A Study on Consumers' Alienation and Nostalgia Consumption Behavior in China -Focused on the mediating effect of nostalgia-

Research studies related to ethical consumerism has been gaining increasing attention in the last decade due to growing importance with environmental pollution. Research studies pointed out a gap between ethical consumers’ behavior and intention which is common in Sri Lanka as well. Hence the study used emotions and self-identity as two key drivers which assist in exploring the intention-behavior gap that has not been researched so far. Therefore the research problem addressed is “whether the positive and negative emotions aroused as a result of consumer subjective evaluation to stimuli, impact on the ethically minded consumption behavior?”. The study focused only on environmental friendly electrical household appliances and the population is the academics and professionals who reside Gampaha and Colombo suburbs and who bought environmental friendly electrical household appliances within the last one year of duration. The unit of analysis is individual consumers and the convenience sampling method used. 200 individual respondents contributed to the study and the data collection was done through a self-administered questionnaire. The study has used Smart PLS 3.2 software and the results showed that the green stimuli characteristics and green self-identity significantly influence ethically minded consumer behavior and only positive emotions act as a significant mediator. Most importantly if the consumer’s perceived effectiveness is high, despite the presence of emotions ethically minded consumer behavior will be triggered more. In conclusion, marketers have to use positive emotions when creating the stimuli and should give more priority for assuring the individuals small step for protecting the environment.

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The Spillover Influence of Household Waste Sorting on Green Consumption Behavior by Mediation of Environmental Concern: Evidence from Rural China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17239110 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (23) ◽

pp. 9110

Author(s):

Huiling Wang ◽

Ying Ma ◽

Shaoxiong Yang ◽

Mansoor Ahmed Koondhar ◽

Rong Kong

Keyword(s):

Environmental Concern ◽

Rural Households ◽

Spillover Effect ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Shaanxi Province ◽

Western China ◽

Household Waste ◽

Green Consumption ◽

Consumption Behavior ◽

The Relationship

The spillover effect of environmental behavior has been of wide concern in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of household waste sorting on green consumption (behavioral spillover) and the possible psychological mechanisms involved in such spillover of environmental concern. Though it is important, insufficient attention has been paid to exploring the relationship, and the process of its formation, between waste sorting and green consumption. To narrow this gap, survey data collected in 2018 from 688 rural households from Shaanxi Province in western China were used. The propensity score matching method was employed to measure the effect of waste sorting on rural households’ green consumption. The mediating model was employed to investigate the path of influence in the relationship between waste sorting and green consumption. The results showed that waste sorting behavior positively spilled over into green consumption, with a net effect of 0.205. Environmental concern has a mediating effect on the relationship between waste sorting and green consumption behavior, with a mediating effect of 0.3177. In summary, household waste sorting behavior has a spillover effect on green consumption behavior as a result of the mediation effect of environmental concern. The results of this article fill in our knowledge on the spillover effects of waste sorting behavior in developing countries. Policy makers and regulators should vigorously advocate and implement waste sorting behavior, increase farmers’ concern for the environment, and promote their participation in green consumption behavior, so as to maximize the spillover effect.

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Effect of Attribution of Ethical Consumption Behavior on Behavioral Intention : Focused on the Mediating Effect of Psychological Healing

Journal of Marketing Management Research ◽

10.37202/kmmr.2021.26.4.69 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 69-90

Author(s):

Yunhee Jeong ◽

Keyword(s):

Behavioral Intention ◽

Ethical Consumption ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Consumption Behavior ◽

Psychological Healing

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Influence of Publicity and Education and Environmental Values on the Green Consumption Behavior of Urban Residents in Tibet

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182010808 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (20) ◽

pp. 10808

Author(s):

Huifang Ma ◽

Weidong Chen ◽

Hailin Ma ◽

Hude Yang

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

Environmental Values ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Price Sensitivity ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Driving Mechanism ◽

Green Consumption ◽

Consumption Behavior ◽

The Impact

Faced with ecological environmental issues and a surge in the consumption of products in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, it is necessary to explore the effective driving mechanism of green consumption behavior. This study investigated the impact of publicity and education on green consumption behavior and explored the mediating effects of environmental values and the moderating effects of price sensitivity. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of 500 questionnaires, which were randomly distributed by stratified random sampling to municipal government departments, public institutions, communities, streets, shops, and supermarket entrances in Lhasa, Shan Nan, and Xigaze in Tibet. Further, structural equation modeling was applied to derive data for statistical analyses. Publicity, education, and environmental values had a significant influence on green consumption behavior. Environmental values play a mediating role in the influence of publicity and education on green consumption behavior. Price sensitivity negatively moderates the relationship between publicity and education and environmental values; when considering the price of green consumption, the positive impact on environmental values is weakened by publicity and education. Furthermore, it moderates the mediating effect of environmental values. Publicity and education remain the primary intervention for promoting green consumption. Especially in areas with ethnic minorities, publicity and education in combination with the characteristics of ethnic areas should be used to promote the traditional Tibetan culture of respect for all life and to live in harmony with nature. Moreover, policies, regulations, and tax subsidies related to green consumption should be improved while reducing the negative impact of prices and other economic factors on the propensity to consume. These findings provide empirical evidence for the complex relationship between government intervention measures and urban residents’ green consumption behavior.

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The Persuasive Effect of Competence and Warmth on Clothing Sustainable Consumption: The Moderating Role of Consumer Knowledge and Social Embeddedness

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12072661 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (7) ◽

pp. 2661 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yoon Yong Hwang ◽

Gin Young Jo ◽

Min Jung Oh

Keyword(s):

Environmental Economics ◽

Consumer Choice ◽

Consumer Satisfaction ◽

Sustainable Consumption ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Future Research ◽

Economic Factors ◽

Consumption Behavior ◽

Product Disposal ◽

Disposal Behavior

Commonly, most companies regard consumer satisfaction to be their major goal. Companies have in the past been focusing on consumer choice in product sales from a utility theory perspective. However, these days, in addition to personal choice, clothing disposal and sustainable consumption are also becoming main concerns of consumers because of growing environmental problems in many parts of the world. In this research, two studies were conducted, and the results of study 1 were economic factors that affected sustainable consumption behavior positively, and competence cognition was the basis of this effect. A philanthropic factor also positively influenced sustainable consumption behavior, and this effect was mediated by warmth cognition. Economic factors influenced consumers’ product disposal behavior not only through competence cognition but also through warmth cognition. Therefore, to encourage disposal behaviors, such as recycling and donation, strategies are needed that can appeal to economic advantages. Study 2 examined the clothing disposal behavior considering environmental economic factors by scenarios. As a result, it was confirmed that environmental economics factors influenced clothing disposal behavior. In addition, we could confirm the moderated mediating effect as well as the moderating effects of knowledge level. The implications of these results and some suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Do Work Characteristics Mediate the Negative Effect of Transformational Leadership on Impaired Well-Being?

Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O ◽

10.1026/0932-4089/a000249 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 167-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sylvie Vincent-Höper ◽

Sabine Gregersen ◽

Albert Nienhaus

Keyword(s):

Transformational Leadership ◽

Focal Point ◽

Leadership Behavior ◽

Workplace Health Promotion ◽

Well Being ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Related Factor ◽

Work Characteristics ◽

Role Clarity

Abstract: In recent years, transformational leadership as a health-related factor has become a focal point of interest in research and practice. However, the pathways and mechanisms underlying this association are not yet well understood. In order to gain knowledge on how or why transformational leadership and employee well-being are associated, we investigated the mediating effect of the work characteristics role clarity and predictability. The study was carried out on 618 employees working in the health-care sector in Germany. We tested the mediator effect using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that role clarity and predictability fully mediate the relation between transformational leadership and negative indicators of well-being. These results give credit to the notion that work characteristics play an important role in identifying health-relevant aspects of leadership behavior. Our findings advance the understanding of how to enhance employee well-being and have implications for the design of leadership-related interventions of workplace health promotion.

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Specifying the Contact Hypothesis in a Minority-Minority Context

Zeitschrift für Psychologie ◽

10.1027/2151-2604/a000152 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 221 (4) ◽

pp. 223-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Tuuli Anna Mähönen ◽

Katriina Ihalainen ◽

Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti

Keyword(s):

Mediating Effect ◽

Survey Study ◽

Ethnic Identification ◽

Contact Hypothesis ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Intergroup Anxiety ◽

Intergroup Interactions ◽

Identity Processes ◽

Minority Adolescents ◽

Basic Tenet

This survey study focused on the attitudes of Russian-speaking minority youth (N = 132) toward other immigrant groups living in Finland. Along with testing the basic tenet of the contact hypothesis in a minority-minority context, the mediating effect of intergroup anxiety and the moderating effect of perceived social norms on the contact-attitude association were specified by taking into account the identity processes involved in intergroup interactions. The results indicated, first, that the experience of intergroup anxiety evoked by a negative intergroup encounter was reflected in negative outgroup attitudes only among the weakly identified. Second, negative contact experiences of minority adolescents were found not to be reflected in negative attitudes when their ethnic identification was attenuated, and when they perceived positive norms regarding intergroup attitudes.

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