A new perspective to promote low-carbon consumption: The influence of reference groups

Mi, Lingyun; Zhu, Hanlin; Yang, Jie; Gan, Xiaoli; Xu, Ting; Qiao, Lijie; Liu, Qing‐Yan

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.03.019

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“…Results of the analysis and comparison of multiple groups showed definite group differences for the green purchasing intentions among Tianjin's residents, which are consistent with the results of previous empirical studies using multi-group analyses [28,29]. Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA methods is effective because these methods can not only analyse the green purchasing behaviour of the population sample, but can also find group differences [30,77].…”

Section: Theoretical Implications Of the Multi-group Analysissupporting

confidence: 86%

“…Busse and Menzel [54] analysed adolescents' willingness to engage in pro-environment behaviour in a comparison between Germany and developing countries. Mi et al [28] compared low-carbon consumption in different groups, including factors such as gender, marriage, educational level, age, and income. Additionally, many studies have considered socio-demographic variables to be key factors in individuals' behaviour [55][56][57].…”

Section: Socio-demographic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(HAB1) -I used to purchase goods with eco-labels. (HAB2) [28,37] Purchasing intention (INT) -I will give priority to purchasing it if a product is green. (INT1) -I am willing to pay more money to purchase a green product.…”

Section: Appendix a Measurement Itemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such a group can also have an impact on the individual's attitude towards purchasing intention, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, environmental concern, and habits. Many studies have begun to incorporate socio-demographic characteristics into the model with the aim of exploring group differences [28][29][30]. Therefore, this paper attempts to incorporate socio-demographic characteristics into the extended TPB model.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Residents’ Green Purchasing Intentions in a Developing-Country Context: Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA Methods

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This paper aims to examine the determinants of green purchasing intentions among different resident groups in a developing-country context. We first expand the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and build a theoretical model based on green purchasing intention, including attitude, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, environmental concern, habit, and socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., age, gender, residential area, and educational level). Following this, we collect 552 questionnaires from residents in Tianjin Municipality, China. We use partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyse the green purchasing intention of the population sample and then employ a multi-group analysis (MGA) to explore the group differences in residents' green purchasing intention. The results show that green purchasing intention is significantly and positively influenced by attitude, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, and environmental concern but not by habit. The relationship chain of environmental concern→subjective norms→purchasing intention is the strongest. The results of the MGA show that for residential-area groups, the relationships between attitudes, perceived behavioural control, and habits and purchasing intention differ significantly between the downtown group and the outside-the-city group. For the educational-level groups, the relationship between environmental concern and subjective norms differs significantly between the high-education group and the low-education group. Finally, these findings contribute to the literature on the TPB model on green purchasing intention and provide some suggestions for the local government and green marketers.

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Section: Theoretical Implications Of the Multi-group Analysissupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Socio-demographic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Appendix a Measurement Itemsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…No one in the organization is an independent individual who exists apart, and everyone is embedded in different types of interpersonal circles. Just as the ripples formed by the water surface interact, the choices and decisions made by each employee in the interpersonal circle will be influenced by others in the circle [22], which in turn will influence others. Although some scholars have found that employees in different positions within an interpersonal circle exhibit significant differences in organizational trust and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) performance [23][24][25], these studies did not reveal the deep psychological drivers of these differences.…”

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How to Motivate Employees’ Environmental Citizenship Behavior through Perceived Interpersonal Circle Power? A New Perspective from Chinese Circle Culture

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Employees’ spontaneous environmental citizenship behavior (ECB) is a key factor in facilitating the low-carbon transition of enterprises. However, little research has focused on the impact of interpersonal interactions on ECB. To explore how ECB is affected by special interpersonal circles in Chinese organizations, we propose a new concept: perceived interpersonal circle power (PICP). From the two dimensions of PICP, leader-oriented perceived interpersonal circle power (PICP-L) and colleague-oriented perceived interpersonal circle power (PICP-C), we establish a mechanism model to explore the effect of PICP on ECB. A structural equation model was used to test our hypotheses through 332 questionnaires, and the results show that PICP-L and PICP-C differ significantly in the directions and strengths of their effects on ECB. PICP-C has a direct positive driving effect on environmental engagement behavior (EEB) and environmental helping behavior (EHB). High PICP-C can also encourage EEB via affective organizational commitment (AOC). Conversely, PICP-L has no significant effect on EEB. More unexpectedly, PICP-L has a significant negative influence on EHB. This study provides a new direction for future theoretical research on ECB, as well as a new opportunity for policy-making and enterprise management practices to promote employees’ ECB.

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Arousing employee pro‐environmental behavior: A synergy effect of environmentally specific transformational leadership and green human resource management

Zuo

2022

Human Resource Management

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Employee proactive pro-environmental behavior (PEB) has been increasingly emphasized as an essential behavior benefiting the environment and organizational sustainability. Nevertheless, both scholars and practitioners need a fuller yet nuanced understanding of the antecedents and boundary condition of PEB. Drawing from theories of cue consistency and proactivity, we advance an interaction perspective to explain how environmentally specific transformational leadership (ESTL) as guidance and green human resource management (GHRM) as normative practices interact to arouse employee PEB and how three fine-grained proactive psychological states of green self-efficacy, environmental self-accountability, and environmental passion transmit these effects. Two lab experiments constructively offered causal support for our main hypotheses, and a multilevel, multiphase, and multisource field study verified our integrative model and enhanced the generalizability of conclusions. Results indicated that in addition to the direct positive effects, organization-level GHRM, and individual-level ESTL also showed a synergy effect in predicting employee PEB. Three differentiated proactive psychological states positively linked the underlying processes, especially in the high-GHRM context. The findings highlight a multilevel antecedent framework of employee PEB and provide a useful attempt to answer the lingering debate about interactions between leadership and human resource management systems.

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A new perspective to promote low-carbon consumption: The influence of reference groups

Cited by 54 publications

References 40 publications

Residents’ Green Purchasing Intentions in a Developing-Country Context: Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA Methods

Residents’ Green Purchasing Intentions in a Developing-Country Context: Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA Methods

How to Motivate Employees’ Environmental Citizenship Behavior through Perceived Interpersonal Circle Power? A New Perspective from Chinese Circle Culture

Arousing employee pro‐environmental behavior: A synergy effect of environmentally specific transformational leadership and green human resource management

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