scholarly journals Chinese Students’ Knowledge of Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Apparel and Sustainable Purchase Intentions

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Reiter ◽  
Joy Kozar
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Paper Questionnaire ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Although many studies have focused on the relationship between consumers’ purchase intentions and their knowledge and attitudes of socially and environmentally responsible issues pertaining to the apparel and textiles (AT) industry, few studies have focused on consumers outside the US and UK. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to better understand the sustainability knowledge, attitudes, and purchasing intentions of Chinese consumers. A paper questionnaire consisting of approximately 80 questions and five scales was given to 52 Chinese undergraduate students enrolled in a course at a university located in the Zhejiang province of China during the summer of 2015. As a result of the data analysis, the Chinese students were much more informed of environmental issues within the AT industry as compared to issues of social responsibility, yet also reported strong attitudes regarding the treatment and safety of workers in AT production and how these issues might influence their purchasing intentions.</p>

Gender and belief factors on attitude towards Social and Environmental Accounting (SEA)

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Salina Abdullah ◽  
Ern Chen Loo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Accounting ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Sustain Ability ◽  
The Relationship

Research on social and environmental accounting (SEA) has mainly concentrated on disclosure of SEA by corporate bodies, where investigations on ones attitude towards SEA are rarely discussed. SEA is a medium that develops relationships between business and society, community and nature. In addition, SEA involves a concept of sustain ability; where natural resources need to be sustained for the needs of future generations (Alhabshi et al., 2003). SEA also tries to recognise the role of accounting in sustainable development and the use of environmental resources. There are arguments that the young generations today are not fully aware of preserving these natural resources as well as handling social and environmental issues wisely. This perhaps link closely to their belief and cultural background. Hence, this paper examines the influence of gender and belief factors on the undergraduate students’ attitude towards SEA. Four dimensions of belief (fixed ability, quick learning, simple knowledge and certain knowledge) proposed by Schommer (2005) were adapted to analyse how belief factors have influence on their attitude towards SEA. An independent sample t-test was used to examine the relationship between gender and students’ attitude towards SEA. Spearmen’s correlation was employed to show the relationship between belief and attitude towards SEA. The results revealed that gender differences did not show influences on their attitude towards SEA. It was found that there is a significant relationship between belief and students’ attitude towards SEA. Students who believe on the importance of SEA tend to report positive attitude towards SEA. Perhaps findings of this study may provide some information on the SEA education and further be incorporated in the syllabus.

Brand schematicity moderates the effect of aesthetic brands on brand accessories purchase intentions

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1733-1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joo-Eon Jeon ◽  
Jieun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Functional Complementarity ◽  
The Relationship

We empirically tested the relationship between aesthetic brands and evaluation of their accessories, and also explored the moderating roles of functional complementarity and brand schematicity on this relationship. Participants were 260 undergraduate students in Korea, who took part in an online experiment. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the evaluation of accessory products depending on the level of functional complementarity to the focal brand. Participants were significantly more likely to purchase an accessory of a high, compared to low, aesthetic brand when functional complementarity was moderate. Further, brand-schematic, compared to brand-aschematic, participants were more likely to purchase an accessory of high aesthetic brands, even when the functional complementarity was low. This demonstrates that when brand-aschematic participants acquired an aesthetically pleasing brand, they were motivated to buy additional accessories. Marketers may use our findings to develop strategies to increase the extendability of brand accessories.

Moral norm is the key

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1823-1841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Tingchi Liu ◽  
Yongdan Liu ◽  
Ziying Mo
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Green Products ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis research extends the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and aims to study the underlying factors that influence Chinese consumers' purchase intentions towards green products. The conceptual model encompasses four elements (subjective norms, perceived behaviour control, moral norms and attitude) and one consumer response (purchase intention).Design/methodology/approachThe current research employs a questionnaire survey and two experiments. In Study 1, the hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling with 485 consumers in China. Study 2 employed a single-factor, two-condition (morally engaged vs control), between-subject design.FindingsThe findings reveal that the morally extended TPB framework is more applicable in predicting Chinese consumers' green purchase intentions than the original TPB model. Attitude plays the most significant role in predicting purchase intentions, and moral norms prove to be a mediator of the relationship between the original construct of subjective norms and purchase intentions. The findings further revealed that moral norms comprise the underlying mechanism of the relationship between subjective norms and attitude.Originality/valueThis study therefore expands the TPB theory by including moral norms. Moreover, it contributes to the literature by clarifying the direct, indirect and total effects of each TPB element on the purchase intentions towards green products. Finally, managerial implications are given.

The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel Hasell ◽  
Natalie Jomini Stroud
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Genetically Modified Food ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Gm Foods ◽  
The Us ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Despite scientific consensus in the US that genetically modified (GM) foods are generally as safe as conventionally grown foods, the public remains skeptical about their safety. Extant research shows mixed results about the relationship between knowledge and attitudes when it comes to public opinion of GM foods in the US. This study uses data from the Pew American Trends Panel to examine the relationship between knowledge about GM foods and beliefs about their safety, in addition to what may be moderating these relationships. Results show that the relationship between knowledge and belief varies across different types of knowledge and that the effect of knowledge is moderated by perceptions of the immorality of genetic modification, rather than political or religious views.

Test Analysis on the Model of Expression Based on the Thematical Statistic Method

2012 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 150-153
Author(s):  
Jian Hong Yu
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
English Expression ◽  
The People ◽  
English Major ◽  
Great Relevance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Test Objects

In order to find out the Chinese students’ abilities in the choice of English expression vocabulary,the relationship between the abilities and the quality of English expression and whether the quality. influenced by the abilities,choosing the undergraduate students of non-English major as the test objects, the author has done some investigaton and test experments,which include the cloze,the collocation of noun and verb noun and so on.Through this test,the choosing knowledge of English words of the tested is far less than their total vocabulary.Moreover, these students use more expression of their mother language instead of that of English,which is not acceptable by the people whose native language is English.Sometimes, the vocabulary collocation is easy to be replaced, however,there also exist some words and expression very difficult to be replaced. Therefore, we can draw the conclusion that English words and expression of quality is in the presence of great relevance, and students' word choosing abilities would affect the quality of the English expression to a large extent.

scholarly journals Lost in Lockdown?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Yu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Us

Due to uneven and hierarchical global context, the United States has been the world’s number one “Educational Hub” (Knight, 2011), leading the internationalization of higher education in multiple forms, the top priority of which lies in international student recruitment and enrollment. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has thoroughly disrupted the traditional mobility experience—a situation that has broader implications for the demographic landscape of US higher education. This article explores how COVID-19 and pandemic-related Sinophobia affect Chinese students’ perspectives on their educational decision-making. Based on Zoom interviews of a sample of 21 Chinese undergraduate students, this study demonstrates that despite the leading role of the US in international education, it is gradually losing appeal to Chinese students due to disillusionment with the romanticized imaginary of the US, anxiety about uncertain policies, and safety concerns. The unidirectional student mobility from mainland China to the US may be interrupted with Singapore and Hong Kong as the emerging destinations.

Understanding Chinese consumers’ and Chinese immigrants’ purchase intentions toward global brands with Chinese elements

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Laroche ◽  
Rong Li ◽  
Marie-Odile Richard ◽  
Muxin Shao
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
Cultural Compatibility ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to investigate how consumers respond to global brands adapting to local elements. Specifically, this study identified three factors (i.e., cultural compatibility, cultural elements authenticity and cultural pride) affecting the purchase intentions (PIs) toward global brands using Chinese elements among Chinese consumers in China and Chinese immigrants in North America. Another aim is to examine the moderating role of acculturation in the relationship between cultural pride and PIs among Chinese immigrants. Design/methodology/approach Three studies were conducted to test the hypotheses in China and North America. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to confirm the factor structure. Hierarchical regression was used to test the main effects and moderated regression analysis was used to test the moderation effect. Findings Results show that cultural compatibility, cultural elements authenticity (CEA) and cultural pride positively affect the PIs toward global brands with Chinese elements for both Chinese consumers and Chinese immigrants. Further, among Chinese immigrants, acculturation moderates the relationship between cultural pride and PIs. Originality/value This study explored the factors influencing the PIs toward global brands using Chinese elements, filling a research gap. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to examine how perceived CEA affects consumers’ PIs toward global brands with Chinese elements. Further, the findings have implications for global brands that want to target Chinese consumers and Chinese immigrants in overseas markets.

What do Chinese consumers want? A value framework for luxury hotels in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 2037-2055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Wu ◽  
Wan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relational Value ◽  
Luxury Hotels ◽  
A Value ◽  
Utilitarian Value ◽  
Symbolic Value ◽  
Luxury Hotel ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose In the past decade, the luxury hotel industry in China has experienced rapid growth. To date, few scholars have investigated what consumers value about their experiences in luxury hotels generally, let alone specifically in the Chinese context. As a result, little is known about what Chinese consumers value in luxury hotel services. To bridge this gap, this paper aims to (1) develop a five-factor luxury hotel value framework from a value co-creation perspective; and (2) assess the relationship between these value dimensions and Chinese consumers’ intentions to stay in luxury hotels. Design/methodology/approach In total, 492 Chinese luxury hotels consumers participated in the study. A confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the proposed measurement model, and a hierarchical linear regression was used to test the relationship between luxury hotel value and purchase intentions. Findings The authors assessed five dimensions of luxury hotel value in the current study: utilitarian value, symbolic value, hedonic value, relational value and financial value. The regression results indicate that for Chinese luxury consumers, hedonic value is the most important predictor of luxury hotel purchase intentions, followed by financial value and utilitarian value. Interestingly, symbolic value and relational value do not significantly influence Chinese consumers’ luxury hotel purchase intentions. Practical implications Luxury hoteliers in China can use the value framework when making decisions about market segmentation and brand positioning and to gain a deeper understanding of what motivates target consumers’ purchase intentions. They can also use such knowledge to tailor their product offerings to the preferences of target consumers. Originality/value The current study is the first empirical test of a luxury hotel value framework from a value co-creation perspective in the Chinese market. Taking Chinese luxury consumers’ unique characteristics into consideration, the authors further investigate the relationships between various dimensions of luxury hotel value and Chinese consumers’ purchase intentions.

Coping Style as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Deliberate Self-Harm

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 272-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison S. Christian ◽  
Kristen M. McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) occurs with high frequency among clinical and nonclinical youth populations. Although depression has been consistently linked with the behavior, not all depressed individuals engage in DSH. Aims: The current study examined maladaptive coping strategies (i.e., self-blame, distancing, and self-isolation) as mediators between depression and DSH among undergraduate students. Methods: 202 students from undergraduate psychology courses at a private university in Southern California (77.7% women) completed anonymous self-report measures. Results: A hierarchical regression model found no differences in DSH history across demographic variables. Among coping variables, self-isolation alone was significantly related to DSH. A full meditational model was supported: Depressive symptoms were significantly related to DSH, but adding self-isolation to the model rendered the relationship nonsignificant. Limitations: The cross-sectional study design prevents determination of whether a casual relation exists between self-isolation and DSH, and obscures the direction of that relationship. Conclusions: Results suggest targeting self-isolation as a means of DSH prevention and intervention among nonclinical, youth populations.

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