Determinants of Tourists’ Site-Specific Environmentally Responsible Behavior: An Eco-Sensitive Zone Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 004728752110303
Author(s):  
Anil Gupta ◽  
Neelika Arora ◽  
Rakesh Sharma ◽  
Abhishek Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible

This study examines the role of individual values, attitudes, and situational reasons for determining site-specific environmentally responsible behavior (s-ERB) at eco-sensitive zones. It deploys a mixed-methods approach that includes in-depth interviews with 25 visitors to elicit reasons for/against s-ERB, and a survey of 540 visitors to empirically validate the proposed model using structural equation modeling. The qualitative interviews evoked four reasons for s-ERB (felt responsibility, environmental knowledge, environmental sensitivity, personal norm) and three reasons against s-ERB (structural constraints, conflicting goals, tokenism). The model validation confirms that the reasons serve as an important linkage between the tourists’ biospheric values and their pro-environmental attitude and s-ERB, with no direct relation between values/attitudes and behavior. This work affirms the simultaneity of reasons for and against evoking s-ERB, and it conveys the importance of eco-sensitive zone managers activating the reasons for and suppressing the reasons against promoting s-ERB to tourists.

Environmentally responsible behavior of residents: impact of mindfulness, enjoyment of nature and sustainable attitude

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yıldırım Yılmaz ◽  
Elham Anasori
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of individuals' mindfulness and enjoyment of nature on environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) through mediating effect of sustainable attitude (SA).Design/methodology/approachData were collected from residents of Antalya through convenience sampling. Four hundred and five residents participated in the study. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsMindfulness was found effective for sustainable attitude of residents, but it has no significant direct effect to ERB. There is an indirect-only mediation effect of SA between mindfulness and ERB. Enjoyment of nature affects the sustainable attitude and ERB significantly and positively. The findings show that SA also offers a complementary mediation between enjoyment of nature and ERB.Research limitations/implicationsThe study closes the void by investigating the psychological aspects of individuals among residents of a tourist hub to create sustainable attitude, acts and responsible behavior toward environment. In particular, as the predicting role of mindfulness on ERB was not significant, further studies needed to investigate the effects of mindfulness on the environmental behavior and attitude.Practical implicationsDestination management organizations can consider more focusing on the environmentally responsible behavior of residents, which can play a pivotal role in attaining sustainable tourism development in destinations. By this regard, increasing the sustainable attitude and enjoyment of nature of residents through applying various campaigns would help policies and strategies aiming the conservation of the environment in the destination.Originality/valueSearching the impact of mindfulness on the SA and ERB and finding the indirect-only mediation effect of SA between mindfulness, ERB are novel contributions of this paper.

A Motivational Model for Environmentally Responsible Behavior

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 648-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Tabernero ◽  
Bernardo Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible

This paper presents a study examining whether self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation are related to environmentally responsible behavior (ERB). The study analysed past environmental behavior, self-regulatory mechanisms (self-efficacy, satisfaction, goals), and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in relation to ERBs in a sample of 156 university students. Results show that all the motivational variables studied are linked to ERB. The effects of self-efficacy on ERB are mediated by the intrinsic motivation responses of the participants. A theoretical model was created by means of path analysis, revealing the power of motivational variables to predict ERB. Structural equation modeling was used to test and fit the research model. The role of motivational variables is discussed with a view to creating adequate learning contexts and experiences to generate interest and new sensations in which self-efficacy and affective reactions play an important role.

scholarly journals Visitor Engagement, Relationship Quality, and Environmentally Responsible Behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Zhou ◽  
Chengcai Tang ◽  
Xingyang Lv ◽  
Bo Xing
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

Visitor environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) is helpful for promoting the sustainable development of tourist destinations. Existing studies on visitor ERB tend to either focus on restraining visitors’ environmental misconducts or rely on visitors’ psychological factors. Based on the theory of engagement, this paper constructs a theoretical model to explain visitors’ self-conscious ERB. Visitor engagement with the destination is investigated as an independent variable which leads to the improvement of relationship quality and visitor ERB. Relationship quality is explored to mediate the impact of visitor engagement on ERB. In addition, the moderating role of environmental clue on the tested relationships is also examined. This study adopts partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to investigate a total of 410 valid questionnaires. The results show that (1) visitor engagement with the destination positively affects visitor ERB; (2) relationship quality mediates the impact of visitor engagement on visitor ERB; (3) environmental clue plays a significant moderating role in the effects of engagement and relationship quality on visitor ERB. The study extends theoretical perspectives on visitor ERB and customer engagement, and provides managerially practical value to better understand visitors’ self-conscious ERB.

scholarly journals Principles of Green Design: Analyzing User Activities and Product Feedback

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Esposito ◽  
Julie Linsey
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
Product Usage ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Future Work ◽  
User Activities

This study investigated the design principles applicable to environmentally friendly product design. An experimental approach was taken to examine principles that aid designers in producing an eco-friendly product that consumers will enjoy and use. Another important aspect to this study was to determine whether a user’s positive environmental attitude or a willingness to change for the environment relates to environmentally responsible behavior. Two hypotheses were developed for successful eco-friendly products and then appropriate products were purchased and modified to test these hypotheses. The activity hypothesis claims that if a product adds user activities, is less likely to be used. The feedback hypothesis states that a product that gives clear feedback is more likely to be used than a product that does not. Student participants took home products to use for one week, recorded each time they used the products, and then completed surveys afterword. For the activity hypothesis, we supposed that the product not adding user activities would be used more than the product adding activities. However, the experimental results have shown that this may not always be the case. For the feedback hypothesis, we speculated that visual reminder feedback and energy savings feedback both increase product usage. An increase in eco-friendly product usage would lead to a lessened negative impact that products are having on our environment. Experimental results indicate that there were errors in the experimental design, but these problems also aid in future work for this research.

scholarly journals How to Help Crowded Destinations: Tourist Anger vs. Sympathy and Role of Destination Social Responsibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hae-Ryong Kim ◽  
So-Yeon Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Destination Management Organizations ◽  
The Impact

Crowding at destinations is becoming an important issue in sustainable tourism. This study examines the relationship between tourist perceptions of crowding, environmentally responsible behavior (ERB), and intention to recommend a destination, from a helping behavior perspective. It proposes two discrete emotions, in particular anger and sympathy, to understand how tourist perceptions of crowding affect their helping behavior. We collected data through an online survey of tourists who had visited Jeju Island, which has emerged as Korea’s tourism hub. We performed structural equation modeling (SEM) and regression analysis to empirically test the research model. The results reveal that while tourist perceptions of spatial crowding positively impact both anger and sympathy, human crowding perceptions do not link to them. Further, we investigated the incompatible roles of anger and sympathy in tourist ERB and intention to recommend. Whereas anger weakens tourist ERB and intention to recommend, sympathy may strengthen them. This study also examined whether destination social responsibility (DSR) moderates the impact of crowding perceptions on the aforementioned emotions. In addition to encouraging relevant studies, we emphasize the importance of DSR, given the need for destination management organizations and tourism managers to understand tourists’ emotional responses and helping behavior at crowded destinations.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING YOUNGER TOURIST’ INTENTION TOWARD ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2spl) ◽  
pp. 646-653
Author(s):  
Rakotoarisoa Maminirina FENITRA ◽  
◽  
Handriana TANTI ◽  
Candra Premananto GANCAR ◽  
Usman INDRIANAWATI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Theoretical Implication ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
Tourist Behavior ◽  
Behavior Intention ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible

Despite the significant contribution of the tourist growth to the economics, besides the concern of its impact on the environment has gained much attention. This integrated green image in the theory of planned behavior to determine the factor influencing Younger tourist environmentally responsible intention behavior particularly recycling behavior intention. The study identified the factors influencing tourist environmentally responsible behavior within the lens of the theory Of Planned Behavior (TPB). The framework was tested with regression analysis with data collected from 229 younger traveler visiting in Bali, Indonesia. The result showed that environmental attitude, subjective norm have a positive impact on younger tourist environmentally responsible intention (recycling intention). Whereas, perceived behavior control does not influence intention. Further, Destination Green Image has a positive impact on environmental attitude. This finding provide an additional knowledge and understanding to the existing body literature of tourist behavior particularly in context of tourism environmentally responsible behavior. Practical and theoretical implication for sustainable tourism are proposed on this study.

scholarly journals How Does Tourist Experience Affect Environmentally Responsible Behavior?

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 924
Author(s):  
Di Wu ◽  
Kun Li ◽  
Jia Ma ◽  
Enxu Wang ◽  
Yang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Place Attachment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
Tourist Behavior ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Tourism Experience

Mountain tourism is an important part of China’s tourism market. Tourist behavior is essential to environmental protection and the sustainability of destinations. This paper takes environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) as an important tourist behavior. It breaks down the dimensions of the traditional tourism experience, such as hedonism, participation, novelty; or hedonism, involvement, novelty, local culture; and analyzes the influence of entertainment, education, aesthetics, and escape on place attachment from the nature of the tourism experience. It then incorporates nature bonding into the system of place attachment and analyzes the relationship with place attachment, tourist experiences, and ERBs in Qianshan Mountain, a 5A scenic spot in China. Partial least squares structural (PLS) equation modeling is used to analyze the data of 410 valid questionnaires. The results found that tourist experiences affect ERBs through place attachment. Nature bonding is the key factor of ERBs. The results are as follows: escape and aesthetics influence ERB through nature bonding; entertainment influences general ERB through place identity and nature bonding; education has a positive impact on general ERB through place identity and place dependence. Entertainment and education experiences partially affect place attachment. Place identity and nature bonding affect general ERB, but particular ERB is related only to nature bonding. The internal psychological mechanism of ERB is identified. In addition, mountain landscapes can be designed from the perspective of entertainment experiences, landscape aesthetic, leisure atmosphere and educational functions, so that tourists can spontaneously pay attention to environmental issues and engage in the practical activities of environmental protection.

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