scholarly journals Environmental protection and pollution prevention: What determines the intention of tea farmers’ ecosystem construction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
ShaLou ◽  
Bingru Zhang ◽  
Dehua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Green Production ◽  
Private Credit ◽  
Tea Production ◽  
The Government

Abstract Pesticide is inevitable in the process of tea production. Residual chemical pesticides absorbed by human body and soil will pose a great threat to human health. The construction of tea garden ecosystem that uses the principle of mutual restriction between species can effectively reduce the number of pests and the dependence on pesticides. In order to improve the adoption and attention of green production among farmers, the government strongly supports rural financial institutions to lend to farmers and encourages resources to be inclined to farmers. The aim of this study was to find out what factors affect the intention of tea farmers’ ecosystem construction and the differences of influence on intention of Chinese tea farmers' ecosystem construction under different financing modes. The results of the empirical research showed that the attitude, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms of tea farmers have a significant positive impact on the behavioral intention. And for tea farmers who get bank financing, the influencing intensity and significance of factors are different from those who obtain private credit. This study provided a theoretical basis for government to promote the development of ecosystem construction in the agricultural section, and put forward suggestions for financial institutions to serve environmental protection.

scholarly journals The Impact of Policy Factors and Users’ Awareness on Electricity-Saving Behaviors: From the Perspective of Habits and Investment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanlan Li ◽  
Huayang Ming ◽  
Ranran Yang ◽  
Xuan Luo
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Moral Norm ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
The Government ◽  
Electricity Saving ◽  
Investment Intentions ◽  
The Impact

Exploring the factors affecting residents’ electricity-saving behavior and their mechanisms of action is an important way to conserve regional energy and reduce emissions. Integrating the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and norm activation model (NAM) and introducing the external policy factors, a model of the factors influencing habituation and investment electricity-saving behavior was constructed and an empirical study of urban residents in Hefei city, China was conducted. The results show that residents’ knowledge of the electricity price policy indirectly affects their habitual intentions by affecting their attitudes whereas residents’ knowledge of the subsidy policy have direct effects on their investment intentions. Environmental concern can directly affect residents’ habituation and investment intentions and also indirectly affect their habituation ones by affecting their personal moral norm. However, its indirect effect on the investment intention is not significant. Perceived behavioral control has a significant positive impact on residents’ investment intentions and behaviors, but the impacts on their habituation ones are not significant. The relationships between the personal moral norm and the two kinds of intention and behavior are opposite to those of perceived behavior control. Relevant policy implications for the government, household appliance enterprises, and power enterprises are provided.

scholarly journals Influence of Environmental Concern and Knowledge on Households’ Willingness to Purchase Energy-Efficient Appliances: A Case Study in Shanxi, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guomin Li ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Zihan Jin ◽  
Zhihao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Government ◽  
Willingness To Purchase

With the increases in residents’ household energy consumption and carbon emissions, to conserve regional energy and reduce emissions, studying the factors affecting residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances and their mechanisms of action is necessary. In this research, based on the theory of extended planned behavior and combined with environmental concern variables and environmental knowledge variables, a model of the factors influencing residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances was constructed and an empirical study of urban residents in Shanxi Province, China was conducted. The research indicates that environmental concern, environmental knowledge, attitude, and perceived behavioral control are significantly positively correlated with residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances. The influence of subjective norms on the willingness of residents to purchase energy-efficient appliances is not significant; environmental concern and environmental knowledge have a positive impact on attitudes and indirectly affect residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances. This study focuses on improvement and research from the perspectives of theoretical expansion, indirect impact test, and analysis of typical underdeveloped energy-rich regions. This study provides corresponding policy suggestions from the perspectives of education and guidance, sales and marketing, and independent improvement for the government, sellers, and residents, to improve the residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances.

Using the theory of planned behavior to understand the students’ pro-environmental behavior: a case-study in a Portuguese HEI

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabete Correia ◽  
Sara Sousa ◽  
Clara Viseu ◽  
Joana Leite
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Main Determinants

Purpose Through the application of the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study aims to explore the main determinants of higher education students’ pro-environmental behavior. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted among the students of a public higher education institution (HEI) in Portugal, from March to May of 2020. The data were analyzed with the structural equation modeling technique, considering environmental attitude, knowledge, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control as exogenous latent variables, and pro-environmental intention and behavior as endogenous latent variables. Findings The results show that the students’ environmental attitude and knowledge have no significant impact on their pro-environmental intention, while the students’ subjective norm and perceived behavioral control have a positive impact on their pro-environmental intention. The results also reveal that the students’ perceived behavioral control and pro-environmental intention have a strong and positive impact on their pro-environmental behavior. Research limitations/implications This study focuses on the students from a single public HEI, in accounting and administration area, and deepens environmental behavior in relation to resources’ consumption. Practical implications This study provides findings that can be useful for HEIs to be more effective in their policies, strategies and practices to improve students’ environmental behavior. Originality/value The paper contributes to the literature by exploring the main determinants of higher education students’ pro-environmental behavior in a Portuguese HEI and extending the TPB considering the additional variable environmental knowledge.

Factors which Influence Students Enterpreneurship Intentions: The Role of Education Programs, Subjective Norms and Perceived Behavioral Control

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Elona Cera ◽  
Nevila Furxhiu
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
The Other ◽  
First Year ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Abstract The entrepreneur aim is a very important factor, which is considered as a key element in youth employment and the development of the country's welfare. Literature suggests that same of factors which influence enterpreneurship intention are educatin programs, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. This study was conducted based on an intentional sample, which consisted of master's student, respectively the first year Business Administration and Public Administration, in Economic Faculty of Tirana University. The sample is composed with 63 people. The empirical analysis is based in the main two elements: first, the use of a standardized instrument and secondly, statistical analysis, factor analysis, correlation and linear regression. The study shows that education programs and subjective norms don’t relate positively with the entrepreneur aim. On the other hand, it emerges that perceived behavioral control has a positive impact on the development of entrepreneurial goal.

Entrepreneurial intentions of private university students in the kingdom of Bahrain

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minwir Al-Shammari ◽  
Rana Waleed
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Total Response Rate ◽  
Social Valuation ◽  
The Government

Purpose This study aims to explore the level of entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) among students in three private universities in Bahrain. The examined factors that are expected to shape EI are personal attraction toward becoming an entrepreneur, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms and social valuation of entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach A close-ended questionnaire was used to collect data of the study. The total number of questionnaires distributed was 1,530 questionnaires, while the total number of the valid questionnaires retrieved was 550, which makes the total response rate to be 36 per cent. Findings Regression analysis results indicated that students’ personal attraction toward entrepreneurship and perceived behavioral control had a significant strong positive relationship with their EI. In addition, there was a significant moderate positive relationship between students’ perceived subjective norms and social valuation of entrepreneurship with their EI. Originality/value The findings showed that entrepreneurial education is needed to improve students’ skills and knowledge and enhance their EI and perceived behavioral control. In addition, it is important to expose students to entrepreneurial role models and their businesses and to promote entrepreneurial careers as desirable and feasible options that may bring more advantages than working in the government or private sector.

Young consumers' purchase intention toward organic food: exploring the role of mindfulness

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alok Tewari ◽  
Smriti Srivastava ◽  
Divya Gangwar ◽  
Vimal Chandra Verma
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
The Government

PurposeThe role of mindfulness in influencing green behaviors has been recognized in literature though it has not been explored sufficiently in the context of organic food. This study makes an attempt to explore the role of mindfulness in influencing young consumers' purchase intention (PI) toward organic food in India.Design/methodology/approachA total of 348 useable responses were collected through an intercept survey at organic food stores using a purposive sampling approach. Data analysis was carried out through structural equation modeling.FindingsMindfulness emerged as a significant predictor of behavioral intention. Further, the specific indirect effects of mindfulness through attitude, perceived behavioral control (PBC), drive for environmental responsibility (DER) and label reference willingness (LRW) were also significant.Originality/valueThis research is one of the initial efforts to link mindfulness with PI for organic food. The results could help the government and marketers tap onto the potential of mindfulness with regard to environment-friendly products and frame appropriate strategies for stimulating the demand for organic food in India

Examining the Intention to Invest in Cryptocurrencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-79
Author(s):  
Quoc Trung Pham ◽  
Hiep Hai Phan ◽  
Matteo Cristofaro ◽  
Sanjay Misra ◽  
Pier Luigi Giardino
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Herding Behavior ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Among investors of cryptocurrencies there are supporters and detractors; this claims for the identification of the behavioral and socio-demographic factors that push to invest (or not) in cryptocurrencies. A survey has been administered to 275 Italian investors. Together with socio-demographic features (gender, income, age, and education), behavioral factors derived from the theory of planned behavior (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived control behavior) and from the financial behavior literature (illegal attitude, herding behavior, perceived risk, perceived benefit, and financial literacy) have been collected and analyzed. While attitude, illegal attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, herding behavior, and perceived risk have a positive impact on investors' intentions. Socio-demographic factors and financial literacy have no influence on the intention to invest in cryptocurrencies. This is the first study that comprehensively investigates the influence of behavioral and socio-demographic factors on the intention of investors to invest in cryptocurrencies.

Role of Subjective Norms and Perceived Behavioral Control of Tax Payers in Acceptance of E-Tax Payment System

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Keramati ◽  
H. Javadi Sharif ◽  
Naser Azad ◽  
Rahman Soofifard
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Electronic Interactions ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tax Payers

Organizations have found that traditional ways of business respond no longer to new environmental conditions and have decided to put aside their traditional ways by capitalizing on new opportunities resulting from growth and development of information technology, reconsider their activities and design them efficiently. The law of value added tax (VAT) after being passed from 23 September 2008 and by utilizing capabilities of information and communication technology (ICT), by establishing internet system for carrying out electronic interactions between citizens (taxpayers of this tax system) and the Government has been implemented. One serious challenge facing these organizations is awareness of factors that play an effective role in acceptance of users of these systems. Using inferential statistical methods and by collecting questionnaire information in a sample comprising 299 tax payer (users of first stage of VAT system in Islamic Republic of Iran, Markazi province) which forms statistical society of this study and by employing mental norms factors and perceived behavioral control from theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study determines acceptance factors of this system on the part of users. Results from analysis of data in determining degree of significance level and Spearman Correlation Coefficient to test the hypotheses, factors of External Influence, Interpersonal Influence, Self-Efficacy, and facilitating Condition, are identified.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Young People’s Intention toward Municipal Solid Waste Sorting

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Shen ◽  
Hongyun Si ◽  
Lei Yu ◽  
Haolun Si
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
The Government

With the rapid growth of urban economy and population in China, the output of municipal solid waste (MSW) has dramatically increased becoming a constant threat to residents’ living environment and health. The classification intention of residents plays a pivotal role in solving the problem of MSW disposal. While numerous studies have examined the classification behavior of MSW from the perspective of ordinary residents and households, few studies have attempted to understand young people’s sorting intention. The novelty of this research is to explore the determinants that affect young people’s intention toward municipal solid waste sorting (MSWS) by extending the predictive factors of environmental concern and personal moral obligation into the theory of planned behavior (TPB). A sample of 524 young respondents from Hebei Province in China were used to conduct a structural equation model (SEM) validation. The empirical results revealed that, according to the rankings of significance, personal moral obligation, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norm had positive influences on young people’s intention toward MSWS, while attitude and environmental concern did not. Furthermore, the multi-group comparison showed that, compared with the male and rural group, the intention of female and urban respondents to classify MSW was not affected by subjective norms. Some targeted managerial implications were ultimately proposed to promote young people’s intention toward MSWS. This study contributes to the existing knowledge system of MSWS by revealing the classification intention of young people as a group. The findings and implications provide the government with useful insights for encouraging young people to actively participate in MSWS.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Pedestrians' Intention to Violate Traffic Rules: The Case of China and Djibouti

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Waiss Ali Aden ◽  
Shengchuan Zhao ◽  
Fazal Subhan ◽  
Hongmei Zhou ◽  
Irfan Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Subjective Norm ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
The Road ◽  
Dalian City ◽  
Traffic Rules

Crashes involving pedestrians account for a higher proportion of all road traffic crashes. So, in order to develop more effective safety measures, it is important to determine the causes of the crashes that involve pedestrians. This paper adopts an extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict and explain pedestrians’ intention to violate traffic rules when crossing the road. In addition to the three traditional determinants of intention (instrumental attitude, Subjective norm and perceived behavioral control), this paper analyzes the effects of sensation seeking and conformity tendency on the intention to violate traffic rules while crossing the road. In order to analyze the relationships among the aforementioned variables, a survey was conducted in Dalian City (China) and Djibouti City (Djibouti), 452 participants from Dalian City and 828 participants from Djibouti City were interviewed. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the collected data. The results indicated that the instrumental attitude, the subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control positively affected the behavioral intention to violate traffic rules when crossing the road for both cities except for perceived behavioral control which was not significant for Dalian City. Conformity tendency and sensation seeking had a significant and positive impact on behavioral intention for Djibouti City. However, for Dalian City, conformity tendency significantly and positively affected the behavioral intention, but sensation seeking did not. Several empirical and practical implications were also discussed.

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