The role of collectivism in modeling the adoption of renewable energies: a cross-cultural approach

Higueras-Castillo, Elena; Liébana‐Cabanillas, Francisco; Muñoz‐Leiva, Francisco; Molinillo, Sebastián

doi:10.1007/s13762-019-02235-4

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“…Further, it finds that eco-literacy does not have an interaction relationship between perceived behavioral control and purchase intention of EEAs. The existing literature on this situation, such as [61,131], clarified that people from collectivist countries could face strong pressure from others and are willing to over-ride their own opinions or perceptions. As a result, they do not have a high level of autonomy and confidence in making decisions about purchasing novel products.…”

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Adoption of Energy-Efficient Home Appliances: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

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This research applies an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) to empirically investigate consumers’ intentions in Pakistan to purchase energy-efficient appliances (EEAs). Most developing countries face energy crises. As a result, many countries consider EEAs to be part of the solution to energy-related problems and teach sustainable consumption behavior to consumers. Previous studies have neglected developing countries in this context, yet developing markets have great potential for EEA adoption. To understand EEA adoption, we incorporated such variables as warm glow benefits, utilitarian environmental benefits, normative beliefs, and moral obligations as antecedents to TPB variables. The moderating effect of eco-literacy between attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and purchase intention toward EEAs are also examined. Data was gathered through a survey questionnaire from 673 Pakistani consumers to empirically test the proposed hypotheses. The results reveal that utilitarian environmental benefits and warm glow benefits significantly influence attitudes toward EEAs. The findings also show a positive effect of normative beliefs on subjective norms. The interaction effect of eco-literacy positively influences the relationship between attitude and purchase intention, with similar results for subjective norms and purchase intention. However, no significant moderating effect of eco-literacy is found between PBC and purchase intention. Furthermore, we performed multi-group analysis to explore significant group differences by utilizing socio-demographic variables such as gender, age, education, and income. The results show significant group differences, with females’ purchasing behavior, younger consumers, and educated consumers being more readily influenced. Finally, insights for policymakers, suggestions and future directions are discussed.

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Adoption of Energy-Efficient Home Appliances: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

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“…Its effect on public‐sphere PEB is greater than on private‐sphere PEB. Higueras‐Castillo, Liébana‐Cabanillas, Muñoz‐Leiva, and Molinillo (2019) believe that the collectivism level of a society will influence the formation of PEB. The higher the level of collectivism in social culture, the easier it is for residents to implement PEB.…”

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Promoting sustainable development: The impact of differences in cultural values on residents' pro‐environmental behaviors

Qiao

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

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Pro-Environmental Behavior (PEB) of residents can greatly alleviate the threat of environmental pollution to human living environment and promote sustainable development of the society. Cross-cultural studies show that there are significant differences in PEB among countries with different cultural backgrounds. Even within the same country or region, individual cultural values are not identical. So, can various individual cultural values impact PEB differently? To answer this question, this paper investigates the mechanism on how cultural value differences affect residents' PEB, based on Hofstede's cultural model. Following an analysis of 475 questionnaires from residents, the results show that Hofstede's five dimensions of cultural value can significantly impact public-and/or private-sphere PEB. Among them, collectivism and long-term orientation of residents have positive effects on both public-and privatesphere PEB and uncertainty avoidance has a negative impact. Besides, masculinity only affects the public-sphere PEB, and power distance affects neither private-nor public-sphere PEB. In addition, three social-demographic characteristics including gender, age, and educational level have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between cultural values and PEB. These findings can provide useful recommendations for policy makers to draft PEB guidelines and incentive policies based on the differences in cultural values of their residents.

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“…Different capabilities are used in wide literature for the increase of performance in companies but the prevalence of renewable energy intentions positively exits between them. The literature discussed the intentions of using renewable energy widely with various factors where the dominance of renewable energy has lasted the impacts with significant enumerating measures (Higueras-Castillo et al, 2019). The positive relationship between intellectual human capital and company performance dominates in vast literature but the importance of renewable energy could not be overlooked.…”

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The Role of Intellectual Human Capital, Human Resource Practices and Intention to Use of Energy Resources on the Company Performance

Fatihudin¹,

Sembiring²,

Firmansyah³

et al. 2020

IJEEP

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The study aimed to analyze the relationship between the performance of companies and human capital with the help of moderating role of intention to use of renewable energy through various modes while providing an eminent view of the literature. The approach of quantitative has been used by this study. While reviewing the literature, the permitted issues are covered into three categories which were neglected previously: human capital analysis -relationships of management performance along with the intention to use of renewable energy, measuring and defining of human and intellectual capital, and HRM. Intention to use renewable energy significantly and positively moderates among the relationship between intellectual human capital, and the company's performance. The results of this study are pertinent to the relationship among various aspects of human resources and performance of companies which were lately experienced in rapid developments. These findings provided the guidelines to the policymakers that they should provide the focus on the formulation of the policies related to the intellectual human capital and effective use of renewable energy that enhance the company performance.

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The role of collectivism in modeling the adoption of renewable energies: a cross-cultural approach

Cited by 46 publications

References 73 publications

Adoption of Energy-Efficient Home Appliances: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

Adoption of Energy-Efficient Home Appliances: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

Promoting sustainable development: The impact of differences in cultural values on residents' pro‐environmental behaviors

The Role of Intellectual Human Capital, Human Resource Practices and Intention to Use of Energy Resources on the Company Performance

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