Study on the Intention of Private Parking Space Owners of Different Levels of Cities to Participate in Shared Parking in China

The implementation of shared parking program can effectively increase the utilization rate of existing parking space resources. At present, shared parking program has not been widely practiced in China, and the prerequisite for this prospect to be implemented is whether the private parking space owner group can quickly and widely accept shared parking program. In this study, considering the differences in the economic development, urban planning, and parking pressure in cities of different levels, the theory of planned behavior and the benefit-risk perception model (C-TPB-BRA) are combined as the theoretical framework to explore the intention to share parking space from the perspective of the owners of private parking spaces in cities of different levels. Based on China’s empirical data, structural equation models are built to verify the hypotheses proposed. Our results show that (a) the intention of private parking space owners in different levels of cities to participate in shared parking and the mechanism of action of the psychological factors are different, and not all psychological factors have a direct impact on the intention to share. In first-tier, second-tier, and third-tier cities, Subjective Norm (SN) and Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) indirectly affect Behavior Intention (BI) through Attitude (ATT), Perceived Benefit (PB), and Perceived Risk (PR). In the fourth-tier cities, SN and PBC directly affect BI. Except for BI, other psychological factors influence each other significantly; (b) the psychological factors affecting the intention to supply shared parking spaces in first-tier, second-tier, third-tier, and fourth-tier cities, respectively, are PB > ATT > PR, PB > PR > ATT, PB > PR > ATT, and PB > SN > PBC > ATT > PR. Our research results could help determine the internal factors that affect the intention of parking space suppliers and their mechanisms of action to participate in shared parking, and on that basis, our findings could also help governments and platform operators to promote shared parking development plans.

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Social Psychology and the Willingness of Different Citizens to Participate in a Car Lottery

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su14020944 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 944

Author(s):

Junze Zhu ◽

Hongzhi Guan ◽

Hai Yan ◽

Hongfei Wang

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Structural Equation Models ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

License Plate ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Intention To Participate

To investigate citizens’ participation behavior in the lottery under the influence of the license plate lottery policy (LPLP) and to guide them to participate in the lottery rationally, this paper, based on social psychology and combined with the theory of planned behavior, divides citizens into citizens with cars in their households and citizens without cars in their households. This study then separately constructs structural equation models, sets perceived car necessity (PCN), perceived behavioral control (PBC), attitude toward car ownership (ATT), and subjective norms (SN), respectively. These four psychological latent variables were used to analyze the participation behavior of different categories of citizens in the car lottery from the perspective of psychological factors. Our empirical study found that there are significant differences in age and the number of people living together. The mechanism of their intention to participate in the car lottery and the psychological factors are different. The psychological factors affecting the intention of people with a car and people without a car to participate in the car lottery are SN > ATT > PCN > PBC and ATT > SN > PBC, respectively. Our research results can help to identify the internal factors and mechanisms that influence citizens’ intention to participate in the car lottery and help government administrators to optimize the LPLP.

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A Psychological Process of Bureaucratic Whistleblowing: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior

The American Review of Public Administration ◽

10.1177/02750740211003345 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 027507402110033

Author(s):

Hongseok Lee ◽

Minsung Michael Kang ◽

Sun Young Kim

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Structural Equation Models ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Psychological Process ◽

Public Employees ◽

The Public ◽

Using Data

Whistleblowing is a psychological process that involves the calculation of risks and benefits. While there exists a broad range of research on whistleblowing in the public sector, previous studies have not examined its entire process due to the limited focus on either whistleblowing intention or whistleblowing behavior. This study aims to fill this gap by applying the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to the whistleblowing context. Specifically, we examine how individual beliefs about the likely consequences of whistleblowing (attitude toward whistleblowing), others’ expectations about whistleblowing (subjective norm), and the capability of blowing the whistle (perceived behavioral control) influence public employees’ actual whistleblowing by way of their intention to report wrongdoings. A series of structural equation models are tested using data from the 2010 Merit Principles Survey. The findings show that the more the employees perceive that the consequences of whistleblowing are important, the more the key referents support whistleblowing, and the more the protections for whistleblowers are available, the more likely are their intentions to disclose wrongdoings and then actually engage in whistleblowing behavior. We conduct additional analyses for internal and external whistleblowers separately and find that there are both meaningful similarities and differences between the two groups. This study provides support for the validity of TPB as a theoretical framework for better understanding and explicating the psychological process of bureaucratic whistleblowing.

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Behavioral barriers of tuberculosis notification in private health sector: policy implication and practice

International Journal of Health Governance ◽

10.1108/ijhg-01-2020-0006 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 307-318

Author(s):

Ayat Ahmadi ◽

Leila Doshmangir ◽

Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev ◽

Bahareh Yazdizadeh ◽

Reza Majdzadeh

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Structural Equation Models ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Health Sector ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Behavioral Determinants

PurposeUnderreporting of new tuberculosis (TB) cases is one of the main problems in TB control, particularly in countries with high incidence and dominating role of a private sector in TB cases diagnosing. The purpose of this paper was to explore behavioral determinants of underreporting of new TB cases among private sector physicians in Iran.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study of physicians working in private clinics. The data collection tool was designed using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The authors used structural equation models with maximum likelihood estimation to examine attitude toward the notification behavior.FindingsOf 519 physicians, 433 physicians completed the questionnaire. Attitude toward notification had the highest score (mean score = 87.65; sd = 6.79; range: 0–100). The effect of perceived behavioral controls on the notification behavior ((β^) = 0.13; CI: 0.01–0.25) was stronger than the total effect of attitude ((β^) = 0.06; CI: 0.00–0.12) and subjective norms ((β^) = 0.01; CI: −0.00–0.03) on the behavior. However, the attitude was the main predictor of intention and justified 46% of the intention variance. Intention had a significant effect on the behavior ((ß^) = 0.09; CI: 0.1–0.16).Practical implicationsConsidering stronger effect of perceived behavioral control on the behavior, interventions aiming at facilitating notification process would be more effective than those aiming at changing the attitude or enhancing intention among physicians.Originality/valueTo the best of our knowledge, no other study previously explored determinants of underreporting from the behavioral and cognitive perspective. Specifically, the authors explored the role of the TPB constructs in predicting intention to notify new TB cases.

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Structural Model for Adoption and Usage of E-banking in Vietnam

Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies ◽

10.24311/jabes/2014.220.06 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 220 ◽

pp. 116-135

Author(s):

Thanh Nguyễn Duy ◽

THI CAO HÀO

Keyword(s):

Perceived Risk ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Structural Model ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Perceived Ease Of Use ◽

Independent Variables ◽

Performance Expectancy

E-banking is an inevitable trend of the banking industry in the future. E-banking benefits not only banks but also customers, so the study of models of adoption and usage of E-banking is essential. Nguyễn & Cao (2011) propose the adoption and usage of E-banking model in Vietnam - E-BAM (E-Banking Adoption Model), and their findings showed that eight following factors - performance expectancy, compatibility, perceived ease of use, perceived behavioral control, subjective norm, perceived risk in transaction, bank image, and macro impact of law - affect the E-banking adoption and E-banking adoption affects E-banking usage. However, according to some relevant theoretical models, this model does not show relationships among independent variables and the effects of independent variables on the E-banking usage. In this paper, authors re-propose a new model of E-BAM to overcome the limitations of the 2011 research, the relationships in the model were analyzed by linear structural model - SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). Factors including perceived behavioral control, compatibility, performance expectancy, bank image and perceived risk in transaction are mutually influenced and affect the E-banking adoption intention; while perceived ease of use and E-banking adoption affect the E-banking usage.

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The “Land of Fires” Toxic Waste Scandal and Its Effect on Consumer Food Choices

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16010165 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 165 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Luigi Cembalo ◽

Daniela Caso ◽

Valentina Carfora ◽

Francesco Caracciolo ◽

Alessia Lombardi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Perceived Risk ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Equation Model ◽

Toxic Waste ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Regional Food ◽

Perceptions Of Risk ◽

Tpb Model ◽

Purchase Behaviors

The present study focused on an environmental scandal that occurred in Italy, the Land of Fires toxic waste scandal, which caused consumer concerns related to the safety of food produced in the affected region, as well as massive market reduction in products associated with the polluted area. Based on a representative sample of Italian households (N = 1134), this study applied an extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to analyze consumer purchases of regional food products after this environmental hazard. In addition to attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, the model included risk perception, trust, and actual purchases. Using a structural equation model, our results provided support to the hypothesis that consumer perceptions of risk negatively impacted their purchase behaviors and suggested that increasing Italians’ trust in government information could reduce their perceived risk and, consequently, increase their intention to purchase regional food.

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Factors Influencing Young Drivers’ Willingness to Engage in Risky Driving Behavior: Continuous Lane-Changing

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13116459 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 6459

Author(s):

Xiaoxiao Wang ◽

Liangjie Xu

Keyword(s):

Perceived Risk ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Integrated Model ◽

Equation Model ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Lane Changing ◽

Young Drivers ◽

Willingness To Engage

Young adults have a tendency to drive unsafely and put themselves at a high level of risk. Continuous lane-changing is one such kind of risky behavior. This study aimed to investigate the factors that influence young drivers based on an integrated model of the prototype willingness model (PWM) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The validity of the model was evaluated by data collected from 481 young drivers through an online questionnaire. The structural equation model was used to test the proposed model, and the findings indicated that young drivers’ willingness to engage in continuous lane-changing was influenced by attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, perceived risk, prototype similarity, and prototype favorability. The integrated model of PWM-TPB accounted for 58.3% of the variance in young drivers’ willingness, and the findings possess implications for designing effective interventions.

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Participation in Brazilian Feminist Movements on social networks: a study on the campaign Meu Amigo Secreto (My Secret Santa)

Informação & Sociedade: Estudos ◽

10.22478/ufpb.1809-4783.2017v27n2.32787 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes ◽

Juliana Boldrin ◽

Danilo Soares Silva

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Structural Equation Models ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Adult Women ◽

Political Movement ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Feminist Movements

Feminism is a social and political movement that fights systems that create inequalities which underpin the strata related to women, fighting racism, class oppression and patriarchalism. Recently, many women sought internet as means of expression and claim, and through it they held campaigns of national and international impact, disseminating information using the hashtags #meuamigosecreto (#mysecretsanta) and #meuprimeiroassédio (#myfirstharassment), through which women denounced situations of various types of harassment they have experienced. The aim of this study was to identify which are the elements that influence the intention of women’s participation in online feminist movements. It was held a survey with 185 women who took part in the #meuamigosecreto campaign. The methodology used was quantitative and data were analyzed by structural equation models. The study showed a robust model with high explanatory value. The results indicate that the Attitude toward the behavior, Subjective Norm, and Perceived Behavioral Control positively influence in the Intention of Participation in online feminist movements, and that the Intention directly influences on effective Participation. In addition, the tests indicate there is a significant difference between the perceptions of young and adult women. The survey provides relevant information for better understanding of feminist movements online, demonstrating that the participants believe that the campaigns strengthen the feminist movement, assist in raising awareness of men about their macho attitudes, can result in a decrease of cases of violence against women and can contribute to the debate on violence against women.

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Examining the Feasibility of Vaccine Tourism

Tourism ◽

10.37741/t.70.1.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 136-140

Author(s):

V.G. Girish ◽

Choong-Ki Lee ◽

P.J. Shyju ◽

Yae-Na Park

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation Modeling ◽

Least Squares ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Behavioral Intention ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Subjective Norms ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control

The study assesses the feasibility of vaccine tourism. Psychological factors, such as perceived stress and fear of COVID-19, were treated as the antecedents of the constructs of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Data were collected from the respondents from India, and the partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method was employed for the analysis. Results reveal that perceived stress and fear of COVID-19 positively and significantly influence attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Furthermore, subjective norms predominantly influence behavioral intention. Likewise, perceived behavioral control and attitude influence behavioral intention.

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How Chinese Consumers’ Intentions for Purchasing Eco-Labeled Products Are Influenced by Psychological Factors

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17010265 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 265

Author(s):

Jie Jin ◽

Qiuhong Zhao ◽

Ernesto DR Santibanez-Gonzalez

Keyword(s):

Psychological Factors ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Environmental Awareness ◽

Subjective Norm ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Extended Model ◽

Purchasing Behavior ◽

Health Consciousness

This paper studies how consumers’ psychological factors influence their intentional purchasing behavior towards eco-labeled products and investigates why consumers choose eco-labeled products. Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, we develop an extended model including six constructs. Among these constructs, consumers’ intentional purchasing behavior, attitude towards the behavior, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control are applied from the original theoretical framework. Health consciousness and environmental awareness are integrated additionally to reflect consumers’ concerns about the natural environment and their health. Next, we conduct and analyze a survey-based empirical study with 336 samples using the Structural Equation Modeling. Our findings show that consumers’ attitude towards the behavior is positively influenced by environmental awareness, but the effects of it on intentional purchasing behavior are insignificant. Also, subjective norm has a positive influence on intentional purchasing behavior, but its effects on attitude towards the behavior are not significant. Moreover, the results also show that the total effects of health consciousness on intentional purchasing behavior are significantly higher than the effects of environmental awareness. Our results can provide a reference for business managers to attract consumers through eco-labeling as well as government policymaking.

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Practicing Green Residence Business Model Based on TPB Perspective

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13137379 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 7379

Author(s):

Chao Wu ◽

Shuling Liang ◽

Weijiong Wu ◽

Yuxiang Hong

Keyword(s):

Business Model ◽

Purchase Intention ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Steel Structure ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Intention To Purchase ◽

Wide Range ◽

Green Business

Green residence is the future of urban development, it is also an attempt to implement the green business model in the residential business field. The key to the success of a green business model is that a wide range of customers can accept its green value proposition and react to it through their purchase decisions. This study aims to develop a theory of a planned behavior (TPB) research model to predict individuals’ intention to purchase green residence. This study took steel structure residence as an example, which was widely recognized as one emerging type of green residence. The samples were selected in Baotou city of Inner Mongolia, P.R. China. Data analysis was performed using the structural equation modeling (SEM) with data obtained from a survey of 208 respondents using SPSS19.0 and AMOS17.0. The results found that the individuals’ intention to purchase green residence was significantly affected by attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control. Moreover, the empirical evidence showed that these influences differed between different gender groups. Specifically, women responders had a stronger effect on the path attitude impact on purchase intention than men. These findings can provide implications for practicing the green business model of real estate enterprise.

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