control, Republic of Turkey, sustainable development, theory of planned behavior

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Consumers are increasingly worried that their current consumption patterns have negative environmental impacts, which in turn shapes their green purchase intentions. Based on the signaling theory and stimulus–organism–response model, the purpose of this research is to construct a theoretical framework to understand consumer intentions to buy eco‐labeled products. Empirical results from 671 questionnaires show that as expected, green advertising receptivity positively affects intention, and the relationship between green advertising receptivity and intention is also moderated by promotion focus and mediated by system trust and personal trust. However, the relationship between green advertising receptivity and purchase intention is not moderated by prevention focus. Hence, this research suggests that stakeholders should conduct truthful green advertising campaigns to dispel consumer suspicion and target different consumers with different green advertising and marketing campaigns to increase sales.

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Exploring the effects of normative factors and perceived behavioral control on individual’s energy-saving intention: An empirical study in eastern China

Cited by 235 publications

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Psychological and Demographic Factors Affecting Household Energy-Saving Intentions: A TPB-Based Study in Northwest China

Psychological and Demographic Factors Affecting Household Energy-Saving Intentions: A TPB-Based Study in Northwest China

Perceived behavioral control as a mediator of hotels' green training, environmental commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior: A sustainable environmental practice

What you see is meaningful: Does green advertising change the intentions of consumers to purchase eco‐labeled products?

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