An empirical study on how climate and environmental issues awareness affects low carbon use behaviour

• Autorzy: Huang Su-Ping , Ma Shan-Zi , Pan Yang , Li Yan , Yuan Yu-Hsi , Tsai Sang-Bing

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/eces-2020-0003

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Using survey, we discuss how climate and environmental issues awareness affects residents’ low carbon use behaviour. The results are following. Firstly, climate and environmental issues awareness positively affects residents’ low carbon use. Secondly, perceived effectiveness has mediate effect on the relationship between climate and environmental issues awareness and low carbon use behaviour partly. Thirdly, perceived value has negative moderate effect on the relationship between climate and environmental issues awareness and low carbon use conduct. The results of this study show that when residents feel higher perceived value about their low carbon consumption, they will engage in low carbon use even with lower climate and environmental issues awareness. It tells us that we should treat the residents differently with classification when advocate low carbon use. Specifically, there are some product and service in which consumers can gain high perceived value if the residents frugally use them with high efficiency. And we need to make effort to the following things: we improve the perceived value with hard working, and on the other hand, we make enough effort to enable the residents to deeply experience the perceived value via multiple means.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

low carbon consumption; perceived effectiveness; perceived value; carbon reduction; sustainability

PL

niskie zużycie węgla; postrzegana efektywność; postrzegana wartość; redukcja emisji dwutlenku węgla; rozwój zrównoważony

• Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
• Czasopismo: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering. S
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 27, nr 1
• Strony: 55--66
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 42 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Huang Su-Ping

• College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China

autor

Ma Shan-Zi

• College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China

autor

Pan Yang

• School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
• [e-mail]

autor

Li Yan

• College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China

autor

Yuan Yu-Hsi

• College of Economics and Management, ZheJiang Normal University, Zhejiang 321004, China

autor

Tsai Sang-Bing

• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Zhongshan Institute, Guangdong 528400, China
• School of Business, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, China

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Uwagi

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).