What affects green consumer behavior in China? A case study from Qingdao

Zhao, Huihui; Gao, Qian; Wu, Yao-ping; Wang, Yuan; Zhu, Xiaodong

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.021

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“…This is important considering the fact that despite China having the world's most seriously polluted cities and worst polluting industries (TIME, 2007;Tan and Lau, 2010), studies on GHRM is mostly lacking on China (Tan and Lau 2010;Zhao et al, 2014). It is also particularly worrying that China is only now awakening to the environmental movement (Tan and Lau 2010;Tantawi et al 2009;Zhao et al, 2014). Our study contributes further as the research model is quantitatively tested using a large-sample (1230) .…”

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“…Automotive and raw material sectors are often criticized and subjected to intense focus as being overwhelmingly responsible for the environmental degradation in China (Geng et al, 2012;Zhao et al, 2014;Time, 2007). These sectors are amongst those experiencing increased pressure to become greener under China's circular economy policy (Geng, Sarkis and Xue, 2012;Gunasekaran, Jabbour and Jabbour 2014), forcing them to have internally well-developed environmental policies and initiatives to guide their workforce.…”

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“…Studies suggest that major enablers of professional competencies include individual characteristics, behaviours, skills, knowledge, attitudes, self-reflection, beliefs, and employee satisfaction, amongst other factors (Birdir and Pearson 2000;Horng, et al 2011;Zhao et al, 2014;Wagner, 2014). These individual characteristics are critical to the successful implementation of any green practice and/or policy in a firm.…”

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“…Previous studies mainly focused on the developed and industrialized world (Ramus, 2002;Sarkis et al 2010;Wagner, 2013;Wagner, 2014) and it is hard to find any study with respect to China (Tan and Lau 2010;Zhao et al, 2014). This is despite China being the world's most seriously polluted country in regards to automobile and industrial emissions coupled with a huge population (TIME, 2007;Tan and Lau, 2010).…”

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“…Precisely the dearth of research on people's green competencies that contributes to the enhancement (or otherwise) and sustainability of a firm's greenness is a key motivator for this paper. Understanding people's green competencies will be particularly useful not only for developed countries but also for emerging economies such as China, who are now keen towards a green movement in the face of experiencing environmental degradation for a long period of time (Tan and Lau, 2010;Tantawi et al 2009;Zhao et al, 2014).…”

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Recently Human Resources Management (HRM) functions such as recruitment, selection, training and performance evaluation are expected in considering environmental management (EM) issues. Environmental protective acts with adequate ecological knowledge and socioeconomic behavior and skills are referred to in this paper as green competencies. However, a systematic approach for developing and understanding key factors that enhance individuals' green competencies is lacking. This study contributes to green human resource literature by integrating environmental consumer behavior literature with traditional skills and competencies literature to help firms to select the right individuals to achieve their environmental goals. Using Robert's competencies framework and structural equation modeling (SEM), this paper empirically examines the influence of individual green competencies on organizations' green practices and performance objectives. Our model is tested using a sample of 1,230 employees working in key industries in the Chinese coastal city of Ningbo. The results indicate that acquired green competencies are more positively associated with individuals' green competencies and green behavior. The study empirically demonstrates that verifying acquired green competence attributes such as environmental knowledge, green purchase attitude and intention during employee selection would certainly be helpful for firms to identify individual green performance potential.

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Food product launch and positioning in China—Do claims of credence attributes matter?

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This article aims to empirically investigate the role of claims of credence attributes in the launch of food and drink products using a large dataset of new product development by food companies in China. A multinomial regression model is employed to analyze the association between the type of product launch and the positioning claims adopted by firms. The results provide evidence that claims of credence attributes play an important role in the product launch strategy of firms. Food companies tend to choose the most cost‐effective strategies to launch products with credence attributes. Hence, claims that are seen as most important for consumers are more likely to be engendered for the more costly launch approach. For example, the attribute of food safety is highly important in China and its use is related to launching brand new products which generally is the most costly launch strategy. In contrast, other credence attributes, such as “environmentally sustainable,” are linked to relatively simpler and cheaper strategies, such as new packaging. Given most studies on credence attributes have focused on the consumer side, results of this study fill in the gap of understanding how food suppliers respond to consumer demand for food products with credence attributes.

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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the UN for 2030 implies designing strategies that promote socially responsible consumption. The effectiveness of these strategies will depend on understanding the variables that influence socially responsible behaviour. We must also bear in mind that these variables and this behaviour are of a dynamic, multidimensional and non-universal nature. The objective of this work is to identify how three attitudinal variables (emotional engagement, perceived consumer effectiveness and perception of personal gain) influence socially responsible consumption, through a model of structural equations.To do this, a survey was conducted of 415 Spanish consumers. The results reflect that socially responsible consumption is mainly explained by emotional engagement and to a lesser extent by perceived consumer effectiveness. In contrast, it is not influenced by perception of personal gain.

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What affects green consumer behavior in China? A case study from Qingdao

Cited by 462 publications

References 51 publications

Green competence framework: evidence from China

Green competence framework: evidence from China

Food product launch and positioning in China—Do claims of credence attributes matter?

Analysis of the predictive variables of socially responsible consumption

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