Roles of perceived behavioral control and self‐efficacy to volunteer tourists' intended participation via theory of planned behavior

Abstract

Volunteer tourism, as an alternative to mass tourism, has grown significantly since the 1970s, sparking a growing research interest in the subject. However, little research has been conducted about Asian volunteer tourists. The purpose of this study is to compare the strength of perceived behavioral control with self‐efficacy to predict volunteer tourists' intentions within the theory of planned behavior. Meta‐analysis is also used to examine the effect size of the independent variables derived from the theory of planned behavior. Study results indicate that self‐efficacy is a stronger predictor than perceived behavioral control in predicting volunteer tourists' future behavioral intentions.

Determinants and Mechanisms of Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior: Applying and Extending the Value-Identity-Personal Norm Model in China

“…For another, the predictive power of VIP on TERB was enhanced by the extension of Environmental Self-Efficacy (ESE). In the extended VIP model, ESE can significantly and positively affect TERB, which once again confirms the findings of previous researchers in the sustainable tourism field [9,10,25]. Compared with PN, ESE has a greater impact on TERB.…”

“…Previous studies on the reasons for TERB were mainly divided into three aspects: the tourists' demographic characteristics (including gender, age, education, and income) [13][14][15][16], the tourists' psychological cognitive and emotional factors (e.g., environmental knowledge, environmental commitment, environmental sensitivity, place attachment, and travel experience) [8,[16][17][18][19][20], and situational factors (e.g., social and subjective norms) [7,21,22]. Besides, several theoretical frameworks, such as the theory of reasoned action (TRA) [23,24], the theory of planned behavior (TPB) [7,21,25], the norm activation model (NAM) [22,26], and the value-belief-norm (VBN) theory [27,28], have been used to understand the mechanisms of TERB. Although these studies contribute to the understanding of the causes and mechanisms of the formation of TERB, little research has been conducted in the Chinese context.…”

Walking Off-Trail in National Parks: Monkey See Monkey Do

“…This presents the possibility that certain control items were seen as perceived self-efficacy, which refers to confidence in handling a situation . This is not surprising as past research (such as Lee & Kim, 2018) has suggested that perceived behavioral control is closely related to self-efficacy, and ought to be assigned as a common control pillar of PBC (Ajzen, 2005). Therefore, control beliefs loaded onto factors 6 and 7 were merged.…”

Extended Theory of Planned Behavior (ETPB): Investigating Customers’ Perception of Restaurants’ Sustainability by Testing a Structural Equation Model

“…In this respect, Igbaria et al [49] suggested that usefulness as an important determinant of any system use. Actually, the significant and great correlation between perceived usefulness and people's behavioral intentions has been stated in many other studies [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58], which expresses a more or less attitude of the former to affect the latter. In other terms, perceived usefulness is conceived as a determinant of an individual's intention to perform a future behavior.…”