Influence of government and economic drivers on consumers' intentions to participate in a take back program

Budijati, Siti Mahsanah; Subagyo, Subagyo; Wibisono, Muhammad Arif; Masruroh, Nur Aini

doi:10.1504/ijlsm.2016.074716

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“…That means the proper solution to the e-waste problem is mostly dependent on government initiatives and performances (Nguyen et al, 2018;Delcea et al, 2020). Furthermore, it is argued that reverse exchange is one of the best ways of effective ewaste recycling, and thus, government initiatives could have a substantial positive role in stimulating consumers' intention to participate in such reverse exchange programs (Budijati et al, 2016;Yuan et al, 2016). Drawing on this discussion, we hypothesize that, H6.…”

Section: Government Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Nonetheless, the paucity of consumer awareness and the resultant low participation rate discourage firms from extemporaneously continuing such programs (Abdulrahman et al, 2014). Thus, it is highly recommended to study factors stirring consumer behavior with regard to reverse logistics or EEPE programs (Budijati et al, 2016), yet scant attention has been drawn to investigate such areas in the existing literature (e.g. Khan et al, 2019;Kumar, 2019;Yuan et al, 2016).…”

Section: Reverse Exchange For E-waste Recycling 411mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Government is the ultimate authority of a country responsible for developing and implementing rules and policies. The government can drive people's behavior by implementing rules and regulations, including green behavior (Budijati et al, 2016). In this Reverse exchange for e-waste recycling context, Mei et al (2012) suggest that the government promotes sustainability activities to trigger a sense of sustainable behavior among citizens.…”

Section: Government Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Framework and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…, 2014). Thus, it is highly recommended to study factors stirring consumer behavior with regard to reverse logistics or EEPE programs (Budijati et al. , 2016), yet scant attention has been drawn to investigate such areas in the existing literature (e.g.…”

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Understanding the determinants of consumers' reverse exchange intention as an approach to e-waste recycling: a developing country perspective

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Khan

Das

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PurposeEnd-of-life electronic products exchange (EEPE) program could be an effective approach to e-waste recycling that requires consumers' participation. Thus, it is highly recommended to study factors stirring consumer behavior with regard to EEPE programs, which is largely under-explored in the existing literature. Hence, grounding on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Attitude-Behavior-Context (A-B-C) model, this study attempts to understand the determinants of consumers' EEPE intention by adding contextual and non-cognitive factors to the proposed research model.Design/methodology/approachEmploying a purposive sampling technique, respondents were drawn from university students and general consumers of electronic products in a developing country. Factor analysis, structural equation modeling (SEM) and SPSS PROCESS were used to analyze the collected data.FindingsEmpirical results confirm that subjective norm has the strongest positive impact on EEPE intention. Following this, attitude toward EEPE and perceived behavioral control play positive mediating roles in determining EEPE intention. Moreover, government initiatives moderate the unsolicited “attitude–intention gap”.Practical implicationsDrawing on this study's outcomes, the study urges to form comprehensive awareness-building campaigns, rules and regulations regarding proper e-waste management, promote “exchange offer” programs and educational programs to encourage EEPE.Originality/valueThis study makes two fresh contributions to the extant literature. First, by coupling the TPB and A-B-C theory, this study showed that both attitude (i.e. attitude toward EEPE) and context (i.e. government initiatives) are essential in eliciting individual-level post-consumption pro-environmental behavior (PEB) (i.e. EEPE). Second, government initiatives elucidate the attitude–intention gap in the reverse logistics context, especially in developing countries.

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